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  • Jeremy James avatar

    We Are The Reason For The Season

    Contributed by Jeremy James on Nov 21, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,452 views

    Christmas is about Jesus coming to redeem mankind.

    Matthew 1:18 Jesus is the reason for the season-We are the reason for the Season. Romans 5:12 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned— 13 sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A Reason For Hope Series

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,945 views

    First-person narrative, preached in a series of narratives for Advent.

    A Reason for Hope Luke 1:5-25; 57-80 Shalom, good people. Give me a moment for my head to clear and I will tell you a glorious story. My name is Zechariah and I am a priest from the hill country of Judea. My wife, Elizabeth, is herself the daughter of a priest—and so I am doubly blessed. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Wisemen Still Hope

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 18, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,288 views

    A look at the JOURNEY of the Wise Men. The gifts wait till Epiphany

    Bob Chooljain built a nativity scene for their yard more than 30 years ago. "I did it when my boys were younger," he said. "It’s something we kind of did together." Eight years ago one of the Wise Men were stolen and December 8th it was Jesus who was kidnapped. The strange thing is that in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    When Your Walk With God Has Not Turned Out The Way You Originally Intended

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 8, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 5,945 views

    A Christmas sermon from the story of Anna on the idea that God is not finished with us yet.

    >>> The great composer Wagner had just listened to a performance of his composition “The Ring” when a friend entered the room. Wagner was sitting alone in front of a writing table and thinking. Seeing his friend, Wagner rose and spoke of the performance with discouragement: “No, that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    Behold The Power Of The Potter

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 18, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,537 views

    This sermon reflects on God’s power to harden the hearts of the Israelites, and how God wants us to respond in light of such judgment.

    November 27, 2005 Isaiah 63:16-17 , 64:1-8 You, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name. Why, O LORD, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance. 1 Oh, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Be Strong And Courageous! Your God Comes!

    Contributed by Christopher Goelzer on Jan 21, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,677 views

    Encourage and empower believers to be strong because God has given them life and a highway to heaven.

    NIV Isaiah 35:1 The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Nativity Story: The Love Of God

    Contributed by C. Raymond Van Pletsen on Oct 27, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 15,995 views

    The most perfect love gift ever given was the gift God gave at Christmas – the gift of His Son. To help us appreciate that gift, think for a moment of the Nativity scenes you have probably seen all around at Christmas. They usually feature shepherds and W

    THE LOVE OF GOD The Stable In Bethlehem Tells Us Of The Love Of God The Infant In The Manger Tells Us Of The Love Of God INTRODUCTION Pastor: Choose an introduction that illustrates from your life the fact that we seek out gifts that say “I love you.” Shopping for a Christmas ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I've Got A Surprise For You

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 19, 2002
    based on 140 ratings
     | 13,433 views

    How God announced to Mary she would give birth to the Savior of the world.

    December 22, 2002 Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Portrait

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 10, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,056 views

    If you receive the Son you receive it all

    Whoever Takes the Son Gets It All Years ago, a very wealthy man shared a passion for art collecting with his devoted young son. Together they travelled the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. They soon collected priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    The Spirit Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,922 views

    Mary has to make preparations for the child to be born. In fact, God has to make preparations for the Christ-child to born as well. God has Caesar take a census of all the people and requires them to return to their city of birth. So, Mary and Joseph must

    All those preparations! Does your family resemble the Crandles? Did you hear Ann’s to-do list? The to-do lists just gets longer and longer, don’t they. Unfortunately, the number of hours in a day remains the same. So, how will we get all our preparations done by Christmas? How do we prepare for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Have A Merry Christmas! Series

    Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Dec 22, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 8,618 views

    The theme will be relationships. This worship experience will focus on our relationships with family and friends. The challenge will be to move from merely going through the activities of Christmas with our family and friends to knowing those we love on a

    Last week we learned that the spirit of Christmas is relationships, beginning with our relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Today we see that to have a merry Christmas involves relationships with people. It seems that God screams this message to us every year through the writers of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tim Smith avatar

    The Yes Of A Servant Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,733 views

    The Yes of a Servant The first week of Advent always begins with the announcement of God Gabriel to this young teenage girl, Mary. There are three elements of this passage I want to focus on this morning: the chosen, the ruler and the call. When God want

    The Yes of a Servant Luke 1:26-38 The first week of Advent always begins with the announcement of God Gabriel to this young teenage girl, Mary. There are three elements of this passage I want to focus on this morning: the chosen, the ruler and the call. When God wants to intervene in history, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Miracle Of The Manger Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Dec 26, 2018
     | 5,357 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

  • Dan Erickson avatar

    A Dream Come True

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 22, 2000
    based on 324 ratings
     | 27,095 views

    Like Simeon we need to realize that if all we had was Jesus Christ, that would be enough; with Jesus, our life is complete and we can be content.

    Children often dream about things they would like to do in the future. I suspect traveling in space as an astronaut, playing football in the NFL, making the Olympic figure skating team, or driving a $100,000 sports car are some of the more popular ones. When I was growing up, I dreamed of being the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    What Will It Take For You To Have A "Merry Christmas"?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 5, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 3,830 views

    on what is really important about christmas and how we lose our merriness in the xmas season.

    December 7, 2003 Philippians 4:4-7 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran