Sermons on First Christmas Morning:

The First Truths Of The Last Supper Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2014

It's called the Last Supper, but that’s not really true. Jesus looked forward to a time in the future when He would be alive, and He would celebrate a feast in the Kingdom of God. This will be a future time of reunion, refreshment, and rejoicing.

INTRODUCTION Easter is five weeks from today. Over the next few weeks, we’re going to walk with Jesus through 94 hours of events that changed the course of our world. The 94-hour period started when Jesus sat down with His disciples to eat the Passover Meal. It ended on Easter Sunday morning ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:12-25

Denomination: Baptist

Remembering Our First Love

Contributed by Duane Wente on May 26, 2025

On Memorial Day, we remember those who gave their lives for our freedom—and we remember Jesus, who laid down His life for our salvation. Let us not forget our first love.

## **Introduction – A Moment to Remember** Video Ill.: We Will Remember (Memorial Day) — Hyper Pixels Media *“Today, we remember those who gave all for our freedom. We thank God for their sacrifice, and mourn with those left behind. 'Greater love has no one than this to lay down one's ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7, John 15:13, 1 John 4:9-19, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Loving Others...family First! Series

Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 20, 2014

We are to love God first and foremost, and love our neighbors as ourselves. But we must love our family first by loving them in order, by discipline, by providing, by example and by taking time. Part 1 of 2, sermon number 4 in the Kindred United series

Loving Others...Family First! Over the next two weeks, we will focus on the family (no pun intended) and how we should have a love for family right after our love for God. To discuss the theology of the family, and the full depth, breadth and scope of that topic would take much time, and is not ...read more

Denomination: Bible Church

First Do...then Teach

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 28, 2004

A little different take on the Ascension, using the words of Luke: "all that Jesus began to do and to teach"...giving special emphasis to the sequence, First Do...then Teach.

Sermon Preached by Pastor Larry C. Brincefield on May 23, 2004. Title: First Do…Then Teach Text: Acts 1:1-11 Introduction 1. Many people are quite familiar with the death of Jesus Christ … • And His resurrection… • But people aren’t quite as familiar with the Ascension… • The Ascension of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11

Denomination: Nazarene

"The Forgotten Man Of Christmas,” (Christmas Sermon)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 17, 2025

Today like ministers across this great nation I want to preach a sermon about Christmas. But in this Christmas sermon I feel led to take a different approach from most sermons that are being preached today. Today I want to preach about THE FORGOTTEN MAN OF CHRISTMAS!!!

Text: Introduction: • Generally, Mary the mother of Jesus is the focus of attention normally in a Christmas sermon. • But there is another individual that is equally important in the Christmas story, and I want to focus on JOSEPH, THE EARTHLY FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS. THE FORGOTTEN MAN ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Is Coming! (A Sermon For Advent Sunday)

Contributed by David Smith on Nov 4, 2007

It’s the season of goodwill, is it not? Well ... not according to the ecclesiastical calendar! In the church year we’ve just celebrated the first Sunday in Advent - a time ...

Happy New Year everybody! Yes, it’s the first day of the ecclesiastical new year - the first Sunday in Advent - and as you’ll see, everything is a bit different today. The colours are different, the hymns are different, and there’s a sense of festivity in the air … well, maybe not a sense of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:18-25, Luke 1:24-48

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Man And Woman Who Lingered Series

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002

Part 4 of 5 of the series, Christmas Perspectives. This incredible perspective through the eyes of a man who believed and a woman who worshipped not only gives us a fresh look on the promise fulfilled with the first coming of Jesus but also gives us inspi

THE MAN AND WOMAN WHO LINGERED Luke 2:25-38 READ AT BEGINNING OF SERVICE: Luke 2:21-39 (NIV) 21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived. 22 When the time of their purification according to the Law of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25-38

Denomination: Pentecostal

Losing Our First Love

Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Mar 23, 2015

We need to remember our first love as a church

I. What distracts us from the gospel We live in a world today where the body of Christ is caught up in to many things of this world. And this includes far too many preachers. Men we are called to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to be a witness of Him and lead our people to do the same. Satan ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

First Timothy Chapter One Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Mar 9, 2018

This is a verse by verse study of First Timothy chapter one.

1 Timothy Chapter 1 (What you will find here are my notes from a Bible Study I am attending on 1 Timothy. I hope they will prove helpful. AMP – Amplified Bible. MSG – Message Bible. BBE – Bible in Basic English. The main text I am using is the New American Standard Version.) GREETING 1Ti ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:1-20, 1 Timothy 1:18-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Friday The 13th

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Mar 14, 2018

A study in the book of Exodus 11: 1 – 10

Exodus 11: 1 – 10 Friday the 13th 11 And the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out of here altogether. 2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

When Christ Calls Back His Church Series

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Jun 23, 2019

THIS IS A MESSAGE ON THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS AND THE SUCCESS WE CAN HAVE WHEN WE RETURN TO OUR FIRST LOVE

WHEN CHRIST CALLS BACK HIS CHURCH REVELATION 2:1-7 MAY 05, 2019 WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN A SERIES OF MESSAGES ON THE SEVEN CHURCHES MENTIONED IN REVELATION. THE BOOK OF REVELATION PRIMARILY DEALS WITH THE TIME AFTER THE RAPTURE CULMINATING WITH THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Hey, Wait A Minute

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Apr 23, 2018

A study in the book of Leviticus 2: 1 – 16

Leviticus 2: 1 – 16 Hey, wait a minute 2 ‘When anyone offers a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it. 2 He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Some Things God Puts First

Contributed by Grant Adams on Aug 3, 2021

As you study the bible you can really see that God has placed some things above others. In other words, God has some ‘first things first’.

I hope I never become unthankful or ungrateful for those who had a part in molding and making me. 1. Many of you here tonight have helped and taught me. 2. My stepdad has helped me. a. He is dead and gone, but I am still thankful for him. b. He was a man of low morals and few principles, but… 1) He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: Baptist

Keep God Our First Love

Contributed by Gary Holt on Jun 14, 2024

is God first in our heart? He needs to be. God does not intend to be second fiddle.

“Keep God our first love” Revelation 2:1-5 One day, a man was trying to: • cast out an evil spirit of gluttony from. • Out of this how do you say • “Healthy looking person” That stubborn spirit said: • No, I'm not coming out, • the man repeated himself. • “You evil spirit of gluttony, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-5, Revelation 2:4-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Hope Of Advent

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 29, 2020

This is the first part of our Advent series where we look at the four themes of Advent

I can think of nothing sadder than a life lived without hope. A hope that regardless of how bad things might seem, that things could get better. That ultimately every night has a dawn, every storm has an end, and every mountain has a peak. Author and preacher Max Lucado writes, “We need hope. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-3

Denomination: Wesleyan