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  • Curry Pikkaart avatar

    What If God Says 'no'? Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 22, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,382 views

    WE've all heard 'No" to our requests. But what if the 'No' comes from God?

    “Questions of Christmas: What If God Says ‘No’?” 2 Sam. 7:1-17 The kindergarten girl asks her 2nd grade sister, “Can I play with your doll?” “NO!” The just turned 16 year old asks his dad, “All my friends got to drive a group of us around for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Our Longing Is Fulfilled Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Nov 30, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,079 views

    How did we get from the gorgeous garden of Eden to the mess of our current world? Is there any hope?

    “When Heaven Comes Down – Our Longing is Fulfilled” Gen. 3:1-9 What a world! What peace! Everything was perfect and beautiful. Chapter 2 of Genesis ends: “The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.” Adam and Eve had total, perfect harmony with ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Message In A Manger

    Contributed by Quint Pitts on Dec 9, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,434 views

    The hidden messages and deeper meanings of some of the Christmas story’s most enduring images. It is formatted in antiphonal fashion with Christmas carols interspersed throughout.

    MESSAGE IN A MANGER Christmas Around The World—Part 2 This week Sarah and I are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary. A few years back Sarah gave me one of the most thoughtful gifts for our anniversary. In fact it was several gifts. And I had the fun of opening several gifts throughout the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    God Has Arrived

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Apr 28, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,603 views

    A sermon explaining the meaning of Advent and the anticipation of the coming Messiah.

    All right open up your Bible here on the 3rd Sunday of Advent, to Luke Chapter 1, and I want to talk this morning about this title, “God Has Arrived.” And that’s the meaning of the Advent, the longing, the awareness that God was coming, that God was going to arrive, that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer avatar

    My Spirit Rejoices

    Contributed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Aug 2, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,366 views

    Who will say with Mary: The Lord has looked with favor on my lowliness. My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

    The song of Mary is the oldest Advent hymn. It is also the most passionate, the wildest, and one might almost say the most revolutionary Advent hymn that has ever been sung. This is not the gentle, tender, dreamy Mary as we often see her portrayed in paintings. The Mary who is speaking here is ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Letting Go!?

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Nov 27, 2019
     | 6,879 views

    An advent series about letting go of things and letting Christ in our lives.

    Letting Go?! December 1, 2019 Have you taken inventory lately? As I approach this Christmas season, it seems like I’ve been doing that . . . which leads to this message. Do you have a lot of STUFF in your house? I mean, more stuff than you need? Can people mistake your home with an episode of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    Christmas Eve Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Dec 22, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,554 views

    There’s nothing more helpless than a newborn baby. There’s no one weaker than a mom who has just given birth. That’s how this story begins – two frightened teenagers in a barn with a God baby.

    Christmas Eve 2021 Luke 2:1-10 NIV In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Christ's Arrival Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 24, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,077 views

    In this lesson, we look at Christ's arrival for his first and second advents.

    Introduction In his best-selling book, The Jesus I Never Knew, Philip Yancey contrasts the humility that characterized Jesus’ royal visit to planet earth with the prestigious image associated with world rulers today: In London, looking toward the auditorium’s royal box where the queen and her ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Matthew Stoll avatar

    Remaining Faithful To God When He Feels Far Away

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Jun 16, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 12,006 views

    Advent sermon reflecting the life of Zechariah and Elizabeth and the need to keep the faith when it appaers our prayers are not being answered.

    A mother was commenting one time about her children when they were little. She would always remind them on Christmas morning that it is Jesus’ birthday and he only received 3 gifts so don’t be disappointed in what lies under the tree. Then they all opened their presents. That next Sunday, while ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    God Works In The World

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 4, 2000
    based on 68 ratings
     | 5,216 views

    An Advent Sermon

    3rd Sunday of Advent Luke 3:7-18 "God Works in the World!!"   God works in our world in wonderful ways when we least expect or as it goes unnoticed by the majority of people. with signs of God’s love but most go unnoticed. As Christmas approaches we excited about this dramatic sign which shows us ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    What A Waste!

    Contributed by Robert Azinger on Dec 14, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,790 views

    A sermon for Advent

    Luke 21:25-36 Advent 2 2006 - "WHAT A WASTE!!" I. What a waste! II. What a Savior! 25“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Anthony Perry avatar

    Many Different Ways

    Contributed by Anthony Perry on Dec 9, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,399 views

    A sermon for Advent

    I find it interesting that at the beginning of this third chapter in Luke we find a long list of rulers; religious and political. We have an emperor, a few governors, a ruler, and two high priests. They lived in palaces, fancy houses, and a marvelous temple. They dressed in fine linen and ate the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "The Entire Creation Groans"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 23, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,423 views

    A sermon for Advent.

    Romans 8:18-25 “The Entire Creation Groans” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN Several weeks ago, I went hiking along the Chickamauga Creek in Soddy Daisy. It’s an awesome trail, and it was a beautiful day! The sun was shining, there was just a ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Temptation Of Jesus

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 20, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,064 views

    Using the Word of God to defeat the devil.

    THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS. Matthew 4:1-11. The wilderness (Matthew 4:1). When God created man, He placed him in a garden (Genesis 2:15). The world when it was created resembled something more like a garden than it does today. God created all things ‘very good‘ (Genesis 1:31), but man’s collective ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Ever Ready Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Nov 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,867 views

    How do we live ever ready fo the advent of Jesus in the 21st century? Today’s text guides us in recalibrating our lives in light of Jesus’ priorities.

    Scripture In many churches, the several weeks prior to Christmas are known as Advent, from the Latin word meaning, “coming.” This preparatory season always begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Thus, today is the First Sunday of Advent. The observance of the season of Advent can be traced ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed