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  • Scott Maze avatar

    Love Is Better Than Miracles Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021
     | 3,154 views

    You’ll be like the Christmas tree that you remove from your house after the holidays. It is planted in a metal tree holder, the needles will fall off the moment you try to pick it up. The person who hasn’t experienced the love of Christ is nicely decorated but falls apart when handled.

    Ron and Patti had been married for twelve years and have two children. Patti had grown up with believing parents as they attended church where she grew up in the area. Ron was born in Ada, Oklahoma to hard working parents. His father had served in the Vietnam War and neither parent felt church was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Halloween

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Nov 7, 2003
    based on 230 ratings
     | 52,172 views

    Christans often think of Halloween as evil. Paul says it is not. Here is a historical, biblical and practical perspective on Halloween.

    If this sermon is helpful to you look for my latest book, “The Greatest Commands: Learning To Love Like Jesus.” Each chapter is sermon length, alliterated, and focuses on the life and love of Jesus. You can find it here: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1606471120 HALLOWEEN by Scott R. Bayles, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Mary - A Christmas Story Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 16, 2021
     | 4,723 views

    While Mary has enjoyed high status throughout the centuries, she was the subject of gossip in her day. Mary’s scandal is this: she was an unwed pregnant teenager and all the tongues were wagging were in her small, conservative town of Nazareth.

    Just a few more days to Christmas… are you ready? We conclude a short Christmas series designed to make room in your heart to worship Jesus, entitled The Mothers of Jesus. For the last several weeks, we’ve been examining the four mothers of Jesus, the several women who served as Jesus’ distant ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Going Home Without Jesus

    Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Dec 23, 2015
    based on 23 ratings
     | 18,531 views

    This holiday season brings joy, happiness, giving, and rejoicing to all family gatherings. This lesson describes the sadness of: "Going home without Jesus." It reveals God's blessings in a child's birth, a Son is given, and how Jesus saves His people from their sins.

    INTRODUCTION Outline. 1. Going Home with Jesus 2. Going Home without Jesus 3. Going Home with Jesus Introductory Remarks. 1. Our lesson today will discuss: "Going home without Jesus." Before noticing our theme, we will consider that this couple would go home with (carrying) Jesus. Joseph ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Calibrating With God Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 7, 2021
     | 2,347 views

    Part of serving Jesus Christ is our lifelong commitment to calibrate and recalibrate what goes on within us and what goes on in our relationship to the people in our lives. This frequent adjustment is based upon His revealed will in His Word.

    Calibrating with God (Proverbs 29:20, 23-27) 1. One man: “While working as a prison guard in Prague, part of my job included a lot of walking up and down the prison corridors. I used to pass a lot of bad Czechs.” Ouch! 2. Checking account checks, different story. Some people balance their ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Be Thankful

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 25, 2019
     | 13,350 views

    Thanksgiving is the holiday dedicated to giving thanks. But if your life isn't going very well you might think there isn't anything to be thankful for. Let's see if we can gain some perspective on why we should be thankful; not just at Thanksgiving time, but all the time.

    BE THANKFUL Colossians 3:15-17 Thanksgiving is the holiday dedicated to giving thanks for things. Interestingly, the words thank and think have the same root, reminding us that thanksgiving comes from thinking about our blessings. But you may not be feeling very thankful lately. You might think ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Remembering Series

    Contributed by Duane Wente on May 29, 2023
     | 2,167 views

    We are a forgetful people. In America, holidays like Memorial Day help us remember the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. Mordecai instructed that God’s people celebrate an annual festival to remember how God had saved them. God also gave us ways to remember today.

    Video Ill.: We Will Remember (Memorial Day) — Centerline New Media ("The Old Man and the Gulls" from Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story by Paul Aurandt, 1977, quoted in Heaven Bound Living, Knofel Stanton, Standard, 1989, p. 79-80) I know I’ve told this story before, but I love the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Boy Jesus Comes To His Temple.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 7, 2013
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,406 views

    I must be about my Father's business.

    THE BOY JESUS COMES TO HIS TEMPLE. Luke 2:41-52. It was obligatory for men to attend the three main feasts in Jerusalem, but it is evident that Mary and Joseph went up as a couple (Luke 2:41). They also took Jesus with them “according to the custom of the feast” (Luke 2:42). Habits set in youth ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Legacy Of Sacrifice And Faith - Memorial Day

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Jul 28, 2025
     | 102 views

    Memorial Day is more than just a national holiday. For us as Christians, it is a spiritual importance that reminds us of the greatest sacrifice ever made—when Jesus gave His life so we could be saved. As we honor those who died for our freedom, we also remember our Savior who died for our souls.

    A Legacy of Sacrifice and Faith John 15:13 — "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends." Introduction: Tomorrow, our country observes Memorial Day—a day to say thank you, and remember. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Christmas: Why Did Jesus Come To Us? Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 12, 2021
     | 3,149 views

    I’m really glad God came up with the idea of Christmas. But what did God have in mind when He created Christmas? What motivated Him to bring Christmas to us?

    Christmas is really enjoyable on so many levels. But a widow names Stella has an unusual experience on Christmas. Stella’s first Christmas as a widow brought incredible loneliness. One day her doorbell rang and she was greeted by a messenger holding a box. “What’s in the box?” she asked. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    B Thankful Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 22, 2009
    based on 68 ratings
     | 26,893 views

    God repeatedly tells me I should be thankful for all things. But there are times I don’t want to thankful. There are times I don’t FEEL thankful. So how can I obey God when that happens?

    OPEN: I read the true story of GIs stationed on Leyte in the Philippines during WW II. Although the region was secure, sometimes the enemy tried to infiltrate their food storage area. One such adversary, dressed in GI clothing, had worked himself into the noontime chow line. But the camp cook ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Shepherds Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Nov 8, 2021
     | 6,223 views

    God’s grace rests on those who embrace His Son by faith. God makes peace through the cross of His Son. The only people who get the peace are people who grasp God’s grace.

    Nothing quite says “Tis the Season” like your favorite Hallmark Christmas movie marathon! If you have never watched a Hallmark Christmas movie, then here are the essential ingredients: • A small-town Christmas festival; • Lots of Christmas decorations; • PG level of romantic flirtation; • Lots of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas: Jesus Came To Declare War Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 12, 2021
     | 2,926 views

    The reason why I believe in Satan is because Jesus believed in Satan. Jesus said, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven” (Luke 10:18).

    I’m really glad God came up with the idea of Christmas. What did God have in mind when He created Christmas? Turn 1 John 3 (page 1303 in pew Bibles) What motivated God to bring Christmas to us? When we think about Christmas, we normally turn to passages inside our Bibles that tell us the story of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No Room For Jesus Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 19, 2020
    based on 5 ratings
     | 18,618 views

    "No Room" was a declaration by God of what Jesus would experience in His ministry. In fact there are only two places where room will be made for Jesus. Do you know what they are?

    There was a Christmas program at a church and a 7-year-old boy was chosen to be the innkeeper. When Joseph and Mary approached looking for shelter his line was to simply say “I’m sorry… but we have no room.” But being a good 7-year-old boy that didn’t seem quite right. He looked at Mary and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Christmas: Jesus Came To Save You Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 12, 2021
     | 2,743 views

    God Designed Christmas to Save Sinners.

    It’s Christmas. Police officers direct traffic at malls to accommodate the overflow crowds of last-minute shoppers. Children are crazy interested in what will be under the tree with their name on it. Husbands are starting to consider maybe I should go shopping for my wife! Yet, to appreciate ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist