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  • Doane Brubaker avatar

    Magnify The Lord

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Dec 6, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,723 views

    Three qualities in Mary’s life that pleased God.

    Magnify The Lord Luke 1:26-55 We are often Inspired and motivated by great people. But we value different kinds of greatness. • Talent (artistic, athletic, intellectual) • Achievement; success • Character • Courage • Faith It is my hope today that we will gain inspiration from the one of whom it ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Getting A Bad Rep Series

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 17, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,011 views

    Joseph had to learn that what God thinks of him was more important than what others thought of him. It was more important than his reputation. It gave him a new identity.

    Rediscovering Christmas Getting a Bad Rep Matthew 1:18-25 December 16, 2007 Last week we say how John was born to be wild. This week as we rediscover Christmas, we are going to examine a crucial figure in the Christmas story: Joseph. I will begin with a story about a woman named Margaret. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Alvin Hathaway, Sr. avatar

    God Of The Overlooked Series

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,209 views

    The God of the oppressed is also the God of the overlooked and that God’s love is encompassing, God’s love is embracing, and God’s love is enduring.

    God of the Overlooked Luke 2: 8-15 Luke 2:10 “I bring you good news of great joy” Over thirty years ago, Dr. James Cone, Professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York, wrote a breakthrough book in Black Theology called “God of the Oppressed.” This book catapulted Dr. Cone to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Joseph Series

    Contributed by Troy Horne on Mar 28, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,330 views

    Looking at Joseph’s response to the news Mary is pregnant

    Matthew 1.18-25 “The Characters of Christmas: Joseph” 1. [Read text] 2. Luke doesn’t tell us the rest of the story or at least the part of the story from Joseph’s viewpoint. For Luke, Joseph becomes a dutiful husband who allows Mary to have this child and who seems to be alright with ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Wayne Cordeiro avatar

    Things Not For Sale Series

    Contributed by Wayne Cordeiro on Nov 13, 2007
    based on 48 ratings
     | 18,888 views

    We often mess up our Christian lives, not because we are malicious or evil, but because we are frail and needy. We need a power beyond ourselves to win that fight. We need something that is bigger than we are.

    Betwixt and Between As Christians, each of us will experience struggle. We will struggle when we know the right thing to say or do, but we just cannot do it. It may be due to our pride, or a principle, or we are angry, or we just can’t accept a different perspective. We know something is wrong, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    At The Right Time

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 2, 2009
    based on 19 ratings
     | 18,286 views

    A consideration of Galatians 4:4,5; a Christmas message: At the prescribed time in human history Jesus came; at the right time in personal histories, He comes to save, to strengthen, to guide, to empower.

    At the Right Time “…when we were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world. 4But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. 6Because ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Mystery Of Bethlehem Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 6, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,535 views

    What would possess a man to take a woman who was nine month pregnant on a 120 km trip? This message looks at the Why of Bethlehem

    Mystery of Bethlehem The theme we have chosen for this advent season is “The Mysteries of Christmas”. Last week we looked at the Mystery of the Virgin birth, how God Almighty the creator of the Universe stepped into the stream of human history to introduce his Son to the world. In that message we ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Worship Fully Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Dec 6, 2009
    based on 25 ratings
     | 13,877 views

    Looks at how the people from the first advent worshipped the Lord and how we can learn to worship fully

    Worship Fully Joseph worshipped through Obedience Mary Worshipped through Submission The Magi worshipped through Sacrifice Series introduction Slide Good morning. December is upon us and it is often about this time that the craziness of the holiday season begins in full. Shopping has begun ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Laodicea

    Contributed by Eugene Prewitt on May 1, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,160 views

    The message Jesus to the church of Laodicea reveals the christless character of many.

    A Message to the Messengers A Bible Study on What Jesus has to Say to the Ministerial Force Entrusted with Feeding His Flock Ministers, the messages of Revelation 3 are directed to you. They are calculated to enrich and empower your preaching. They were written to wake the church. “Because thou ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    An End To Darkness Series

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jul 20, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,736 views

    Have you ever noticed how much darkness surrounds the Christmas story – how much happens in the dark?

    An End to Darkness Isaiah 60:1-7; 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI December 14, 2008 Advent Series 2009 This may sound a little strange, but I have always associated darkness with Christmas – physical darkness, I mean. All my childhood memories of Christmas seem to have ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Chris Carroll avatar

    Giving The Perfect Gift Series

    Contributed by Chris Carroll on Jan 19, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,561 views

    We open up our Bibles once a year at this time to read the Gospel accounts of Jesus coming from the portals of heaven to lie in a bed of straw on this earth. Yet, to be honest isn’t it so much more than that? Isn’t there something more majestic about the

    Everyone loves to receive gifts at Christmas time. And I am sure that as Christmas approaches we are wondering what lies behind those wrapped presents. I remember as a child that these 4 weeks of advent were so difficult. I would go by that tree about 30 million times a day looking at the box and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Gullick avatar

    There's Something About Mary

    Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 15, 2015
     | 5,442 views

    Advent sermon that talks about the need for humility and explores how to practise it. Contains a number of resources I got elsewhere on sermon central.

    There's something about Mary. No not the movie - Mary. Jesus Mum. Mary – Mary has been treated strangely by history. People pray to her – people make statues of her and pray to the statue – People get it wrong – Mary is a signpost who like the Prophets of old point to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    The Peace Of Immanuel Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 17, 2015
     | 6,326 views

    Find guidance and gladness, relief and rest, when you let Christ reign in your life.

    In 2001, the Richards family of Canberra, Australia, set the Guinness World Record for the most holiday lights ever on a private residence – 331,038 bulbs, to be exact. It was a record that stood for more than a decade. Then, in 2012, Tim Gay and his family from LaGrangeville, New York, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Preparing For Christmas

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jan 12, 2016
     | 5,950 views

    Advent is a time for preparing our hearts with the hope of Jesus Chirst.

    Preparing for Christmas Introduction- As we get closer to Christmas, the key to preparing for Christmas is staying focused on Jesus. All the distractions only put Jesus on the outside looking in on our Christmas instead of us looking in on Jesus and the true reason for Christmas. We as ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Seed Of A Woman

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Dec 9, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,039 views

    This is the battle that was raging in Eden!

    Pastor Allan Kircher Shell Point Baptist Church December 8, 2013 Seed of a Woman Genesis certainly is a strange place to preach/Christmas sermon. • Here/midst of man’s greatest tragedy • revelation of man’s greatest hope • here the tale of sin, judgment and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist