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  • Jim Butcher avatar

    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
     | 5,988 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

  • Darrin Fish avatar

    Hope Series

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 7, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 25,888 views

    The first in a series of Advent sermons. The hope we find in Christ

    Years ago, there was a very wealthy man • Who, along with his devoted son, shared a passion for art collecting. • Together they traveled around the world, adding only the finest art treasures to their collection. • Priceless works by Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet and many others adorned the walls of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    The Ancestry Of The King Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 2, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,242 views

    In the ancestry of the King we see wonderful evidences of the grace of God.

    Scripture Today is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent means “coming,” and so Advent is the first season of the Christian Church calendar in which we anticipate and celebrate the first coming of Jesus Christ. For the next four weeks of Advent I would like to preach a series of sermons titled “The ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Lynn Malone avatar

    Stay Ready So You Don't Have To Get Ready

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Dec 3, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 20,045 views

    Advent is both looking back and looking forward.

    Stay Ready So You Don’t Have to Get Ready Mark 13:24-37 Black Friday. I suppose we all survived. You know what Black Friday is, don’t you? That inevitable Friday after Thanksgiving that signals the official beginning of the holiday season. That day when shoppers line up outside malls and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Scott Carmer avatar

    A Painful Privilege

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,688 views

    Motherhood for Mary was a painful privilege. It was a privilege for her to be chosen to bear the Son of God, but so very painful to have to witness his death.

    A Painful Privilege I Thessalonians 5:16-24 Luke 1:46-55 Advent 3 December 11, 2005 I read a very interesting comment about motherhood the other day. One commentator said that motherhood is a painful privilege. I guess that it is easy for me to say, being a man, but I like that. A painful ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Ever Ready Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Nov 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,001 views

    How do we live ever ready fo the advent of Jesus in the 21st century? Today’s text guides us in recalibrating our lives in light of Jesus’ priorities.

    Scripture In many churches, the several weeks prior to Christmas are known as Advent, from the Latin word meaning, “coming.” This preparatory season always begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. Thus, today is the First Sunday of Advent. The observance of the season of Advent can be traced ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    No John, No Jesus

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 4, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 7,211 views

    A sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Advent Series C A sermon about John the Baptist

    2nd Sunday in Advent Luke 3:1-6 "No John, No Jesus" 3:1 ¶ In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Full Term Faith Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 5,245 views

    Each of us has been given the seed of faith as well. When God first became real to you, you had from that point on the same privilege and responsibility to bring the miracle of Christ in you to full term fruition. Christ died and rose again not that you w

    Myah Hope was given the news that she was pregnant. Like most mothers to be, she dreamed of what giving birth to a child and raising them would be like. But when she was 19 weeks pregnant, she was told that something was wrong with her baby's head. The doctor said that she had no brain. She was ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Edward Tatro avatar

    Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord!

    Contributed by Edward Tatro on Nov 3, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,696 views

    Hope for the season of Advent.

    We hear this acclamation every Advent, but do we really know how to prepare the way of the Lord? Advent they say is a “mini-Lent,” a time of examining ourselves in preparation for celebrating the Sacred birth of our Redeemer. It is a time of fasting and serving our brothers and sisters of all ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Richard Futrell avatar

    Following Christ To The Cross And Resurrection

    Contributed by Richard Futrell on Nov 24, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,901 views

    Where then can we turn when our possessions do not satisfy, our politicians fail us, our presents get old, and passions whither into pain? Where can we turn? We can turn only to the God of our salvation.

    Intro They are nearly gone. The leaves, that is. Rich in the green of spring, they are even more stunning in autumn: gold, auburn, red as if on fire. Then follows the falling leaves and the blowing wind. Finally, only the muted-brown pallor of death remains. This death is followed by cold, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Rich Anderson avatar

    "Christmas Time Again"

    Contributed by Rich Anderson on Nov 28, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,865 views

    This is a study of the first chapter of Luke leading up to the birth of Jesus

    Christmas Time Again Prepare the way, Emmanuel is coming, prepare the way, Emmanuel is coming, oh prepare the way, Emmanuel is coming, will we be ready to meet our Lord and King? This is the question people have asked over the centuries. Will we be ready? Is Jesus Christ really coming back? ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Brian Matherlee avatar

    Give Me A Reason To Shout

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Dec 9, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,510 views

    Advent sermon on the joy of Christ’s birth.

    GIVE ME A REASON TO SHOUT Luke 2:8-38 December 5, 2009 Pastor Brian Matherlee A few weeks ago the Panthers played on Thursday night and Pastor Josh and I went along with Dave Lawlor and another friend. We had a great time and really appreciated the gift of the tickets. Pastor Josh and I were ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Ken Pell avatar

    Advent Conspiracy: Rethinking Christmas Before It’s Too Late -- Again

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Oct 2, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,139 views

    Rethinking Christmas Before It’s Too Late … Again This Year

    Advent Conspiracy: Rethinking Christmas Before It’s Too Late … Again This Year.* Mark 12:29-31 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Timothy Enns avatar

    It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

    Contributed by Timothy Enns on Oct 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,550 views

    A short sermon that I preached after doing a Shepherds Monologue for the third Sunday of Advent.

    I opened with a monologue done from a Shepherds Prospective followed by this sermon! Read Luke 2:8-10: 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Matthew Kratz avatar

    The Blessed Hope Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 26, 2011
     | 9,895 views

    "The Blessed Hope" through the coming of Christ is shown through salvation from: 1) The Penalty (Titus 2:11), 2) The Power (Titus 2:12), 3) The Presence (Titus 2:13), and 4) The Possession (Titus 2:14) of sin.

    Charles Lewis gave an a tongue in cheek warning this week: "To my atheist brothers and sisters: Greetings! This is a reminder of the sinister period we are moving into. It is the time of the year we should all be preparing ourselves for the difficult road ahead. Be vigilant! As you know — or should ...read more

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