Sermons on Christmas Eve Service:

"Have You Got Room For Jesus This Christmas?"

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 28, 2006

This is a seeker sermon for Christmas time entittled "Have you got room for Jesus?"

Luke.2: 1-7. "Have you got room for Jesus this Christmas?" Millions of people upon this planet this Christmas will celebrate with big celebration’s, but they will completly miss the point of the celebrations. Could you imagine returning home to find your house decortated top to bottom with ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Happy Birthday Jesus

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Dec 21, 2000

The meaning of the candles in an Advent Wreath; Prophecy, Bethlehem, Shepherds, Salvation and the Birth (Incarnation) of Christ

Happy Birthday, Jesus (An Advent Celebration) Luke 2.1-20 December 24, 2000 An Advent Wreath has five candles representing different parts of the Christmas story. They consist of three white candles (Prophecy, Bethlehem and Shepherds), a purple candle (our Salvation), ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: United Methodist

The God Who Turns To Us

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 23, 2005

What Christmas is all about is this: that God hasn’t turned on us; He has turned to us.

First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas Christmas Eve 1997 THE GOD WHO TURNS TO US Isaac Butterworth Matthew 1:22-23 (NIV) Not long ago, I heard about a conversation some second graders were having about Santa -- whether old Saint Nick was real or not. One child said that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:22-23

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Narnia: The Power Of A Story That Is True

Contributed by Jim Barnes on Dec 24, 2005

A Christmas Eve message utilizing the film version of "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and the conversion of C.S. Lewis as tools for challenging listeners to decide whether the Christmas story is truth or fiction.

Title: “The Power of a Story That Is True” Text: Matthew 1:18 - 2:23 Date: December 24, 2005 (Christmas Eve) People love good stories don’t they? If they didn’t, books and movies wouldn’t be so popular. There’s just something about a good story that stirs our emotions and moves us in a way ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Comes Into Our Mess

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jan 2, 2007

A Christmas Eve sermon reminding us that Jesus was born to deal with our messy lives

Isn’t the Christmas story a wonderful story It is a story that we hear every year. But it is more than just any old story It is something that happened in history that affects you today and affects your future When we open our eyes and ears and be honest with ourselves We realise that mess ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

The Right Side Of Heaven

Contributed by Chris Surber on Dec 22, 2009

The beauty of Heaven has descended in Christ!

The Right Side of Heaven, II Timothy 1:6-10 Introduction It was Christmas Eve. Six-year-old Mary Lou was walking down a dark city street with her father on their way to the children’s service. Her active little mind was filled with the wonders of the event she and her classmates were about to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:6-10

Denomination: Christian Church

Blue Angel Series

Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Dec 8, 2001

Christmas Eve parable/sermon about an angel in waiting.

Now, you may think that angels never get the blues. It’s not true, of course. Kadel was feeling pretty glum about being the only one left in Angel Hall...You know, the place where the angels go to wait for their assignments. Actually, Kadel’s shift started out with great excitement. As soon as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:2, Luke 2:8-14

Denomination: *other

No Room In The Inn, But What About In Our Hearts? Series

Contributed by Dustin T Parker on May 1, 2007

Are we so different than the people in Bethlehem

No room in the Inn, but what about in our hearts? Christmas Eve Sermon 12/24/2005 † IN HIS NAME † ON this holy night, may you see anew the gift of grace and peace, that God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ has given you. Is there room? It wasn’t a Marriott, or a Hilton. It wasn’t even a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

The Greatest Gift To Mankind PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 22, 2023

This sermon explores the profound peace and hope found in Jesus Christ, as prophesied in Isaiah 9:6, urging believers to submit to His reign.

Greetings, dear friends. As we gather here today, let's take a moment to quiet our hearts, to still our minds, and to focus our thoughts on the One who is our source of comfort, our beacon of hope, and our eternal promise keeper. Today, we are going to be turning our attention to a passage that is ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6

Topics: Christmas Eve

A Gift Of One

Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Dec 26, 2007

Christmas is more than gifts that I receive or give, it is about the gift that God has given to mankind. It was a gift that many then did not want and many still do not want today, yet it is a gift that all men desperately need.

Christmas Eve 2007- A Gift of One As the Christmas season approaches my family begins to ask me what I would like for Christmas. Many items I would like to put on my list- some more expensive than people are going to want to spend. Most of us can think a gift we would like to receive. Christmas is ...read more

Scripture: John 1:4-5

Denomination: Charismatic

The Nativity Scene And Peace

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Dec 29, 2008

A Christmas Eve sermon preached Christmas Eve, 2008 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran CHurch, Audubon, IA. It looks at the nativity scene.

While the birth of our Savior took place over 2000 years ago, I want to begin our Christmas sermon a little more recently. It’s the fall of 1944. Eduard Kaib, an architecht who was serving as a non-commissioned officer in the German army, had been captured by American forces in combat. Kaib ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Jacob The Father Of Joseph Series

Contributed by Jamie Bogaard on Dec 30, 2021

Tell the Christmas story from the perspective of Jacob the father of Joseph. It was messy.

This was a candlelight service. You are more than welcome to use this however you want, I don't hold any copyrights on it. I used a tool belt and rolled a flannel shirt in sawdust for props. Christmas Eve Joseph’s Dad December 24, 2021 Open: My Soul Magnifies the Lord – Special Call to ...read more

Denomination: Friends

Broken Christmas?!

Contributed by Matt Hoffmann on Dec 20, 2009

In Matthew 1 we read about the first Christmas, a story that begins in brokeness and ends in hope and promise. Just like our stories because of Christ’s grace and mercy!

Sermon 122409 Christmas Eve Stone her to death! The thought popped into his head, but it didn’t last long. He could have said it out loud, he could have shouted it. It was his right to call for it after all. It was written right there in the 5th Book of Moses. Right in Deuteronomy. Obviously ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Lutheran

Demythologise The Christmas Story And You're Left With What?

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 23, 2006

What would you be left with if you took the miraculous out of the Christmas Story

Christmas Eve 2006 The miracle of the Incarnation It is hard to come up with something new to say about the Christmas story – that we all know so well. So I’d like to take a different tack this year and consider what would we be left with if we took the miraculous out of the Gospels. So what ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

Joy That Lasts Beyond The Holidays

Contributed by Don Schultz on Nov 25, 2003

Most people throw out their Christmas joy with the wrapping paper and the tree. Where does one find Christmas joy that lasts?

Luke 2:8-20 JOY THAT LASTS BEYOND THE HOLIDAYS Luke 2:8-20 CHRISTMAS JOY THAT LASTS BEYOND THE HOLIDAYS There once was a small group of people – separate from the rest of the world. While the rest of the world was gathering together with family and friends, having a good time, eating and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Lutheran