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A Christmas Reality Check

Contributed by Gene Haraldsen on Jul 15, 2004

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Sometimes we romanticize Christmas and when we do we miss some of its most crucial messages. The real story of Christmas is about real life and real struggles and real truth.

A Christmas Reality Check Luke 2:1-7 The Christmas of today is very different than the first Christmas: Today: The manger scene usually includes angels hovering, shepherds watching, animals gazing, clean straw, a strong looking Joseph, a vulnerable yet invincible baby, a halo over Mary’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Same Old Story!!

Contributed by Jofrey Bustamante on Dec 16, 2009

based on 26 ratings

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The story of Christmas has always been the same old story, but it has new meanings, every year!

Introduction: “They were too busy. The day was upon them. The day’s bread had to be made. The morning’s chores had to be done. There was too much to do to imagine that the impossible had occurred. God had entered the world as a baby. Yet, were someone to chance upon the sheep stable on the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Important Things For Christmas

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Dec 17, 2011

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The things that are important for Christmas such as, Family, Feeling of Christmas, Flavor of Christmas, Smell of christmas, and the Faith of Christmas.

Things that are Important for Christmas Luke 1-20 1. One of the things important for Christmas is Family • Today’s story we see family is important to Joseph and Mary 4So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, 5He went there ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Methodist

Living With Hope

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Sep 30, 2015

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Today we focus on hope. Advent is all about hope. But hope isn’t something we can manufacture. We can’t just try to be more hopeful. Hope doesn’t come with the power of positive thinking. Hope is based on who Christ is and His promises to us!

Living with Hope Intro: Advent is a time of preparation and expectation for the coming of Christ, the time before celebrating the “joy to the world” that God’s incarnation becomes. In advance of a celebratory Christmas season that follows Advent, it is good for us to take time to ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Greatest Of These

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Sep 30, 2015

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-Love is one of the main themes of Advent. Love comes from God. God Himself is love. Why did God send us a Savior? Love! John 3:16 – For God so loved the world…. Jesus is God’s expression of love to us!

The Greatest of These… 1. This is love… 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Hope Of Christmas Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 23, 2022

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In these troubling times, trust the Lord and hope in His promise.

At the elementary school where Becky Barnes teaches in Arizona, they had a problem with students throwing rocks. The principal made an announcement over the intercom warning students that anyone caught throwing rocks would be taken home by him personally. Later that day, during afternoon recess, a ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:1-16, Matthew 1:20-23

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Hope Born At Christmas

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Dec 8, 2019

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Jesus came as our Messiah, our Christ, fulfilling a 700-year-old prophecy of deliverance. In so doing, he still today brings us understanding, justice, and peace.

Isaiah 11:1-10 Hope Born at Christmas Christmas is about miracles. Christmas is about hope and peace and love. Christmas is prophesied here in the book of Isaiah, written some 700 years before Jesus’ birth. Times were hard then. The 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom had already fallen to the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10, Isaiah 9:6

Denomination: Baptist

Waiting For The Messiah

Contributed by Craig Condon on Oct 6, 2015

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This season of Advent is also a season of busyness. There are so many gifts to buy, parties to attend and events to plan for. We must remember the real reason for the season. We must keep our eyes and minds focused on God.

We are deep in the Advent season-a season of expectation and preparation. Many of us are looking forward to Christmas-a time of celebrating with family and friends. It is a time when we remember the greatest miracle of all-the coming of Jesus. Before Jesus was born, there was a great sense of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:1-25

Denomination: Anglican

Low Sunday's Trivia Quiz. Are The Answers That Easy?

Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Dec 11, 2014

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Today is "Low Sunday", Christmas has come and gone, so today we will have a Nativity Trivia Quiz. Yes I am sure you know it all, but do you. Let us see!

This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 26th December 2010 by Gordon McCulloch (a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Welcome Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Today is known as ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Denomination: Episcopal

Christ Died For Us

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jun 6, 2020

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Paul wants our faith properly based upon the work of Christ.

Christ Died for Us Romans 5:1-8 The Book of Romans has been held in the highest regard by Christian theologians over the centuries. Countless people have become Christians by reading its verses. Among these were Augustine, Luther and John Wesley. So the influence of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans is ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Greatest Story Never Gets Old

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Dec 16, 2018

based on 1 rating

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A sermon examining the birth and life of Jesus Christ.

SThe Greatest Story Never Gets Old Luke 2:8-14 (Antioch Baptist Church: Wednesday, December 24th. 2025) In our home, there are certain Christmas songs that we love to hear. If we are honest, it just isn't Christmas until we hear them. In most cases we will listen to these songs ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-14

Denomination: Baptist

God Touching You Series

Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Dec 4, 2009

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This the second part of the series.Not oly does God wantto touch others thru you this Christmas, e desire to give you a fresh touch

A FRESH TOUCH FOR YOU Luke 1:5-25 INTRODUCTION: Christmas remains one of the most significant seasons of the year for reaching our neighbors and friends with the love of Jesus. Last week we began a new series, The CHRISTMAS TOUCH.’ In our first message we considered the topic, TOUCHING OUR ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Redemptive Work Of Christ

Contributed by Aubery Moore on Dec 19, 2009

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The sermon is intended to remind all of us that despite our mistakes and errors Christ redeemed us from our sin and gives us a new beginning. This is most evident in the birth of the Christ.

It is a special time of the year, a time when we focus on the gift of God in the person of Jesus Christ. For many while this season is intended to bring joy and renew hope in humanity this season can be difficult for many. It can be difficult to get into the season, to get the Christmas spirit. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

A Vision Of Hope In A World Of Despair

Contributed by Monty Newton on Dec 6, 2010

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In Christian hope there is no person so lost he cannot be changed by the grace of God and no situation so desperate that God is powerless over it.

Title: A Vision of Hope in a World of Despair Text: Romans 15:4-13 Thesis: In Christian hope there is no person so lost he cannot be changed by the grace of God and no situation so desperate that God is powerless over it. Introduction In the last few weeks I have read three articles that spoke ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Patience Of The Lord.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 12, 2023

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The longer the Lord’s delay, the more time there is for repentance.

THE PATIENCE OF THE LORD. 2 Peter 3:8-15a. 2 PETER 3:8. Peter wishes to emphasize to his “beloved” friends that the longer the Lord’s delay, the more time there is for repentance. To the LORD a thousand years are but as a day when it is past (cf. Psalm 90:4). Yet He stretches out the day of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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