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  • Joy Born At Christmas

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Dec 11, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,767 views

    The prophet Isaiah teaches us about joy born at Christmas: to encourage joy in others, to receive joy's healing, and to pursue joy in community. Joy to the world, the Lord is come!"

    Isaiah 35:1-10 Joy Born at Christmas We concluded last week’s service with the great carol, “Joy to the World.” Joy is a distinctly Christian trait. It goes beyond happiness. Someone once said, “Happiness comes from happenings, but joy comes from Jesus.” Your happiness may fluctuate up and down, ...read more

  • Joseph As A Role Model

    Contributed by Petter Kringberg on Dec 12, 2022
     | 2,162 views

    A sermon for Advent 4, Year A

    “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit” ? In Nomine + ? Joseph and Mary were, for lack of a more accurate word, engaged. Most scholars believe that Mary herself was around 15 years at the time. They didn’t even live ...read more

  • Don't Fear The Promise

    Contributed by Keith Ferrell on Dec 17, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,152 views

    When approached by the angel of the Lord, Mary did not fear the promise of God. Do we fear God's promises?

    Don’t Fear the Promise Luke 1:26-38 “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one! ...read more

  • God Of Hope Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jan 22, 2025
     | 596 views

    May the God of hope fill you with all Joy

    Christmas 2024/God of Hope Romans 15:13/ 1 Peter 1:3-7 Good morning everyone, please turn to Romans chapter 15: This week we begin Advent season, a time that we prepare ourselves for Christmas and what Christmas is meant to be. A celebration for what Christ has done for us by coming to this ...read more

  • Grace Your Home With More Than Decorations Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,861 views

    First Sunday of Advent in this series: Anticipation and expectation for a wonderful & worshipful Christmas sets the stage for a different type of season.

    John Calvin, the Reformer most responsible for what we know as Presbyterianism, disliked statues, artwork, icons and the like which were used in Catholic worship in the 1500’s. He had good reason; for the depictions, relics and the like worship they themselves had become objects of worship. Yet, in ...read more

  • Advent Hope: A Light In The Darkness - The Promise Of Hope - Isaiah 9:2 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 25, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,978 views

    We often see hope as something uncertain—a wish for better days ahead. But biblical hope is different. It’s not a wish; it’s a confident expectation rooted in the promises of God.

    Advent Hope: A Light in the Darkness - The Promise of Hope - Isaiah 9:2 Theme: Jesus, the Light of the World, brings hope in the darkness. Key Verse: Isaiah 9:2 – “The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will ...read more

  • A Virgin Shall Conceive

    Contributed by Dr. Robert Crowder on Nov 24, 2025
     | 416 views

    This is the third Advent sermon in the series, "The Gospel According to Isaiah."

    Introduction: When Fear Overrules Faith Isaiah chapter 7 does not open with candles, calm streets, or songs of praise. It opens with fear. King Ahaz of Judah faced an approaching invasion. The northern kingdom of Israel had joined with Syria, and their armies were preparing to overthrow him. When ...read more

  • On That New Day

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Nov 28, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,748 views

    A sermon for the first Sunday of Advent, Year A

    November 27, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Matthew 24:36-44 On That New Day Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. There’s something about beginning a new year. On January first, we take down the old, dog-eared ...read more

  • Christmas Uncluttered "Uncluttered Love: Making Room For What Matters Most” Series

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Dec 11, 2025
     | 221 views

    To help the church rediscover the simple, uncluttered love of God revealed in Christ and respond by loving others intentionally.

    December gets messy, yeah? People say Christmas is the “season of love,” but sometimes it feels like the season of short tempers, long lines, and people losing their salvation in the Target parking lot. But here’s the real truth: Christmas is about love — but the uncluttered kind. Not the Hallmark, ...read more

  • Christmas Eve: The Gift Of Love

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 21, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,172 views

    Christmas Eve. Focus: Jesus is the gift of Christmas.

    A professor of mine from seminary told us this story: When he was a young man, all of 23, he had the opportunity to take a summer tour of Europe as a graduation present, he was from a well to do family. He traveled about Europe by train, boat and sometimes by bicycle. Finally he ended up on the ...read more

  • In Anticipation Of Glory Series

    Contributed by Terry Jones on Dec 6, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,989 views

    In this second message of Advent Pastor Terry looks to the prophecies of Haggai’s Desire of Nations as Man’s hope for experiencing the Glory of God.

    For the last three weeks we have been “majoring on the Minors” – the Minor Prophets that is, as we have looked at the coming of Christ, the Messiah through the prophetic eyes of men like Hosea, Zechariah and now, the prophet Haggai. Haggai and Zechariah came on the scene of Israel’s return from ...read more

  • Batteries Not Included #3 Joy Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Dec 14, 2020
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,927 views

    Joy is fruit of the Spirit creating the realistic Pollyanna Christian response - everything is going to be alright because Jesus has come and will return.

    Two weeks ago, we began a new series entitled: Batteries Not Included. There is nothing more frustrating than wanting play with your new toys and finding out the package had this hidden line - batteries not included. 2020 seems to be a gift without batteries. How do find hope, peace, joy and love ...read more

  • Finding God In The Future Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jun 1, 2017
     | 6,535 views

    This series was designed to help people find God in unexpected places. Also that advent isn't a season that comes and goes. If you linger over the birth of the Savior Jesus it should create and attitude of celebration.

    Intro: For the past six weeks we have discovered some amazing truths about finding God in Unexpected places. I hope that you have discovered that advent isn’t simply a season that comes and goes. As we linger over the memory of the birth of our savior it produces in us an attitude of ...read more

  • What Child Is This

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 11, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 12,858 views

    A sermon for the First Sunday in Advent

    1st Sunday in Advent Matthew 24:36-44 "What Child Is This?"   36* "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. 38* For as in those days before the flood they were ...read more

  • Advent Week 1 - Go! And Hope In The God Of The Impossible - Luke 1:37 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 17, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 792 views

    Advent begins with HOPE—not wishful thinking, not optimism, but confident expectation that God will keep His promises.

    Advent Week 1 - Go! And Hope in the God of the Impossible - Luke 1:37 INTRODUCTION – ADVENT BEGINS WITH HOPE Advent is the season when the Church pauses to remember, reflect, and rejoice that God stepped into human history, wrapped Himself in flesh, and came to rescue us. Advent begins with ...read more