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  • Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson avatar

    Advent Iv, Year B

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Dec 11, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
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    God’s ways are not our ways. God has plans for our lives that surprise us all.

    Sermon for Advent 4, Yr B 22/12/2002 Based on Lk 1:26-38 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson One grim winter day in 1754, Horace Walpole was reading a Persian fairy tale called “The Three Princes of Serendip.” The story touched him, and writing to his friend ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Stephen Belokur avatar

    Advent Week 4 - 2012 Series

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jan 2, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,796 views

    How does Christmas fit in with the tragedy of Newtown, Ct. Many are asking, "Where was God when all of this was going down? If God really came as Jesus why didn't He save these innocent people?" This is my feeble attempt at answering these questions ...

    Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent The whole reason for the Advent was to initiate the new covenant and to save the lost. Mary’s Song - Luke 1:46-55 “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for He has been mindful of the humble state of His ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • John Gullick avatar

    Advent - God's Judder Bar.

    Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 18, 2002
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    A sermon that considers how Advent is a time of preparation for the Christian.

    There is a tarsealed road at East Gore that leads to the river. Along this road are a series of deliberately built bumps like judder bars. They have been put there to restrain the young people who like to race along that road. The concern is to slow them down and to prepare them for entering East ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Advent Candle Ceremony #3 Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 22, 2010
    based on 21 ratings
     | 13,706 views

    This is a re-working of an Advent Candle Ceremony which I had used a few years ago.

    Advent Candle Ceremony #3 FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT Each year we prepare for the coming of Christmas. We spend time decorating our homes. We spend time putting lights on our houses. We spend time setting up our Christmas trees. We spend time searching for and buying presents for the ones we love. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Gerald Roberts avatar

    This Advent Come Into Our Lives

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Dec 3, 2014
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    WE invite God to render the Heaven come down and shake the mountains that we might hear, that we might pray, that we might become vulnerable, because we are so desolate or empty.

    Isaiah Chapter 64 “This Advent come into our Lives” 1. The gist of this reading is an appeal to God for help and mercy for a worshiping community that finds itself in dire circumstances. • The Text Begins with the mighty works of God 63:7-14 Great acts in Egypt of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Advent Candle Ceremony #2 Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 30, 2006
    based on 26 ratings
     | 12,431 views

    This is an Advent Candle Ceremony which includes scriptures, readings and prayers.

    Advent Candle Ceremony #2 Introduction: Week One Advent is a time of joyful expectation of the coming of the Lord. It is a time of conversion and renewal, a time of watching and waiting, a time of new beginnings, a time to experience the power of God. It is above all else a time of hope, peace ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ken Pell avatar

    Advent Conspiracy: Spend Less Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 6, 2012
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    Spending less means spending differently; it lets us focus on gifts that meet needs, and are meaningful, and memorable.

    ADVENT CONSPIRACY: SPEND LESS Philippians 4:10-19 Big Idea: Spending less means spending differently; it lets us focus on gifts that meet needs, and are meaningful, and memorable. Supporting Scripture: • Reading from the Old Testament: Malachi 3:1-4 • Reading from the Psalms: Psalm ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Second Sunday Of Advent, Year A

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Nov 12, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,523 views

    How would you like to receive a Christmas card with the figure of John the Baptist on it, saying— You “brood of vipers” (Matthew 3:7)?

    How would you like to receive a Christmas card with the figure of John the Baptist on it, saying— You “brood of vipers” (Matthew 3:7)? The expression means malice. He reminded them of God’s wrath, which is not the emotion of anger, but God’s holiness that brings judgement in its train of glory. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Chris Surber avatar

    Light Of The World - Advent 4

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Dec 18, 2008
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     | 5,908 views

    Just as Christ illuminates the entire world, He illuminates our souls; salvation is personal; Christ came for each of us.

    Light of the World, John 3:16-21 Introduction The famed Congregational Preacher, Dwight L. Moody, once said, “The great trouble is that people take everything in general, and do not take it to themselves. Suppose a man should say to me, ‘Moody, there was a man in Europe who died last week, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Ray Ellis avatar

    Advent Is A Time To Value Relationships

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 249 ratings
     | 11,278 views

    The Advent season offers a unique opportunity to add vaue to your relationships. The first family modeled how to value relationships.

    Advent – Valuing Relationships Matthew 1:18-25 Our goal this Advent Season is to go from Humbug to Hallelujah! For some reason many find themselves struggling with humbug feelings during the holiday season. There seem to be added stresses, pressures, hurts and frustrations. Holidays seem to ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Monty Newton avatar

    The Snares Of Advent: The Snares In Life

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Dec 9, 2013
     | 3,125 views

    There are misconceptions,attitudes, actions or the lack there of that keep us from embracing the coming of Christ and his Kingdom life.

    Title: The Snares of Advent: Snares in Life Text: Matthew 3:1-12 Thesis: There are misconceptions, attitudes, actions or the lack there of that keep us from embracing the coming of the Christ and Kingdom Life. (John said the Kingdom is “near” but Jesus clarified that when he said the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Anticipating Advent: A Working Faith Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 19, 2009
     | 7,108 views

    Depend on the Lord and be diligent in your work, because Jesus could come at any moment.

    Two young boys were spending the night at grandma’s house the week before Christmas. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers. The younger one began praying in a loud voice: “I PRAY FOR A NEW BICYCLE...” “I PRAY FOR A NEW NINTENDO...” ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson avatar

    Iv Advent, Year C Series

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Dec 13, 2003
    based on 55 ratings
     | 6,656 views

    A sermon for the fourth Sunday in Advent, based on Micah 5:2-5a.

    Sermon for Advent IV Yr C, 21/12/2003 Based on Micah 5:2-5a Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church & chaplain of the Good Samaritan Society’s South Ridge Village, Medicine Hat, Alberta The Time is the 8th century before Christ’s birth. The place is Judah, which was commonly ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Spencer Homan avatar

    Advent 2 - (Love) 2008 Series

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,077 views

    This is a sermon for the second week of Advent focusing on "Love."

    Isaiah 40:1-11 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice of one calling: "In the desert ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Advent 3 - (Joy) 2008 Series

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,368 views

    This is a sermon for the third week of Advent, focusing on the message of "Joy."

    Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed