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  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer avatar

    My Spirit Rejoices

    Contributed by Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Aug 2, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,801 views

    Who will say with Mary: The Lord has looked with favor on my lowliness. My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

    The song of Mary is the oldest Advent hymn. It is also the most passionate, the wildest, and one might almost say the most revolutionary Advent hymn that has ever been sung. This is not the gentle, tender, dreamy Mary as we often see her portrayed in paintings. The Mary who is speaking here is ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    The Shepherds Series

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001
    based on 1,310 ratings
     | 177,792 views

    God’s choice of the lowly shepherds, as those to whom the announcement of Christ’s birth came, shows that his love is available to all on the same basis -- faith.

    [Luke 2:8-20] Most people in America are familiar with this passage, even if they rarely crack open a Bible. These verses from Luke have even entered the popular culture, through Linus’ famous speech in the Charlie Brown Christmas video. Every December since 1965, in between televised scenes of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Why Shepherds? Why Us?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 45 ratings
     | 4,483 views

    God’s great wisdom is illustrated in His choice of who to announce the birth of His Son. God chose shepherds, lowly, uneducated shepherd. Ever wonder why?

    WHY SHEPHERDS? WHY US? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: LUKE 2: 7---20 I. IF I WERE GOD? If I were God I think I would have sent the most important message of the birth of my son into hands that were not the rough. I would not have called uneducated, lowly shepherd. A. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan avatar

    Mind Of Christ Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on May 3, 2019
     | 5,580 views

    Paul talks about two themes as Like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness in Philippians 2 to describe the humility of Christ or the mind of Christ. Paul demands affection beyond apprehension.

    Theme: “Mind of Christ” Text: Philippians 2:1-11 Introduction: This chapter has two themes as Like-mindedness and lowly-mindedness. Paul demands affection beyond apprehension. This passage has the eschatological Hymnal. Kummel says this is the “Kerygma of Christ”. Bruce says this passage is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Russ Barksdale avatar

    Being Jesus To The Under Resourced Series

    Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Nov 14, 2017
     | 4,864 views

    Moral wisdom and instruction about our money: get the right perspective, wealth is a passing, lowly, risky and received thing, get the right response, and get the right outcome.

    United Being Jesus to the Under-resourced 1 Timothy 6:17-19 In 2015, over 290,000 people in Tarrant County lived in poverty income: $23,850 for a family of four 1/3 of Hispanic and African American children live in poverty in Tarrant county; in Arlington the percentage is 19%. This in a city, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gregg Bitter avatar

    The Shepherd Came Even For You

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 3, 2010
     | 3,803 views

    Jesus came in lowliness, but he is divine, eternal Shepherd. He shepherds us, laying down his life for his sheep and drawing us close into his arms.

    Text: Micah 5:2, 4 Theme: The Shepherd Came Even for You Season: Christmas Eve Date: December 24, 2009 Web page: http://hancocklutheran.org/sermons/The-Shepherd-Came-Even-for-You-Micah5_2,4.html Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Word from ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Why Did The Angels Announce The Birth To Shepherds?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 6, 2017
     | 10,855 views

    A message about the choice to proclaim the news of Christ's birth to the lowly shepherds. The sermon looks at how the shepherds were a foreshadowing of who the ministry of Jesus would focus on.

    OF COURSE IT WAS SHEPHERDS: We act like this was an inevitable part of the story, but it wasn’t. - Luke 2:8-12. - The Christmas story is so familiar that we presume that each part had to happen that way. “Of course the shepherds heard from the angels. It had to be like that.” Only it didn’t. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    Christmas: The King Who Came In Humility Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Dec 14, 2025
     | 272 views

    Christmas reveals a King who chose humility over honour in order to redeem humanity.

    CHRISTMAS: THE KING WHO CAME IN HUMILITY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Luke 2:1-20 Key Verse: “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:7) Supporting Texts: Matthew 11:29; ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    Christmas: The Glory Of God Revealed In A Manger Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Dec 14, 2025
     | 406 views

    Christmas reveals how the glory of God was manifested through humility, simplicity, and divine purpose.

    CHRISTMAS: THE GLORY OF GOD REVEALED IN A MANGER By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Luke 2:6-12 Key Verse: “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” (Luke 2:7) Supporting Texts: John ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Good News In An Unexpected Place Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Jul 17, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,920 views

    In this message, we will see how the birth announcement of the King of Kings wasn’t delivered to the rich or royal, but it was instead delivered in the least expected place. It was delivered to some lowly shepherds.

    When people send out baby shower invitations, they primarily mail them to family and friends. I once saw a really funny movie, a comedy, where a couple sent out fake shower announcements when they weren’t really going to have a baby. They were in debt and needed some money to pay off their bills, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Messiah Jesus Born In A Manger To King Of The Universe

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Dec 28, 2022
     | 1,124 views

    A humble desire for the Lord of all. Simple, pure, truthful, meek, lowly, humble. That’s what it takes. Maybe in the end that’s a gift from the Lord himself.

    “Mother and daughter looked more like twin sisters. Both were grossly overweight, and together they couldn’t have possessed more than eight teeth. Both had spent too many nights in jailhouses and skid row missions. As they lugged garbage bags full of their meager possessions past our church, Wanda ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Richard Goble avatar

    Why Shepherds?

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 101 ratings
     | 37,349 views

    The birth of Jesus Christ was not revealed to kings or rulers. It was not revealed to the religious elite. When God came to earth, He let the world know by announcing the birth of His Son to lowly shepherds.

    Why Shepherds? Luke 2:8-20 Introduction The birth of Jesus Christ was not revealed to kings or rulers. It was not revealed to the religious elite. When God came to earth, He let the world know by announcing the birth of His Son to lowly shepherds. Why? Perhaps He wanted the poor and outcast of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Men And Their Macho Machines

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 4, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,921 views

    Men have sadly learned to use machines as status symbols and instruments of power, but that only leads to destruction. Learn from Him whose ride was a lowly beast and whose symbol is a cross.

    I had been away from home for about three months, working in Akron, Ohio, as an engineering student. The three months were over, and it was time to go back home. I went back the way college students traveled in 1957 … not in a plane, not in a car of my own, not with my father coming to transport ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Gaston avatar

    The Day The Angels Wept

    Contributed by John Gaston on Dec 20, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,551 views

    What must the angels have thought when the Lord they loved -- Jesus -- was announced as going down to be born as a lowly human? How must it have affected them when He was crucified?

    THE DAY THE ANGELS WEPT Luke 2:8-14 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. A teacher decided to ask her students what their Christmas traditions were. “What traditions does your family do at Christmas?” 2. The first student was a Catholic girl; “On Christmas Eve we go to Church, say our prayers with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Carl Greene avatar

    You Can Make A Difference Series

    Contributed by Carl Greene on Jan 29, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,709 views

    Am I qualified? Who could have foreseen lowly fishermen of Galilee had the potential to become fearless apostles, or that simple peasants could leave their net behind to become founders of the church?

    A Letter from Jesus to the Church called Mainline: "You know me; I love to make the oldline new. If you will stick with me, I shall give you a future, new wineskins, and all that. I am Lord of Life, not death. I shall move you from cynical decline to life. I still have plans for you. You’ll be ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist