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The Why's Of Christmas
Contributed by Doug Fannon on Nov 30, 2018 (message contributor)
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1. Why Christmas
Contributed on Nov 30, 2018
Why Christmas? Why did God send us Jesus? Why did Jesus have to come and die for our sins?
We begin a news Sermon Series for the Christmas season. We will be examining “The Why’s of Christmas.” According to very compentent authority (my wife), the Chgristmas season does not start untill the day after Chritmas. As such there are a few questions I have about the Christmas season: Why do ...read more
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2. Why 2,000 Years Ago
Contributed on Dec 6, 2018
Why did Jesus Come when He did. Why not before? Why not later? We will see that God had just the right time in history, like none other, for Jesus to come.
Why 2 thousand years ago? Think about it, the land of Israel was occupied by the Romans. A pagan nation ruled over Israel and the Jewish people were in a state of upheaval, and the priestly system was corrupt. If Jesus came as a Ruler, or as a King, as a warrior Messiah, to drive out the Romans, ...read more
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3. Why Mary? Why The Virgin Birth?
Contributed on Dec 17, 2018
Why Mary? why not Mary? God can do extraordinary things with ordinary people.
We have been looking at the Why’s of Christmas. We considered first of all, why Christmas at all? Why did Christ come? We then looked at the timing of Jesus’ coming, why did God pick out that particular time in history 2,000 years ago for Jesus to come? The fact is I have a lot a questions. I ...read more
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4. Why The Wise Men?
Contributed on Jan 1, 2019
Why would the wise men take the risk, go to great expense, take a long and dangerous journey to find a special Child?
The why’s of Christmas. That has been our sermon series this Christmas season. "Why Christmas" in the first place Why did Jesus come? We looked at why 2,000 years ago. We considered last week, why Mary. Today we will examine why the wise men. Why did these astrologers from a far ...read more
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5. Why The Shepherds?
Contributed on Jan 1, 2019
Christmas eve message. Why did God choose the outcasts of society to make the grand announcement of the Savior's birth?
Missing the Big Story: 115 years ago this past month, On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk NC. The flight lasted 59 seconds and travelled 850 ft. Wilbur rushed to the local telegraph office and sent the following message home -- WE ...read more
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6. Why Do The Nations Rage?
Contributed on Jan 1, 2019
Preached on the Sunday Following Christmas. King Herod tried to kill the Child Jesus and he is just the tip of the iceberg. All the nations of the world and people without Jesus are in rebellion against God. Why are they in rebellion and what is God reaction to them?
This is the final message on the “Why’s of Christmas” and perhaps the more difficult to understand. We explored “Why Christmas?” a month ago. Why Jesus had to come and His purpose in coming was to die for our sins. This is why we will be observing the Lord’s Supper today, the last Sunday of the ...read more