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  • Patrick O'Loughlin avatar

    The Message Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Dec 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,194 views

    What would Christmas be like without Christ.

    Text: Luke 2:1-20 Title: The Christmas Message Introduction What would Christmas be like without Christ? 1.Christmas would be a secular event (v1) “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.” 2.Christmas would be a financial burden ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Christmas Daydreams Series

    Contributed by Ken Alford on Nov 22, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,508 views

    People spend their time thinking of many things when their time is their own with no distractions. They may stare at a fire, the stars, or out a window, and there is as much variety in those things we think about as there are ways to do it. We think abo

    December 10, 1995 -- AM: The Dreams of Christmas, Part II CHRISTMAS DAYDREAMS Luke 2:8-19 INTRODUCTION: From the closing words of Charles Dickens’ Hard Times, come these insights to the ponderings of the human heart: Here was Louisa on the night of the same day, watching the fire as in days ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Hullah avatar

    The Star Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Mike Hullah on Dec 21, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 15,475 views

    This sermon talks about the star the wisemen followed to Bethlehem and it’s spiritual significance. It can be used as a Christmas sermon or at other times of the year.

    THE STAR OF CHRISTMAS Isaiah 60:1-6 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Robert Leroe avatar

    The End Of Christmas

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 6, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,017 views

    In Christ’s birth we find ours. When our hearts and hands are full from giving gifts to one another, let us remember the tiny Babe Who gave the greatest gifts of all! Christmas doesn't have to end.

    On Christmas Day, after the presents were opened, a family was having a dispute on the topic: “When does the Christmas season really end?” Dad said, “The season is over on the twelfth day of Christmas, and I have a song to prove it!” The teenage daughter argued, “The ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    Repentance For Christmas

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 4, 2016
     | 5,681 views

    Let’s look at Matthew 3:1-12 and the idea of repentance as preparation for Christ.

    Intro A commercialized, materialistic Christmas disappoints us every year. We spend money we don’t have on gifts that our children don’t need and we end up raising unhappy and selfish adults who don’t appreciate the greatest Christmas gift of all. What we really need, we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bill Butsko avatar

    Home For Christmas

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 24, 2006
    based on 28 ratings
     | 17,316 views

    God’s master plan has always been to bring people home through the miracle of the first Christmas.

    Text: “And everyone went to his own town to register” (Luke 2:3). Before God created mankind, he had a plan on the drawing board. His plan was to create an environment in which he would place mankind. The environment would be self-sustaining and man’s primary function would be to communicate ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    A Christmas Question Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 10, 2009
    based on 34 ratings
     | 15,013 views

    This sermon asks the question: If a child is born “unto us” – if a son is given “unto us” – what does it MATTER?

    A Christmas Question Our focal text for today is found in the book of Isaiah chapter nine. It is only a portion of the verse – the first part – it reads: “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given.” Isaiah 9:6 (NKJV) (I have an entire series on the later portion of this verse which ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Purpose Of Christmas

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 9, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,129 views

    God saves you FROM sin. He saves you FOR a purpose. He saves you BY His grace.

    There is a purpose in everything we do. • We do not wake up every morning and then go through the motions of living. We make plans and seek to achieve something. It is odd to do anything without purpose. • If we know that, then we can expect God to have a purpose when He sent Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Blue Christmas Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 20, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,377 views

    What if Jesus had not been born? What if He'd never existed? Would that have made any difference?

    Today’s sermon is going to focus on the question: “What If Jesus Had Never Been born? What if Jesus had never existed? What difference would that have made? In keeping with our sermon series, we’re focusing on secular Christmas music, and this Sunday’s song is an old classic by Elvis Presley ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Preparing For Christmas Series

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 29, 2001
    based on 1,000 ratings
     | 90,205 views

    Before we can truly celebrate Christmas we must be prepared!

    Preparing for Christmas Selected Passages December 2, 2001 Introduction This is the time of year when everyone starts getting ready for Christmas. The stores are packed with people buying gifts. Elevators are filled with instrumental Christmas favorites. Those boxes packed away months ago are ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Matthew Rogers avatar

    Christmas Snapshots

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 6, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 5,833 views

    It is through photographs that my family traces time. Simeon was a man who understood the passage of time - then he met the Messiah! A Christmas Eve devotion.

    Christmas Eve Service 12-24-98 INTRODUCTION (Slides of our family Christmases through the years are shown while I’m talking). Every year at the Christmas celebration in the home of my parents, the camera comes out. It’s somewhat of a running joke among us that our Christmas pictures year ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Howard McGlamery avatar

    The Songs Of Christmas

    Contributed by Howard Mcglamery on Dec 8, 2002
    based on 58 ratings
     | 9,870 views

    A sermon based on the Christmas chorus’s that we sing every Christmas. Noting the scriptures they are based upon.

    The Songs of Christmas Introduction Christmas and music are synonymous. We can never think of this time of year without recalling Christian music. What is the music of Christmas? To many children raised under the "political correctness" of today’s public school system, the music of Christmas is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Fernando Cabrera avatar

    The Miracle Of Christmas

    Contributed by Fernando Cabrera on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,101 views

    Christ came to deliver us from our shame, fears and guilt.

    The Miracle of Christmas By Fernando Cabrera Luke 1:1-80 1. Take away your Shame a. We find that there was a private, silent, almost undetectable pain in the life of this precious couple Zecharias and Elizabeth – SHAME i. 1:25 “This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Christmas Prophecies Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 31, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,250 views

    The Christmas story carries with it deep theology and fascinating prophecies that were fulfilled.

    Christmas Prophecies (tropical) 1. Lin Smalec writes, "I read recently about a children’s Sunday School class that heard the Christmas story and sang the beloved Christmas carol, “Silent Night”. They were then asked to draw what they thought the nativity scene might have looked like. One little ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Richard Jumper avatar

    Christmas Peace?

    Contributed by Richard Jumper on Dec 22, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 16,408 views

    Is peace possible at Christmas, if not, I wonder if it was really peaceful on the 1st Christmas?

    Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant, so tender and mild, sleep in heavenly peace, sleep in heavenly peace. Whenever Christmas carols are sung, this hymn is sure to be among them, for it has long been one of the best loved. For me, ...read more

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    Denomination: Disciples Of Christ