Sermons about Christmas Traditions

What If There Was No Christmas?

Contributed by Quentin Johnston on Dec 30, 2004

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A world without Christmas would mean a world without God, law, and hope, but Christ came to give us all three

Luke 2:8-14 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Christmas Is About...

Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jan 1, 2008

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This sermon talks about Christmas by using the meanings of the advent candles, Hope,joy Love, Peace, but most of all it’s about Christ.

Title: Christmas is about… Text: Luke 2:10-14 Date: 12/23/07 Location: Sulphur Spring Baptist Church Introduction: About a week before Christmas a five-year old boy was busying drawing a picture for his mother. She walked into the room and asked him what he was drawing. The boy pointed to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:10-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Christmas Card Series

Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jan 3, 2004

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Each year God sends us the same Christmas card inscribed with His message of love; when we open it and read it we know what His one & only Son did for us.

Dr. Tom Doubt, Senior Pastor Four Mile Creek Baptist Church Richmond, VA THE CHRISTMAS CARD BACKGROUND: A. Sending of Christmas cards is a 163 year old tradition 1. It began in England in 1840 a. The first cards showed people drinking & partying b. Christns complained, ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Christmas? Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 13, 2004

based on 49 ratings

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This sermon explores what Christmas is not, and also what Christmas is.

Scripture In Matthew’s description of Jesus’ birth, we read that before Mary and Joseph came together to consummate their marriage, Mary was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose Mary to public disgrace, he had in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Christmas Doldrums

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Dec 18, 2019

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John the Baptist lost his certainty of who Jesus was. We can suffer from the "doldrums," too.

December 15, 2019 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Isaiah 35:1-10; Matthew 11:2-11 Christmas Doldrums Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?” The John the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Christmas Expectation

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Dec 25, 2016

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A 10-15-minute Christmas Eve devotional

Christmas Expectation A 10-15-minute Christmas Eve Devotional Chuck Sligh December 25, 2016 TEXT: Turn in your Bibles to Luke 2 Illus. – Do you remember the anticipation you had as a child when you went to bed on Christmas Eve? (ELABORATE) Clement Clarke Moore captured that sense of anticipation ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25-32

Denomination: Baptist

Wise Men Still Worship

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 22, 2000

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The Wise Men remind us that true worship comes from the heart.

Matthew 2:1-12 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Christmas Communion

Contributed by Randy Trotter on Dec 5, 2009

based on 4 ratings

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“COMMUNION” w/out “CHRISTMAS” is just a Sunday morning snack! CHRISTMAS” w/out “COMMUNION” is just another holiday to make money!

“CHRISTMAS COMMUNION” INTRODUCTION: We’ve been through Halloween, just finished Thanksgiving and now we’re in December! December officially kicks off the Christmas Season. We generally think of “CHRISTMAS” as the birth time of Jesus Christ, the giving of gifts in the celebration of what God ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Christmas Presence

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Dec 23, 2005

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The presents we ofter to Christ fall short of what he wants, our presence. This sermon addresses his desire for our hearts versus our meager attempts to please him.

Scripture: Matthew 1:23 & Various Other Texts Theme: More than duty or sacrifice or religion, more than the things we can do for God, he wants our presence, a relationship with us. celebrate the birth of Christ we must let our hearts be changed by Him. Seed: Personal Study Purpose: To invite ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:23

Denomination: Wesleyan

Waiting For Christmas Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Nov 8, 2021

| 5,096 views

When he first sees the baby Jesus, he sings. Jesus was on his bucket list because he began his song this way, “I can now ‘depart in peace’ (verse 29). He was ready to die! Is

It’s a difficult year to celebrate anything. Yet, Christmas is a season of hope in the midst of a really challenging year. The hope of Christmas is irrepressible no matter what you’re facing. There’s a buoyant hope to Christmas that continues to surface despite challenges. Some years ago, The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:21-40

Denomination: Baptist

The Christmas Hope

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Dec 30, 2003

based on 37 ratings

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Is Christmas a blooper or is it a true hope for everybody worldwide, looking for the Return of the King?

The Christmas Hope By Pastor Andrew Chan I got this “Church bulletin bloopers” from reading the Readers’ Digest: • “The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer Conference includes meals.” • “Morning sermon: Jesus walks on the water. Evening sermon: Searching for Jesus.” • Scouts are saving ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-10, Isaiah 35:1-35

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Christmas Eve

Contributed by Roger Haugen on Sep 20, 2001

based on 111 ratings

| 18,030 views

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.

Television has been busy for the past month with Christmas Specials. It seems everyone in the entertainment industry has to have one. Lots of fairy tale settings, warm fire places and goodies to eat. All happiness and light. This is the "imagined" Christmas, how things are supposed to be. I ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7

Denomination: Lutheran

Christmas Eve

Contributed by Peter Parry on Dec 21, 2002

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Christmas Eve is a time to FEEL the presence of God coming to you.

Christmas Eve (Mt.18:3-4) Tonight, Christmas Eve, is a time for the heart more so than for the mind. Everything about tonight invites us to feel something rather than to think something. A bright star shinning in the East leading the wise men to Bethlehem; a heavenly host of angels ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:3-4

Denomination: Congregational

Christmas Snapshots

Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 6, 2001

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It is through photographs that my family traces time. Simeon was a man who understood the passage of time - then he met the Messiah! A Christmas Eve devotion.

Christmas Eve Service 12-24-98 INTRODUCTION (Slides of our family Christmases through the years are shown while I’m talking). Every year at the Christmas celebration in the home of my parents, the camera comes out. It’s somewhat of a running joke among us that our Christmas pictures year ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Catastrophe Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Dec 18, 2010

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The biggest catastrophe which has even happened is found in Luke 2:7...and continues today..

The Catastrophe of Christmas Luke 2:7 * What do you think about when you hear the word, ‘catastrophe?’ Do words like disaster, calamity, ruin, tragedy, and more come to your mind? Yet if we are honest, we tend to think of catastrophes completely on an earthly or humanistic plain. For instance, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:7

Denomination: Baptist

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