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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    I'll Be Home For Christmas Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 14, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,312 views

    On that first Christmas it seems that no one was "home for Christmas" and yet Jesus was born to give us the promise a home with Him forever. What can that promise mean to us?

    (Singing this acapella) “I'll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me. Please have snow and mistletoe and presents on the tree. Christmas Eve will find me where the lovelight gleams. I'll be home for Christmas if only in my dreams.” That Christmas song was written back in 1924, but it ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "The World's First Glance" Series

    Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Jan 10, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,365 views

    From the beginning, perceptive outsiders have been welcomed into the presence of Jesus.

    Yesterday was the Twelfth Day of Christmas. That means that today is Epiphany. Epiphany means manifestation or revelation – a turning on of the light – the shining light. And in some ways Epiphany is about the light of the Christmas star – but it’s also about the Magi who followed that ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Michael Stark avatar

    The First Person To Die In The Faith Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Dec 5, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,003 views

    With His Advent, Christ the Lord changed everything. Have we forgotten?

    LUKE 2:25 32 THE FIRST PERSON TO DIE IN THE FAITH “There was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Celebrate Christmas

    Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008
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     | 3,110 views

    Tonight we are going to look at the familiar story of the wise men coming to see baby Jesus. Although months after Christ’s birth, they share a place in historical first Christmas. From their part of this story we see how we need to celebrate Christmas.

    How to Celebrate Christmas - Get them talking: How does your family celebrate Christmas? - Christmas around the world Illustration: Replacement Santa Text: Matthew 2:1-12 The “wise men”, or Maji, were the ancient equivalent Jedi Knights – superb knowledge of math, science, astronomy, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Brad Beaman avatar

    Christmas: The Fullness Of Time Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Nov 13, 2022
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     | 3,295 views

    The prophets, the priests and even the kings longed for the day of the coming messiah would come. However, in the fullness of time God brought forth his son.

    Timing is everything. If you are planning to fly to Mars, you want to be keenly aware of the timing. It would take you about nine months to reach Mars, but you will need to have the right timing. All the planets move around, which means that there is only one open window when you can launch your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Do You Approach Christmas? Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Nov 16, 2022
     | 2,985 views

    We are about to look at how different individuals approached Christmas. One of them took the wrong approach. The other two with the right approach to Christmas received a tremendous blessing at the first Christmas.

    After a man visited the Holy land, he described his experience. He was turned off by the commercialism. Years later he took a second trip to the Holy Land, and he looked past the commercialism to focus on the places of Bible history. He was thinking more about being in the places Jesus walked. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Lee avatar

    What It Takes To Hear From God By Brian Atwood Luke 2:1-20 Series

    Contributed by James Lee on Dec 9, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,259 views

    You know not everyone that first Christmas heard from God like the shepherds did. Adapted from a message by Brian Atwood.

    The year 1860 found Henry Wadsworth Longfellow happy in his life, enjoying a widening recognition, and delighted over the election of Abraham Lincoln which he believed signaled the triumph of freedom and redemption for the nation. The following year the Civil War began and on July 9, 1861 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Preparing The Gift Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 19, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,475 views

    This is week two of a four part series and looks at the preparations that had to happen in order for the first Christmas to happen.

    The Gift of Christmas 2 The quest for the perfect gift. Some of you know what I mean and others, you haven’t got a clue. There are some folks who every gift is a challenge, to get not just a gift but to get the right gift. The gift that says just the right thing at just the right price. ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    God's First Promise Series

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Nov 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,557 views

    God didn't waste any time telling us that Christmas was coming. He began predicting Jesus' appearance in the very first book of the Bible.

    God’s First Promise Date: November 27, 2011 Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24 Introduction I came across a story/man/very qualified TV meteorologist  But for Some reason he did a terrible job when it came to actually forecasting the weather.  In fact, he became/local joke when a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    Joy To The World

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Sep 22, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,180 views

    OUR SOULS ARE STIRRED BY A DIVINE JOY THAT CANNOT BE SILENCED BY TIME, TRADITIONS, OR TROUBLES….AND AS THAT FIRST Christmas unwrapped this great joy, so we discover how to unwrap our own.

    This morning, before we finish our gathering together and head into this final week before Christmas, we will have an opportunity to declare in song that marvelous refrain…“Joy to the World, the Lord has come let earth receive her King.” For there is a joy, a deep, divine joy that beckons our ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Let The Poor Say, Series

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 3, 2007
     | 9,151 views

    Remember this, the average observer on the evening of the first Christmas, might not have seen Mary and Joseph as particularly blessed. There may have been moments that they doubted it themselves. And yet, they were rich...

    Let the poor say, "I am rich" Luke 2:1-7 Dawn and I went to Pennsbury Manor recently. This is the home of William Penn. Oddly enough, the place is almost completely a recreation. Nothing about the grounds or buildings is original. The house is not the house he and his family lived in. It is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    Mary, Did You Know?

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 26, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,560 views

    We are all making exciting plans for Christmas. But in this sermon I want to talk to you about God’s plan for the first Christmas.

    One thing that gets us upset, is when we have things all planned out and someone comes along and ruins our plans. For example, suppose you had plans for Saturday. You were going to take the family to the lake, and have a nice family picnic. You have been planning this picnic for weeks and you had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fools And Really Wise Guys

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,151 views

    There are two types of people: foolish people and wise people. Even that first Christmas had their fools and wise men.

    Matthew 2:1-12 Fools and Really Wise Guys! Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him." ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Wallace avatar

    The Christmas That Wasn't Series

    Contributed by James Wallace on Jan 1, 2021
     | 2,694 views

    The first Christmas was the Christmas that wasn't--at least in Jerusalem, the city that the Great King and Messiah came to save, and to rule from. Pagan visitors from far away had to tell them of the great thing that had happened in their midst.

    Back in November, Jeanie and I received a newsletter from an organization called SAT-7. SAT, I assume stands for satellite, because that is the means by which they broadcast the Gospel via television programs into Muslim dominated countries in the Middle East. SAT-7 is the largest provider of ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    The First Grinch, To Try And Steal Christmas

    Contributed by Norbert Haukenfrers on Jan 7, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,119 views

    King Herod and Jesus are Kings, who is your king? does Herod influence your decisions more than you care to admit?

    Did any of you see ‘The Grinch who stole Christmas’ or read Charles Dicken’s “Christmas Carol” or see one of the many movies about Ebenezer Scrooge this year, or any other movie about how someone tried to steal Christmas, they’re all copy cats, King Herod of Judea is the first to try and steal ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican