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A Hopeful Preparation: Advent Week #2 Series

Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 4, 2013

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If we restrict or restrain the entry of God into our lives, we cannot help but limit the power of God’s grace.

A HOPEFUL PREPARATION SERMON #2 OF THE ADVENT SERIES “HOPE IS ON THE WAY” MATTHEW 3:1-12 & ISAIAH 11:1-10 Big Idea: If we restrict or restrain the entry of God into our lives, we cannot help but limit the power of God’s grace. ADVENT INTRO Advent is the season of waiting leading ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Nazarene

Hope Found In Advent And The Coming King Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Dec 17, 2018

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The clue is in the name - Christmas is meant to be a celebration of the coming of Christ. Don’t let anything push Christ out of your Christmas! Celebrate Jesus, worship Him, make time for Him this Christmas.

We continue in our series Hope found here, and this month our focus is on Advent and Hope in the Coming King. I want to ask you a simple question this evening, but I need you to do something first, I want you create a quick list in your head of 3 things you think you need to do this Christmas. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-17, Luke 1:31, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 2:11, Philippians 2:7-11, Luke 2:17, Acts 8:4, 1 Peter 3:15, Hebrews 13:16, Philippians 2:4-5 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Ready For Jesus The Messiah (Advent / Christmas)

Contributed by Frank Gallagher on Oct 18, 2000

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Are we ready mentally and spiritually to celebrate Messiah’s arrival?

Ready For Jesus The Messiah (Advent / Christmas) (Luke 1:39-40) [HTML formatted version of this sermon is located at: http://members.aol.com/abidingitw/ready4jc.html] Luke 1:39-40 39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-40

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Seasoning Your Greetings Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009

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First Sunday of Advent dealing with how we share Merry Christmas with those around us.

Here are some classic salutations. Guess where they come from? "Hey Lucy, I’m home." "Whattzzsuuup!" "Na-nu, na-nu.". "Happy Christmas to all and to all a goodnight." "How you doing?" And what about, "Bah! Humbug." You can probably come up with a dozen others off the top of your head have you ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Seasonings Your Gatherings Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009

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3rd Sunday of Advent with our focus on the way we gather during these Holy Days.

I like Jeopardy. I sometimes can recall an amazing amount of useless information so it’s a pretty fun game to play along with at home. I don’t know everything to be sure. When I took the Graduate Record Exam for Political Science they asked some pretty strange questions like, "Who was Secretary of ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Wise Bow Now

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Dec 19, 2024

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4th Sunday of Advent 2024. Looking at the wise men who came and worshiped Jesus

The Wise Bow Now Text: Matthew 2:1-23 If you would, please take your Bible’s and open them up to Matthew chapter two. I mentioned to you last Sunday that we don’t know the exact year and month that Jesus was born, and that it wasn’t really that important in the larger scope of things. We know ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-23, Luke 2:21-38

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Christmas Sunday 2020 - Why The Shepherds? Series

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Dec 19, 2020

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The Messiah was coming into the world! Why on earth would the Lord choose to announce the good news to shepherds of all people?

Why Shepherds? Please stand with me as we go over our current memory Scripture: Psalm 1:1-2 “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His Law he meditates day ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20, Genesis 12:1-4, Job 1:2-3, Numbers 12:3, Matthew 11:29, Luke 14:11, Ephesians 4:2, James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:5, Jeremiah 6:23-24, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29, Mark 9:35-37, Luke 22:42 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Nazarene

Walking In His Footsteps (Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 6, 2022

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Jesus Christ is the living Word---God’s Word made flesh giving to us the words of life through His learned tongue to help us from our weariness. Jesus was also given the ability to know how it is that we listen and obey or ignore and rebel (Isaiah 50:4- 5).

WALKING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS Text: Isaiah 50:4- 9 Isaiah 50:4-9 "The LORD God has given me a learned tongue, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with words. And morning after morning he wakens, and he wakens my ear to listen like those who are being taught. (5) My ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-9

Denomination: United Methodist

Second Sunday Of Easter (Or Sunday Of Divine Mercy)

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Mar 16, 2023

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Prophecy: Jesus told St. Faustina that this Feast of Mercy would be a very special day when “all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened”. (Diary 699)

At the entrance to Jerusalem's church of all nations, next to the Garden of Gethsemane, there is a sign warning every visitor: "NO EXPLANATIONS INSIDE THE CHURCH." The sign is intended to discourage over-talkative tour guides but it's also what Jesus practiced after his ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19-31

Denomination: Catholic

Hear Isaiah’s Advent Call!

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Dec 1, 2025

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For our sermon this morning we are invited to hear a message from the Prophet Isaiah in his role as an Advent preacher. Actually, we hear three messages connected to three voices calling out in his prophecy.

They were all Advent preachers. From Moses to Malachi their messages were the same. Repent. Return. Believe. Yes, they delivered their messages in different ways, and at different times. But ultimately, they were the voices of God calling his people to turn away from their sins, return to ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

"A Voice Of Comfort"

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Dec 6, 2008

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A sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Advent, Series B preached 12/7/2008 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Audubon, Iowa. Based on a sermon outline by Dr. Carl Fickenscher III, Concordia Pulpit Resources, Vol. 16, No.1.

One of the Advent hymns that we will be singing during communion this morning is “Comfort, Comfort Now My People”, it’s hymn #29 in the Lutheran Book of Worship. The first line of the hymn says “Comfort, Comfort, now my people; “Tell of Peace” so says our God. (LBW 29 v.1) I have to admit, I ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Beyond The Sunday Face

Contributed by Bob Ashcraft on May 15, 2002

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There is such falseness in American churches today. Most relationships are merely a façade. In this “throw-away society” the Church lacks transparency, “realness”. As a result we have become oblivious to the needs of others.

Beyond the Sunday Face · Some will not like this sermon today. · Some will you be mad at me for preaching this. · The Holy Spirit is going to challenge everyone of us. · There is such falseness in American churches today. · Most relationships are merely a façade. · In this “throw-away society” the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Hebrews 13:1-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What To Do On Sunday

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on May 15, 2002

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The Apostle John becomes our example of what to do on Sunday.

WHAT TO DO ON SUNDAY By Jerry Falwell I. INTRODUCTION The Book of Revelation was written on Sunday. The writer John said, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as a trumpet” (1:10). The Apostle John becomes our example of what to do on Sunday. We can ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:10-19

Denomination: Baptist

Easter Sunday 2004

Contributed by Tex Cox on Apr 19, 2004

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To get us started off for the morning, I would like to share a few things that you should never do in Church:

Easter Sunday – April 11, 2004 To get us started off for the morning, I would like to share a few things that you should never do in Church: 6. Never ask an usher to break a $20. 5. Never do a cannonball in the baptismal tank. 4. Never hold a church business meeting on Super Bowl ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, Romans 5:12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Pathway Of Palm Sunday Series

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on May 18, 2004

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For others, it was a path, but for Jesus a journey. So, it is with our lives.

THE PATHWAY OF PALM SUNDAY Cornwall April 3, 2004 Read Matthew 21.1-11 If we ask people to describe life, most will depict it in the same way- as a path or a road. The reason is simple: life is like a journey. It’s a voyage from one experience to the next – from one tribulation to triumph and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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