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  • John Gullick avatar

    Advent - Guess Who's Coming For Dinner?turning Advent Into Adventure.

    Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 8, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,869 views

    A sermon about preparing oneself for the coming of Christ at Christmas and into our lives in General.

    Some years ago there was a popular wall hanging that hung in many homes it said. Christ is the head of this house, the unseen guest at every meal the silent listener to every conversation. Guess who’s coming for dinner. In 1967 there was a acadamy award winning movie called guess who’s coming ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ray Ellis avatar

    Thanksgiving & Joy

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Nov 21, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 11,212 views

    The First Family, Mary and Joseph, modeled the qualities of Thanksgiving and Joy.

    Thanksgiving and Joy Modeled by the First Family Luke 1: 26-56 As we enter this Thanksgiving and Advent season I want us to look at the First Family – Joseph and Mary – as a family that modeled “thanksgiving and joy.” Luke chapters1 and 2 the background is given about the miracle of two births – ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Journey To Joy Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 11, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,732 views

    The angel announced a message of "great joy". But the world often confuses Joy with Happiness and ends up being disappointed. What brings us joy and what difference does that make in our lives?

    OPEN: I love to sing Christmas Carols, so this morning we’re going to start out the sermon with “Joy to the World”. If you would, stand and sing it with me. 1. Joy to the world the Lord has come, let earth receive her King Let every heart prepare him room And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    Beloved. Let Us Love One Another: A Sermon For The 4th Sunday Of Advent

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Dec 16, 2023
     | 2,885 views

    One has to know God in order to truly love.

    Beloved. Let us love one another: A Sermon for the 4th Sunday of Advent 1 John 4:7–8 NKJV Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. We now come to the 4th Sunday of Advent ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    The Joy Of Our Salvation: An Exposition Of The 126th Psalm

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Dec 5, 2020
     | 4,188 views

    The pilgrim is one who sees the joy at the end of the journey and is joyful even in hardship. 3rd Sunday of Advent. A Psalm of Ascents.

    The Joy of our Salvation: An Exposition of the 126th Psalm The 126th Psalm is a collection of 15 psalms which are known as the Songs Of Ascents. The Hebrew word is hard to define, but some think that because there were 15 steps leading up to the altar of the Temple, that each of these psalms were ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • John Williams III avatar

    Advent Angels (Advent 4 Sermon After Christmas Cantata)

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Dec 14, 2022
     | 1,222 views

    The Bible tells us a lot about what the angels do, but not much about what they look like. Let’s imagine their appearance and explore their performance.

    ADVENT ANGELS Text: Matthew 2:13-15 Matthew 2:13-15  Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    It Will Be Worth It All

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Dec 22, 2002
    based on 71 ratings
     | 8,997 views

    The joy of Christmas morning fades, but the joy of Christ’s second Advent will never diminish.

    This week, I read an article in USA Today, in which various celebrities were asked to name their most memorable Christmas present. These were A-list celebrities; people with money and fame; people who can have pretty much anything they want. Catherine Zeta-Jones, for example. You may know her as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rob Willis avatar

    Fueled By Hope Series

    Contributed by Rob Willis on Dec 6, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,130 views

    Part one of a four part series on the four themes of Advent - hope, peace, joy, and love. Describes "hope" and how it is powerful and beneficial.

    I enjoy celebrating Advent first, and then celebrating Christmas. You see, our world has commercialized Christmas so much so that what used to be a fairly sacred time of year is now only talked about in terms of company profits, consumer spending, Hollywood blockbuster movies, TV events, finding ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul George avatar

    Glory To God

    Contributed by Paul George on Dec 10, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,650 views

    “Glory to God in the highest on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.” Does this verse stir your heart with joy and happiness?

    “Glory to God in the highest on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.” Does this verse stir your heart with joy and happiness? If the angels announced the birth of Jesus with singing shouldn’t there be a song in our heart? Shouldn’t our heart be glad and our spirits rejoice? There are ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    The Peace Of God

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Dec 15, 2016
     | 6,918 views

    As we begin Advent season, let us not forget the God of Hope who desires to not only give us hope, but allow us to live in the hope of his joy and peace everyday of our lives.

    The peace of God Selective Scriptures Introduction- This sermon was gleamed from portions of SermonCentral thoughts and contributors. We began the Advent season looking at Jesus being the Hope for mankind. That hope had to be more than wishful thinking, but someone who we could put our trust ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Matthew Sickling avatar

    Christmas Is About...

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,006 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

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    For God So Loved The World: A Sermon For The 4th Sunday Of Advent

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Dec 16, 2024
     | 645 views

    How is the great love of God expressed to us?

    For God so Loved the World: a Sermon for the 4th Sunday in Advent John 3:16 NKJV For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. We now come to the 4th and last Sunday of Advent, a season in which we prepare ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Changing Thermometers"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 14, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,295 views

    A sermon about joy versus happiness.

    Romans 16:25-27 “Changing Thermometers” A British medical doctor shared a story about his interaction with Doris, an 82-year-old hospital patient. Two days before Christmas, Doris appeared to be healthy and ready to be discharged. But for some reason she kept complaining about ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Charles Wilkerson avatar

    Redeeming One’s Life From Meh! Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Dec 8, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,316 views

    Growing our hearts three sizes larger takes not only giving but a redemptive type of giving. It seeks the best for others and is carried out with a sense of rejoicing

    A few of you understand the sermon title but some will be mystified by the word "meh". Is there someone who would like to try to define it for us? It is a slang term that communicates an attitude of apathy or indifference toward something. My favorite definition is that meh is a verbal shrug. What ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Gordon McCulloch avatar

    Are We Really The Ones Whom God Has Saved.

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Nov 14, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,169 views

    This is the season of Joy, but not for everyone, in fact many have serious doubts. And we in the church maybe similar; even John the Baptist seriously doubted Jesus at the end. Can we take inspiration from him? Read on!

    This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 12th December 2010 (a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Advent 3 Year A Welcome Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Today is the third ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal