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  • Timothy Spivey avatar

    Comfort Zone

    Contributed by Timothy Spivey on Dec 24, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,941 views

    This sermon talks about the incarnation of Christ and it as God’s move of intimacy toward the world.

    This is the season to use T. S. Eliot’s masterful phrase about the Incarnation: "the intersection of the timeless with time." Before it was Eliot’s, that way of looking at the birth of Jesus into human form was captured by John: John 1:1-4, 14, 16-18: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • David Trexler avatar

    The Abstract Becoming Real

    Contributed by David Trexler on Dec 28, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,664 views

    Intelligent people will have us believe one cannot see the Word or hear the Light, but we can

    Sermon for John 1:1-18 2nd Sunday after Christmas January 2nd 2005 Happy New Year again! And to begin the New Year we are given the first words from the gospel of John. What an abstract passage! Word becomes flesh. Light becomes life. Or is it that abstract? Most intelligent people will tell ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Don Schultz avatar

    One Blessing After Another

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Dec 28, 2004
    based on 116 ratings
     | 14,426 views

    Looking back on 2004, have you received one blessing after another? God would say, "yes!"

    John 1:16: WE HAVE ALL RECEIVED ONE BLESSING AFTER ANOTHER. Can you imagine, going on vacation in the middle of winter, and you’re sitting on the beach somewhere warm, relaxing, enjoying the sun, and suddenly, out of nowhere, a massive tidal wave comes crashing down on top of you and everyone else ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Jim Kane avatar

    Follow Me

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,562 views

    Sermon 3 of a New Year’s series based on Wilkinson’s book Experiencing Spiritual Breakthroughs.

    One of the things about starting a new sermon series is that I am never sure how it is going to develop regarding content (it must be Biblical of course) and structure (especially as it relates to application). Last week I said to you that I wanted this series to be practical and helpful to you ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Alex Perednia avatar

    Believing In Jesus Series

    Contributed by Alex Perednia on Feb 7, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,646 views

    Advent-- a time to prepare for the coming of Christ into our world and lives-- points us to the Christmas miracle! "Christmas for millions is just the holiday season. Are we losing the sense of marvel at the Christmas miracle? Why, this is the most stu

    All over our nation, there is unmistakeable evidence that that there are those who want to bar Christ from Christmas. That’s right, there are mant elites in our nation’s political and educational systems that want to remove our right to celebrate the birth of Jesus. If you don’t believe me, then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeremy James avatar

    Triumphal Entry Series

    Contributed by Jeremy James on Nov 21, 2004
    based on 31 ratings
     | 9,151 views

    Jesus made two triumphal entries, one in a manger, one on a donkey.

    This week starts the season of Lent. During this season we begin to prepare ourselves for the Passion Week, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Through Lent I will be giving a series on the Passion Week. Each week we will look at another aspect of that glorious and painful week. Triumphal ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Law & Grace Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 29, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 13,661 views

    The Law came thru Moses, Grace and truth thru Jesus. What was the difference?

    OPEN: Back in the 70’s the Police Dept. of the State Connecticut had a regulation, a law that after the 1st snowfall each vehicle in squadron had to have chains on its tires. One day after a particularly bad winter storm, a woman called into the police to report an accident where a state Trooper’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Bird avatar

    John 1.1-18: What If God Was One Of Us?

    Contributed by Michael Bird on Dec 6, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 14,051 views

    This sermon attempts to demonstrate the importance, meaning and significance of the incarantion for Christian life.

    John 1.1-18: What if God was One of Us? Introduction In J.B. Phillip’s New Testament Christianity, a senior angel is showing a very young angel around the splendours of the universe. They view the whirling galaxies and blazing suns, and then flit across the infinite distances of space until at ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Richard Tow avatar

    Responding To The Real Jesus Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 61 ratings
     | 6,047 views

    To see Jesus for who He really is opens the door to eternal possibilities. But that revelation also requires a response to either reject Him or serve Him as Lord of all.

    Responding to the Real Jesus Fortifying the Foundations #2 John 1:1-18 3-9-03 Intro: John 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Christmas Through The Eyes Of The World

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 14, 2003
    based on 191 ratings
     | 17,693 views

    How the world sees Christmas is far from what God was actually doing.

    Christmas through the Eyes of the World John 1:1-14 A friend of ours who is a young pastor’s wife and has three children. They went to the Christmas parade and as the floats went by her daughter kept hollering to the people in the parade, “Happy Halloween!” Another young mom wrote on ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Brian La Croix avatar

    The Word Became Flesh Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 19, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 7,606 views

    A message bringing John 1:1-18 into a Christmas context.

    Bethlehem and Beyond - # 2 The Word Became Flesh John 1:1-18 December 9, 2001 Introduction The Creator became a Child. This is the mystery of Christmas. The fact that the tiny baby of Bethlehem was born of a virgin was astounding enough. But to realize that this baby wasn’t just any baby, ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Bob Briggs avatar

    Your Miracle At Christmas

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,915 views

    What is it that causes some people to gain and some people to lose their hope for a miracle?

    Christmas means different things to different people. For some its shopping, parties, celebrations, gifts wrapped under the tree. To others its Santa and his elf’s, stockings hung by the fireplace and the hope of snow. There are those who know and observe the reason for the season, Jesus Christ, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Swensen avatar

    Grace Transforms

    Contributed by David Swensen on Jan 9, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,788 views

    As we allow ourselves to be moved and motivated by God’s amazing tranforming grace, wonderful, life-giving changes occur. Let us learn more about God’s Transforming Grace.

    Victor Hugo wrote a great novel, Les Miserables. The novel opens with a young man named John Valjean, who had been unjustly imprisoned for seven years for a small offense. He left the prison with a rage in his soul. In the musical this is portrayed in the opening scenes as Valjean tries to find ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Devin Hudson avatar

    Seeing God

    Contributed by Devin Hudson on Jan 22, 2002
    based on 124 ratings
     | 15,501 views

    3rd sermon in a John series

    The Incarnation: Seeing God John 1.14-18 In the opening scenes of the musical Camelot, King Arthur appears standing in a field dressed in the clothes of a common peasant. To look at him, one would have no idea that he is a king. In fact when Guinevere first meets Arthur, she has no clue that he is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Cole avatar

    When He Came Series

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Mar 2, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 7,790 views

    Many people picture Jesus as a baby in the mager, but when Jesus came, He came as so much more. During the Christmas season we remember baby Jesus, but often forget Jesus our reigning King and Lord.

    “When He came…” Introduction: Long ago, there ruled in Persia a wise and good king. He loved his people. He wanted to know how they lived. He wanted to know about their hardships. Often he dressed in the clothes of a working man or a beggar, and went to the homes of the poor. No one whom he visited ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ