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  • David de Kock avatar

    Christmas Is Amazing!

    Contributed by David De Kock on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,055 views

    A different Christmas sermon which focuses on the incredible fact that God should come to us

    Christmas is absolutely the best time in all the world. And it’s been the top of the pops for over 2000 years. Forget about the commercial frenzy – that’s not really Christmas, even though we get ourselves very much involved in the whole scene anyway. CHRISTMAS IS AMAZING!! In fact its utterly ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Holding On To Christmas

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 28, 2006
    based on 101 ratings
     | 45,930 views

    Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we actually started to practice the things that we hear & sing about at Christmas time?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2009) A. Possibly the best known & most beloved passage of Scripture read at Christmas time is the account of the birth of Jesus found in Luke 2:1-20. Let me read just a part of that, vs’s 8-14, as recorded in the New King James ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Celebration Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,818 views

    All the players in the Christmas story celebrated. Let us take our cue from them!

    The Celebration of Christmas Luke 2:1-20 * One of my most favorite Christian Christmas Songs is entitled, “Come on ring those bells.” One of the reasons that I love it so much is that it focuses on the “Celebration” of the Christ Child. The second verse goes like this, “Celebrations come because ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Christology Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Dec 27, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,320 views

    We begin to study the supernatural sending of the Savoir of the world for the accuracy of the claims of Christmas!

    Over the last few weeks we have scraped the salty soil of Israel and searched the starry skies of Bethlehem for the reliability of the claims of Christmas - and what a journey so far! So now we begin to study the supernatural sending of the Savoir of the world for the accuracy of the claims of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Voice Of Christmas

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Dec 3, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,994 views

    There are so many sounds and voices that bombard us during the thanksgiving and Christmas season. We need to make time to hear the voice of Christmas over the noise of daily life.

    Intro: There are so many things we hear at this time of year. Good sayings like “Merry Christmas,” Good songs like “Silent Night,” “I’m Dreaming of a white Christmas,” “Joy to the World,” “Jesus is born today,” Then you come ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Cast Of Christmas

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Nov 23, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,254 views

    William Shakespeare penned these words in his play, As You Like It, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances…”

    The Cast of Christmas William Shakespeare penned these words in his play, As You Like It, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances…” Most of us have seen a wide variety of Christmas plays and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Insignificant In Christmas

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jan 10, 2016
     | 4,749 views

    God uses the most insignificant things to make the most difference. It's true at Christmas, too!

    The Christmas story is a great story, and it rivals anything Hollywood ever came up with. There’s conflict, anticipation, a villain (or several villains, depending upon how one looks at the story), political intrigue (especially as Herod attempts to deceive the magi), there’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Miracles Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 23, 2012
     | 7,667 views

    Have we focused on the Christmas story so much that we have forgotten the Christmas Miracles?

    Miracle on 34th Street The Miracles of Christmas If nothing else I am expanding my movie repertoire, I hadn’t seen any of these movies prior to starting this series. I had seen bits and pieces but never the entire movie. Miracle on 34th Street begins at the Macy Thanksgiving day parade ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    An Amazing Christmas

    Contributed by John Moyer on Dec 16, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,015 views

    we see God behind all these events of Christmas doing some incredible things in their lives as they face these real issues of life.God interrupted the ordinary. He sent His angel, Gabriel. And four amazing things happened to these ordinary people, to Mar

    Title: An Amazing Christmas Introduction: When we think about Christmas there are a lot of things we can hardly believe, things we kind of place in fantasyland. We can understand why some have made up stories at Christmas, like flying reindeer, Santa Claus, and the tinsel and the Christmas trees. ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Waiting For Christmas

    Contributed by Rodney Rapp on Dec 23, 2024
     | 176 views

    Christmas time can be a wonderful time for many and at the same time be a very difficult time as we face the challenges of life. But we must focus on the true meaning of Christmas is not the gift under the tree, the lights, the parties but rather it is the gift of a savior!!

    In the Christmas Season we often focus on the Birth of Christ We celebrate His birth and his coming to bring salvation What a wonderful gift!! And on top of that He has promised to come and take us home to be where He is!!! Christmas time can be a wonderful time for many and at the same time be ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Christmas Presence Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Apr 4, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,935 views

    God’s great gift of His personal presence has been offered to us.

    Christmas Presence Following Jesus, part 8 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers We’ve been talking about following Jesus for the past eight weeks or so, examining what a Christ-following life looks like, digging in to the kingdom of heaven – the reality Jesus came to tell us about; because ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Waiting For Christmas Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Nov 8, 2021
     | 5,165 views

    When he first sees the baby Jesus, he sings. Jesus was on his bucket list because he began his song this way, “I can now ‘depart in peace’ (verse 29). He was ready to die! Is

    It’s a difficult year to celebrate anything. Yet, Christmas is a season of hope in the midst of a really challenging year. The hope of Christmas is irrepressible no matter what you’re facing. There’s a buoyant hope to Christmas that continues to surface despite challenges. Some years ago, The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Meaning Of Christmas

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 11, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,134 views

    One of the reason why Christmas can be kind of a downer for people is because we have forgotten its true meaning. In this conversation we will unpack 6 things that Christmas means.

    The Meaning Of Christmas Well in just 3 days we will celebrating Christmas 2024! SO... Are you ready? Are you getting excited? Are anticipating having a great time this Christmas? QUESTION - on a scale of 1-10 (a 10 being this so amazing I cannot believe that it is true and 1 being a should ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Waiting For Christmas

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Dec 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,433 views

    We are still in the season of Advent, not Christmas. We can’t be ready for Christmas unless we prepare ourselves through Advent.

    Waiting for Christmas Luke 3:1-17 December 17, 2006 Back in the late 1980’s when I was pastor over at First UMC in Morocco, Indiana, I was approached by a gentleman from the congregation asking about my choice of hymns. “Why can’t we sing Christmas hymns?” It has been December for a couple of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jim Kane avatar

    The Reality Of Christmas

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 29, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,485 views

    2005 Christmas Sermon

    I begin this morning with two views of Christmas. View number one: My husband and I had been happily (most of the time) married for five years, but hadn’t been blessed with a baby. I decided to do some serious praying and promised God that if He would give us a child, I would be a perfect mother, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God