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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    The Olive: Exhaustion Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 2, 2003
    based on 61 ratings
     | 21,842 views

    How do we replenish our exhaustion? The world into which Jesus was born was spiritually weary. We too are worn out from conflict, moral uncertainty. God has acted to come among us and to give us power to become.

    “All ye, beneath life’s crushing load, whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way, with painful steps and slow, Look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing: O rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing!” You don’t have to look long to find examples ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas Is About...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,030 views

    This sermon talks about Christmas by using the meanings of the advent candles, Hope,joy Love, Peace, but most of all it’s about Christ.

    Title: Christmas is about… Text: Luke 2:10-14 Date: 12/23/07 Location: Sulphur Spring Baptist Church Introduction: About a week before Christmas a five-year old boy was busying drawing a picture for his mother. She walked into the room and asked him what he was drawing. The boy pointed to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Distress Delayed Delight Series

    Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Dec 2, 2007
     | 3,632 views

    Joseph, of the New Testament, encountered a new life when he and Mary became engaged. Little did he realize just what lay ahead for him when he started out on a "simple" journey of marriage.

    MATTHEW 1:18-25 DISTRESS DELAYED DELIGHT I. DREAD: A. Disappointing. B. Delays. C. Damages. II. DREAMS: A. Disturbing. B. Dignified. C. Detailed. III. DELIGHTS: A. Dutiful. B. Danced. C. Designated. This is the first of five special Christmas sermons dealing specifically with ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Passion Of The Magi Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,229 views

    Today, we look at the wise men. There is one thing which sets this God encounter apart from the others in the Nativity story. Mary, the shepherds and Joseph weren’t expecting or looking for anything special to happen in their lives. The Magi weren’t eithe

    The Passion of the Magi Matthew 2:1-12 Jeff Vanderhoof writes, Earlier this month I was privileged to fly to England with the incoming class of ordinands, the Bishop, and others from our Conference. It was an outstanding experience, one that I will treasure for years to come. Part of me expected ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Do You See What I See?

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Dec 8, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 36,101 views

    I begin this Advent Season in full and great expectation that God will meet us right where we are. I want to challenge us this Holy Season to not become Complacent but look with Great Anticipation. Let’s remember what this season and what Christmas is all about.

    TITLE: DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE SCRIPTURE: ST. MATTHEW 2:1-3 Here we are once again ready to begin our Advent Preaching. I look forward to this time of year. I must admit, the older I become the faster time seem to move. I begin this Advent Season in full and great expectation that God will meet ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Christmas Is Not All About Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 29, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 20,812 views

    In this message we look at what Christmas is not all about using the cast from Charlie Brown's Christmas as illustrations.

    Wow, it’s been fifty years. Sure doesn’t seem like it. December 9th will be the 50th anniversary of the first showing of Charlie Brown Christmas. And while most of us grew up watching the animated special there were a number of hesitations about the show when it was aired. As a ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    If Only I Had Known!

    Contributed by Lanny Carpenter on Dec 30, 2017
     | 7,103 views

    A Christmas sermon told in the first-person from the perspective of a Bethlehem citizen.

    If Only I Had Known! Matthew 2:1-14 "Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?" "Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The World That Christ Entered

    Contributed by George Johnston on Mar 6, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,954 views

    This is an historical look at the conditions in Palestine when Jesus was born.

    The World That Christ Entered 1. At the birth of Christ the world was united under one scepter. a. From the Euphrates to the Atlantic; from the mouths of the Rhine to the slopes of the Atlas, the Roman Emperor was the sole lord. b. There might be war on the far eastern ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Miracle Of The Manger Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 26, 2018
     | 5,359 views

    This Christmas Sunday Message is in two parts. The first part considers the angelic messengers who announced the birth of Jesus and were also surrounded by the glory of the Lord. The significance of the message is the focus of the second part which looks at John 1:14 and the miracle of the manger.

    Message - Part 1 The Importance of the Messengers. Luke 2:9 The Greek word for angel is angelos. The main meaning for angelos is messenger. At the time in the culture an angelos was an ambassador that would speak and act in the place of the person who sent them. They were such important people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A House Is Not A Home

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 3, 2001
    based on 381 ratings
     | 52,527 views

    Christ comes to dwell in our messy, imperfect homes, just as they are, to build love, not a museum-like perfection.

    A house is not a home. A house is not a home. A house is a house, and it may be lovely to look at and fine to visit, but a house, by itself, is not a home. What is the difference? Let me tell you a tale of two houses. These are the best of houses, these are the worst of houses. See if you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A King In The Gate

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 3, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 4,033 views

    David’s emergence from grief over Absalom was marked by his "sitting in the gate" -- a sign of healthy recovery in that he had begun to care for others more than for his own wounds, he had returned to the work of justice, he faced vulnerability, he resumed leadership, he could face his own grief.

    I This day the noise of battle, the next the victory’s won. Or so the king hoped. Much was at stake. His own future was uncertain; the nation’s stability was shaky; the confidence of those around him was low; and, most of all, his relationship with his son was in jeopardy. There had been a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mary Lewis avatar

    The Day The Aliens Came

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 2,488 views

    Christmas Sermon on the Magi: God reveals Himself to all kinds of people – and the least likely are often the most open.

    Intro I haven’t seen them for a long time, but about this time of year when I was a kid, we would see ads on TV that informed immigrants that they had to fill out certain forms to register with the government. Which wouldn’t have been that memorable, except that they didn’t call them immigrants. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joel W. Lohr avatar

    Let It Be...

    Contributed by Joel W. Lohr on Dec 1, 2001
    based on 70 ratings
     | 4,396 views

    First Sermon in an Advent Series. Focussing on Mary’s encouter with the Angel Gabriel when she first learned of her role in God’s plan for the incarnation.

    Welcome to the beginning of the church year. For two thousand years, this has been recognized as the beginning of the calendar... we begin the season of Advent with a season of waiting or anticipation of a great thing which is to come. Remember the Heinz Ketchup commercial with the Carly Simon ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Brought Down

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 3, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 2,670 views

    A brief message intended to serve as a transition from a choral concert of Advent music, featuring our children and youth choirs, to the Communion table.

    “He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly.” Children bring things down. All sorts of things. Around our place we are learning that a ten-month-old can move very quickly and has a vice-like grasp. Things will come down if they are not moved beyond reach. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Should Christmas Look Like?

    Contributed by John Kah on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 186 ratings
     | 9,100 views

    Many pressures vie to shape our celebration of Christmas. The most popular forces that shape our impresion of Christmas always leave us with the feeling that "it’s not enough". To find the true view of what Christmas should look like you must go over to

    "What Should Christmas Look Like?" Luke 2:15-20 A mother and father went Christmas shopping one Saturday afternoon with their seven-year-old daughter. The Little girl was so thrilled and enthusiastic about the season. But her parents were just the opposite- - they were so grumpy, so tense and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran