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  • The Land Of Narnia Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 5, 2005
    based on 66 ratings
     | 6,953 views

    Increasingly Christ has been pushed out of Christmas... but there is a deeper struggle and a higher objective for us who love Jesus. No matter how successful the world may be in removing Christ from Christmas... our Jesus is "on the move."

    OPEN: On December 10th we’ve reserved the local movie theatre for a private viewing of “The Tale Of Narnia – The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe” It’s the story of 4 children in war ravaged WWII London who are sent to the country, to the home of a rich relative where 1 of their only pastimes ...read more

  • An Attitude Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 27, 2000
    based on 521 ratings
     | 70,044 views

    Learning to be grateful and letting create joy, contentment and the desire to share.

    There was an article in the local paper where I used to live about a couple who had been living on welfare and food stamps from 1983 to 1991. They had drawn a great deal of money from the welfare system, before it was discovered through a welfare fraud investigator, that the couple had stocks, ...read more

  • Ready Or Not, Here I Come

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 364 ratings
     | 25,478 views

    Have we done more to prepare for the celebration of a past event (Christmas) than we have to prepare for His future coming? A message for Christmas Eve.

    INTRODUCTION Everyone stand – because it’s participation time! Holding up the appropriate number of fingers, communicate with your partner:  Christmas is tomorrow. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the most and 1 being the least, how prepared are you for Christmas?  Sometimes ...read more

  • After 2000 Years, They're Still Wise Men

    Contributed by Ronald Horgan on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 1,094 ratings
     | 25,758 views

    A look at the "wise men" and what we can learn today as modern wise men and women

    I guess that male bashing is the order of the day in some circles and now it’s reached even to the three wise men. Recently, I saw something that suggested that if the wise men had been women, things would have been different and better. First, if the wise men had been women, they ...read more

  • No John, No Jesus

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 4, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 7,359 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

  • Love Does That

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 23, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,178 views

    What is love? How does it act? How can we recognize it?

    Love Does That John 3:16 Introduction: Christmas is a magical time. And Christmas is a busy time. I know that and I promise that the length of my sermonette will reflect that knowledge. In thinking about this sermonette I wondered what I should emphasize. Should I concentrate on the shepherds ...read more

  • "Slowing Down For Reflection" Series

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Mar 23, 2003
    based on 78 ratings
     | 21,277 views

    We need to slow down in order to assess where we are spiritually.

    liff and Saltillo UM Churches First Sunday of Advent December 1, 2002 “Slowing Down for Reflection” Luke 21:25-26 Introduction: When I was growing up, there was a woman at our church who would always say, “STAY ready so you won’t have to GET ready.” She was saying basically what today’s ...read more

  • Roots Alive!

    Contributed by Kathy Findley on Oct 25, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 19,003 views

    The premise of this sermon is that sometimes there is much more disappointment in our hearts than hope! Advent’s message through the Prophet Isaiah is that hope is hidden deep within us, safe and secure, and is ready to burst forth in renewed life.

    Advent II- Hope It was just this word of hope the people desperately needed to hear--the words that Isaiah wrote about the dry-looking stump with a green shoot growing out of it. The Israelites felt hopeless, in despair. The words Isaiah wrote told of that despairing and proclaimed that the ...read more

  • The Fourfold Name In Isaiah 9:6

    Contributed by Warren Bird on Dec 17, 2002
    based on 174 ratings
     | 77,082 views

    The magnificent fourfold name given to the promised child in Isaiah’s prophecy is a great encouragement, at Christmas and all year round.

    Introduction I don’t expect any of you to remember, but I promised at this time last year to preach tonight’s sermon at some time. My pre-Christmas message in 2001 was on the subject of “God’s Unique Sign” and in it I briefly discussed the verse in Isaiah 9:6 where the promised son is to be called ...read more

  • A Gift Worth Giving Series

    Contributed by John Maxwell on Nov 6, 2001
    based on 594 ratings
     | 164,767 views

    The first of a four part series that focuses on the birth of Christ

    A GIFT WORTH GIVING John Maxwell INTRODUCTION: Please turn with me to Matthew, Chapter 2 for the reading of the story. It’s one that we’ve read and heard hundreds of times. And yet true to not only the story of the spirit of Christmas, but to the tradition that I think we’ve had at Skyline for ...read more

  • Treasures That Cannot Be Taken Away

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 6, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 10,670 views

    Have you ever had a day that was so special, so filled with wonderful things, that you wished time could stand still & that day last forever? Mary must have experienced that the night when Jesus was born.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2015) TEXT: Luke 2:15-19 A. Have you ever had a day that was so special, so filled with wonderful things, that you wished time could stand still & that day last forever? ILL. Maybe it was when you got your ...read more

  • It's A Wonderful Life Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 27, 2004
    based on 66 ratings
     | 25,959 views

    What would it have been like if Jesus had never been born?

    (Showed Clip of “Clarence” trying to convince George Bailey he’d really had a wonderful life. Used scene where they were drying their clothes out after George “saved” Clarence from drowning) OPEN: A Sunday school teacher once asked her class of children: “What is Christmas a time for?” Many of ...read more

  • Nothing Is Impossible With God!

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on Dec 6, 2004
    based on 49 ratings
     | 12,413 views

    We serve the God of the Impossible... Do you believe that? It will change how we live when we really take hold of this truth.

    "Nothing Is Impossible For God!" Pastor Glenn Newton December 5, 2004 LK 1:26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her ...read more

  • 'tis The Season To Remember Christ

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 20, 2004
    based on 255 ratings
     | 10,764 views

    ’Tis the season to worship Christ.

    INTRO.- ILL.- A man called the church office one day and said, "Can I please speak to the head hog at the trough?" The secretary, highly offended, said, "If you mean the pastor, then you may refer to him as ’Pastor’ or ’Brother,’ but you may certainly NOT refer to him as the ‘head hog at the ...read more

  • Band Of Believers

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 23, 2005
    based on 36 ratings
     | 3,988 views

    Are you in the battle? Can God and His Band of Believers depend on you?

    Band of Believers Our youth group left Father’s Day to go to Minnetonka Christian Camp (http://www.minnetonkacamp.com/) and this year’s theme was a take off of the mini-series Band of Brothers. I had a different sermon planned for the evening service but after seeing the T-Shirts I knew I had a ...read more