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  • Resurrection Day

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 17, 2025
     | 853 views

    As we look at our Gregorian calendars there are three hundred and sixty five days on our calendars. Most of the days are just routine days that we do the same thing day after day.

    But there are some days that are special, and we look forward to them. Let me mention four days on our calendar that I personally consider special. • Mother’s Day • Father’s Day • Christmas • Easter Christmas and Easter are the only two religious holiday’s days we have on our calendars. The ...read more

  • Putting The Easter Back Into Christmas

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 26, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,019 views

    Jesus came at the right time. We need to be careful not to bi-pass Bethlehem.

    Putting the Easter Back in Christmas, Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts I’ve been reading about how Japan celebrates Christmas, which has become a major event over there. They put up decorations, exchange presents, send cards, sing yuletide songs, decorate ...read more

  • Narnia: Always Winter, Never Christmas Series

    Contributed by Richard Francis on Nov 28, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,827 views

    In the middle of winter, we need Christmas, but in our spiritual winter, we need Jesus and all he brings to us.

    Always Winter, Never Christmas Isaiah 64:1-9 Charlie Brown says that Christmas is at the top of a long hill, and I think that’s a pretty good description of how Christmas seems when you are young. I know it was that way with me. December 25 was the most highly-anticipated day of the year as far ...read more

  • Thanksgiving 2004

    Contributed by Jeremy James on Nov 21, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,899 views

    The real meaning of Thanksgiving

    "To All Ye Pilgrims: Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as He has protected us from the ravages of the ...read more

  • Faith Or Fear

    Contributed by Paul Stokes on Dec 20, 2005
     | 4,178 views

    Carol Service sermon looking at responses to Jesus - Herod’s fear and the Magi’s faith.

    According to the Daily Mail, being here is good for you! In a section entitled "Making the most of your life" the Mail gave 12 reasons as to why this special time can be good for you and why you should rejoice on Christmas Day, one of which was ’Carol Singing’ It stirs the soul and takes us back ...read more

  • Christmas In July

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Jan 20, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,100 views

    After finding a nativity set’s ‘baby Jesus’ figurine in the floor at our home, we pondered the thought… How is it that "Baby Jesus" has come to visit us in the summer?

    7.19.2009.Sermon.Christmas_in_July. Celebrating the Birth of Christ By William Akehurst, BA HSWC Christmas is the time that we celebrate the birth of Jesus That first Christmas was actually about 2 years after his birth, when the wisemen came to his home bearing gifts. In actuality, according to ...read more

  • What Will Sustain You In Grief?

    Contributed by Bradley Berglund on Apr 6, 2013
     | 6,616 views

    Job gives to us three foundational truths that keep us believing that God is good when circumstances read the other way.

    What Will Sustain You? Job 1:20-22; James 5:10-11 This message was preached the day after I had officiated at my aunt's funeral. She and my father had died within one week of each other near the Thanksgiving holiday. My mother was caught off guard. As we approached the stand next to the vault, ...read more

  • Worry Will Be The Death Of You

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,319 views

    Jesus calls his followers to trust God not worry

    Do not Worry (Mt 6:25-34) A Sunday school teacher was teaching her class about the difference between right and wrong. "All right children,” she said “let’s take another example," “If I were to put my hand into a man’s pocket and take all his money, what would I be?" One little lad raised his ...read more

  • Trick Or Treat: Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Oct 30, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,686 views

    Should Christians celebrate Halloween? How should churches respond to people who do?

    In a day when good is called evil and evil is called good, it is very difficult to establish boundaries, especially involving questionable issues. Churches seem to accept more and more worldliness, while some Christians are getting less and less tolerant of anything except their version of the ...read more

  • Seasoning Your Giving Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,402 views

    Advent week 2 in which changing the way we give has the power to impact ourselves and others for the sake of Jesus

    The last time I preached this series I told you about a pair of guys who had exchanged the same pair of moleskin pants for over a decade. Each year they tried to outdo one another with the only rules being they couldn’t damage the pants and they had to use scrap material. I’d left the story with ...read more

  • Part 1 -- Some Thoughts On God's Control And Why Things Happen As They Do. Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Nov 2, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 9,682 views

    Why do things happen the way they do? The book of Habakkuk tells us that this is because God is God and is in conplete control. This is the first of a series of messages looking at how Habakkuk attitude and character changes regarding God’s activity in

    The Book of Habakkuk Some Thoughts On God’s Control And Why Things Happen As They Do. Part 1 Habakkuk 1:1-11 INTRODUCTION: We live in a world of more questions than answers. In fact, for every answer we find, it seems as if it brings with it two questions. We live in a world today in which ...read more

  • Accept No Substitute: The Incomparable Superiority Of Christ

    Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Dec 31, 2016
     | 5,919 views

    Accept no substitute. Jesus Christ has no equal

    In the last few weeks, people searched for the perfect Christmas gift, hunted for bargains, decorated their homes, burned candles, over-ate, wrapped some packages and tore others open; and by tomorrow morning stores will fill again, as the gift return season begins. Sad, isn’t it? It is so easy ...read more

  • Are You Watching? Are You Ready? Series

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Feb 3, 2018
     | 6,895 views

    'keeping watch' for the arrival of the Christ Child

    Following those hard times, the sun will fade out, moon cloud over, Stars fall out of the sky, cosmic powers tremble. And then they'll see the Son of Man enter in grand style, his Arrival filling the sky - no one will miss it! He'll dispatch the angels; they will pull in the chosen from the four ...read more

  • Treasure & The Loving Guard

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jun 12, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,817 views

    A combination of two Devotionals on Proverbs 2:1-8. Wisdom calls out like a lover inviting her beloved, and God, our Lover, promises to protect us, to guard us from harm, through His wisdom.

    Proverbs Chapter 2 1. My son, if you accept my words and treat my commands as treasures 2. So that you pay attention with your ear to wisdom and bend your heart to understanding 3. If you say “YES!” to discernment, and call out with your voice for understanding 4. If you seek her like silver and ...read more

  • The Priority Of Thankfulness

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 21, 2016
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,112 views

    Thankfulness is a critical tool in the believers toolbox, one highly valued by God Himself. It should become an addiction.

    The Priority of Thankfulness (Ephesians 5:18-20, Colossians 3:16-17) 1. The idea of being Thankful is often left open-ended in our day. TO GOD. 2. Harriet was an atheist. One morning she & a Christian lady-friend stepped out into the glories of a beautiful fall morning. As Harriet saw the ...read more