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  • Chris Powell avatar

    Narnia: Through The Wardrobe Into Winter Series

    Contributed by Chris Powell on Nov 29, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,530 views

    This sermon was written for the first Sunday of Advent, and focuses around the first encounter of Lucy in the land of Narnia.

    Through the Wardrobe into Winter Isaiah 9.1-3 I. Introduction I would like for everyone to place there imagination hats on with me this morning as we journey into an enchanted land known as Narnia. We need to recapture a sense of wonder and each of us needs to find our inner child. I need ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • R. David Reynolds avatar

    Jesus Brings Us Joy

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 12, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,929 views

    This sermon was preached on the Third Sunday in Advent and is based on "The Magnificat" in Luke 1:46-55.

    Jesus Brings Us Joy --Luke 1:46-55 Music is central in the message of Christmas. I love the carols of Christmas; and, as I have said so often Handel’s Messiah. I love to hear the organ and trumpet resonate during the Christmas season. Christmas began with singing months before the Angel Choir ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Ronald Harbaugh avatar

    Luke Gives Us A Unigue Perspective On The Gospel Series

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Dec 5, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,557 views

    A sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Advent, series C

    2nd Sunday in Advent - December 10, 2006 “Series C” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, through the power of your Holy Spirit, open our hearts and minds to your word, that we might hear it with relevance in ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Love

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 10, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 441 views

    What is Christmas? A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Advent.

    John 3:16-17 “Love” This might sound like a silly question, but let’s ask ourselves anyway… What is Christmas and when does it come? I know it’s in 4 days, but… …surely, it’s more than a date on a calendar. And it’s got to be more than Christmas trees and colored lights. Christmas can’t ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Matthew Stoll avatar

    Building An Expressway To God

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Jun 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,935 views

    There is good news for those how feel far away from God right now. Preparing for the coming of Christ through repentance. Second Sunday in Advent, year B.

    [Preview the Isaiah reading with a description of what Isaiah is writing to. Isaiah wrote hundreds of years before Jesus at a time when his people, God’s people, were threatened by destruction from a foreign nation. God saved them, but the warning from Isaiah and other prophets of that time was ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Joy: Fruit Of The Spirit And Advent Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 10, 2007
    based on 30 ratings
     | 40,062 views

    Joy is not about feeling, circumstance, or economics. Rather, joy is about being a part of something incredible – the Kingdom of God

    Joy – Fruit of the Spirit and Advent John 15:9-17; Gal 5:16-26 December 12, 2004 Intro: In The Applause of Heaven, (Word Publishing, 1996, p. 6-8) Max Lucado writes of a certain King: No man had more reason to be miserable than this one-yet no man was more joyful.His first home was a palace. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry La Pere avatar

    The Gifts Of Jesus-Peace Series

    Contributed by Jerry La Pere on Dec 7, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,308 views

    This sermon can be used as a stand alone on John 14:27 or be used during the second Sunday in Advent.

    The Gifts of Jesus—Peace First Preached at the Broad Run Baptist Church 12/8/2002 Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7 (KJV) Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Lord's A Comin

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Jan 17, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,053 views

    The 1st Sunday in advent is a time to focus on the second coming of Christ and making sure we are prepared.

    It’s hard to believe but we are already into the Christmas season, and I’m not talking about the shopping season that began on black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. I am referring to the Christian season we call Advent. As I’ve already mentioned we are in the first Sunday of Advent which ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    2 Advent C

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Dec 4, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 8,950 views

    Jesus comes among us in our time and in our place.

    2 Advent C Luke 3:1-6 10 December 2000 Rev. Roger Haugen This is a great text. The majesty of the writing, what would Christmas be without the Christmas text from Luke? "In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus . . . ." All the names and dates. Historical details that make ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    1 Advent C

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Sep 20, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,988 views

    The start of Advent

    23 Pentecost B Mark 13:1-8 / Hebrews 10:11-25 19 November 2000 Such a text. Wars, rumours of wars, earthquakes, famines, family discord, signs of the end of the world. Could be the nightly 11:00 news. We’ve heard it and seen it all. If we were of a ceratin theological bent, we would talk about ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    2 Advent C

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Sep 20, 2001
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,459 views

    John the Baptist declares, "It is time!"

    This is a great text. The majesty of the writing -- what would Christmas be without the Christmas text from Luke? "In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus . . . ." All the names and dates. Historical details that make the story come alive. The event, marked in time and place -- in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Owen Bourgaize avatar

    The Advent Hymn To Christ Series

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 10, 2000
    based on 134 ratings
     | 7,598 views

    We need to see the real person of Christ , not a stained-glass window version, for he was the Eternal Son becoming the Emptied Servant and is now the Exalted Lord.

    THE ADVENT HYMN TO CHRIST The Advent season has come around again. What does it all mean? To the world in general and to us? For those in the marketplace of commerce, it’s a time of expectation of the cash till ringing, with everyone who can buying presents. For the man and woman in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    1 Advent B

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Dec 3, 2002
    based on 67 ratings
     | 7,193 views

    Jesus invites us to "Watch, stay awake". As we watch, we are invited to see through the eyes of Jesus. Watching helps us to see the hope in the midst of terror.

    1 Advent B Mark 13:24-37 1 December 2002 Rev. Roger Haugen Elie Wiesel is a Jewish writer whose novels prod the depths of the Holocaust, asking difficult questions of humanity and of God. In Night, a child hangs from a S.S. gallows and the question goes up, “Where is God?” Wiesel writes: “And I ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    3 Advent B

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 80 ratings
     | 7,329 views

    The prophet Isaiah speaks of one who comes to bring good news to the oppressed. God gives us eyes to see hope in the midst of darkness.

    3 Advent B Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11 15 December 2002 Rev. Roger Haugen Christmas is a time of images. We so easily create mind pictures of gentle snow and evergreen trees. We imagine presents under decorated Christmas tree, good food whose smell invites us to taste and enjoy. We think of angels and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Good As Dead - Advent

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 8, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,589 views

    Advent. It is hard to do an orignial John the Baptist advent sermon isn’t it? I give it a go. Our life circumstances do not determine the validty of who Jesus is. Also, John 1:6-9, 15-16,19-23.

    There are starting to be more movies with biblical themes coming out – the Nativity is the latest. I was thinking…Disney Studios might jump on the bandwagon and produce a biblically oriented film. I think there are many stories they could choose from….but you know Disney has a habit of changing the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational