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  • Mark Haines avatar

    Getting A Life Sentence For Christmas Series

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Dec 16, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,037 views

    If people will summarize your entire life in a single sentence, try to influence that sentence. You and I are the authors of our own “Life Sentences.” The next step for most of will be to decide to live life on purpose.

    Response Goal: Individuals prompted by the Holy Spirit will think about questions designed to help them begin to write their Life Sentences on purpose. REPENTANCE POINT {paradigm shifts or changes in our thinking}: With a single sentence, your friends and family will summarize your entire life. ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Christmas Time With John The Baptist

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,176 views

    A sermon on John the Baptist for Christmas (Idea came from Boyce Mouton)

    Christmas Time with John the Baptist for 12/6/2009 Introduction: A preacher got up around this time of the year and said, “Today we are going to talk about the special birth of a baby boy over 2,000 years ago. His birth was predicted by the Old Testament prophets. An angel appeared to the father ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "All Rise - A Christmas Message"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Dec 16, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,739 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to love and support one another, during this Christmas Holiday Season, by refusing to sneer and judge fellow believers.

    16 December 2007 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Ord Military Chapel Seaside CA BIG IDEA: Believers are encouraged to love and support one another, during this Christmas Holiday Season, by refusing to sneer and judge fellow believers. REFERENCES: John 7:5 (NIV) For even his own brothers ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God’s Christmas Tree

    Contributed by John Gaston on Dec 16, 2025
     | 322 views

    In 1659 Christmas was banned. More recently, genuine Christmas has been supplanted by a commercial Christmas with the Christmas tree as its center. Yet strange to tell, long ago, God picked out a Christmas tree for His Son.

    GOD’S CHRISTMAS TREE 1 Pet. 2:24 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. In one Dennis the Menace cartoon, Dennis rushes into the living room. His mother is standing there with her mouth open and Dennis is holding a large box. 2. He announces with a loud voice, “We’d better tell Santa Claus to forget about ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Closer Look At Christmas Traditions

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Jun 8, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,086 views

    We are going to look at a few of the traditions that surround the Christmas season.

    OPENING JOKE: “RATS” A minister once enlisted four children to help him preach his Christmas sermon on “The Star.” He gave each child one of the four letters to hold up so he could make a point on each letter of the word “Star.” When the children stepped forward and turned around, they were in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Celebrate Christmas All Year Series

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Jul 21, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,363 views

    Christmas is great but it has to last more then one day. This message is intended to encourage us to celebrate Christmas all year long by worshipping our Savior every day of our lives.

    CHRISTMAS FROM THE GOSPELS, Part 4 Celebrate Christmas All Year Matthew 2:1-11 INTRODUCTION: A. Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 1. Three kings are often associated with Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    After Christmas...what Now?

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Jan 3, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 25,235 views

    My final sermon for 2008, a look at the flight of Christ’s family to Egypt and how we should approach life after Christmas.

    After Christmas…Now What Matthew 2:13-15 Introduction Well, Christmas day has come and it has gone…and I do hope you guys had a wonderful day filled with awe of God’s grace and mercy and the love of family and friends. We had Brigitte’s parents down from Cincinnati, and they are here with us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lynn Malone avatar

    The Characters Of Christmas: The Wise Men Series

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jan 9, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,812 views

    What we learn about gifts from the Wise Men who visited Jesus.

    The Characters of Christmas: The Wise (?) Men Matthew 2:1-12 We come to close our series on The Characters of Christmas today with a look at the most misunderstood, or at least most misinterpreted, cast of characters in the entire Christmas story. Like Buddy the Elf walking around New ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Palitha Jayasooriya avatar

    The Christmas Light That Brings Hope

    Contributed by Palitha Jayasooriya on Dec 17, 2015
    based on 14 ratings
     | 21,558 views

    I preached this sermon last Sunday, December 13th, 2015, at our Christmas Carol Service. It is shown here mostly as it was presented. The sermon talks about the Light of Jesus that brings hope for more than a season.

    THE CHRISTMAS LIGHT THAT BRINGS HOPE (ISAIAH 9:1-7, MATTHEW 4:13-16) INTRODUCTION – Good evening friends, it’s so nice to have you at our Christmas production 2015, “Christmas Hope – for more than a season”. I want to speak tonight about a hope that lasts beyond a season. One of our musicians told ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Christmas: Past, Present, Future

    Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 27, 2025
     | 237 views

    Jesus came to save us, is transforming us today, and will return in glory to take us home forever. Trust Him now.

    INTRODUCTION Christmas always pulls us into memory. We can’t help it. Every song, every smell, every blinking light seems to whisper something from yesterday. I have ornaments on my tree that are so old they have seen better decades. Some are handmade, held together by glue and nostalgia. Others ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Why We Need Christmas

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 59 ratings
     | 9,288 views

    The Grinch wanted to steal Christmas. The Grinch of the Bible wants to steal even more!

    INTRODUCTION "The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason." One of the more popular movies right now is “The Grinch,” based on the Dr. Suess story, “How the Grinch stole Christmas.” The Grinch, whose heart is two sizes two ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Christmas Should Mean

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 9, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 3,867 views

    The meaning of Christmas is often lost in our secular celebrations.

    INTRODUCTION A. Where did the celebration come from 1. Origin of the festival is unknown 2. Derived in part from rites held by German and Celtic people to celebrate the winter solstice 3. Christmas festivals have been observed by Christians since the 4th century 4. Incorporate, as many of our other ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Narnia: What If There Were No Christmas Series

    Contributed by Lin Smalec on Nov 25, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 2,936 views

    This sermon introduces the first book of the Chronicles of Narnia as part of an Advent series. It connects the state of Narnia (always winter, never Christmas) with the world without Christ.

    Rev. Lin Smalec Salem Church, Waynesboro, PA WHAT IF THERE WERE NO CHRISTMAS? First Sunday of Advent 27 November 2005 A few years after World War II ended, a professor at Oxford University in England wrote a series of children’s books that captured the imagination of a generation. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Christmas Is Coming But First: Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Nov 22, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,605 views

    A good seasonal spiritual wish-list should include a desire for a joyful and grateful spirit.

    Title: Christmas Is Coming but First: Thanksgiving Text: Colossians 1:10-14 Thesis: A good seasonal wish-list should include a desire for a joyful and grateful spirit.. Introduction This morning you may be expecting that my thoughts are going to reflect a concern that retailers are so bent on ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    First Christmas Risk-Takers

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,267 views

    Risk taking at times needs to be bold and calculated. Other times require spontaneity. Risk taking is taking on something that causes fear and has the possibility of failure. Risk taking is an essential ingredient in ministry in the Kingdom of God. Most B

    Opening illustration: Three pastors have been called Monday to report to prison in Shiraz, a city in southwestern Iran, within the next 30 days in what is estimated to be an act of religious persecution. The pastors were essentially being sentenced for having meetings at home, making the government ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational