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  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    A Gift Worth Receiving

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 20, 2001
    based on 37 ratings
     | 4,157 views

    This sermon illustrates what receiving Christ really is through the Biblical story of Simeon.

    A Gift Worth Receiving Luke 2:21-33 December 23, 2001 Intro: A. [Prayer and God’s Sovereignty, Citation: Mark Ashton, A Voice in the Wilderness (OM Publishing); submitted by Owen Bourgaize, Guernsey, United Kingdom A small boy was writing a letter to God about the Christmas presents he badly ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Gift Of Persistent Prayer Series

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Dec 20, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,920 views

    Learning to be persistent in our quest for a deeper, more personal, intimate relationship with God through prayer.

    THE STORY WAS TOLD OF A LITTLE BOY WHO HAD BEEN MISBEHAVING AND WAS SENT TO HIS ROOM. AFTER A WHILE HE EMERGED AND INFORMED HIS MOTHER THAT HE HAD THOUGHT IT OVER AND THEN SAID A PRAYER. "THAT’S WONDERFUL," SAID THE PLEASED MOTHER. "IF YOU ASK GOD TO HELP YOU NOT MISBEHAVE, HE WILL HELP YOU." ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Johnny Small avatar

    Sexual Sins Series

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Dec 21, 2001
    based on 250 ratings
     | 18,415 views

    1st in a series of Taking Up Your Cross in Today’s World. This sermon deals with sexual sins and how to protect ourselves.

    Taking Up Your Cross in Today’s World 1st Sermon of 4 SEXUAL SINS Introduction: Looking back on my life, I would not of imagined that I would be here today preaching this sermon to you. Has a child I was always shy and quite, never causing anyone any problems. Even as I grew up, I never ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Do Not Be Afraid"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 21, 2001
    based on 29 ratings
     | 5,661 views

    A Christmas sermon.

    “DO NOT BE AFRAID” Luke 2:1-20 By Reverend Kenneth Sauer, Pastor, Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA George W. Truett, one of the great preachers of the first half of the twentieth century, said that his experience with people led him to preach on the theme of fear again and ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Waiting For Godot

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 22, 2001
    based on 261 ratings
     | 85,838 views

    How do we wait for God? 1. We wait patiently. 2. We wait expectantly. 3. We wait faithfully.

    Samuel Beckett’s play, entitled Waiting for Godot, is a satire on the human condition. As Beckett sees it, humanity is waiting for Godot, or God, to come and save them, but he never shows up. Their waiting is in vain, for although they have been repeatedly told that God is coming, he never has, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Mark Higgins avatar

    Christmas Meditation

    Contributed by Mark Higgins on Dec 22, 2001
    based on 25 ratings
     | 3,753 views

    Peace On Earth; Isaiah 9:6 Luke 2:8-14

    Isaiah 9: 6 Luke 2: 8-14 Sometimes I worry that we get confused as to the meaning of these accounts of Christ. “Peace on Earth” is not wishful thinking. “Peace on Earth” is not an ideal to be strived for. “Peace on Earth” is not a prophecy to be enjoyed by future ages. No, “Peace on Earth” is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    The Birth Of Christ

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 22, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 7,936 views

    The birth is miraculous, the blessing is salvation, and the beauty is Christ.

    The Birth of Christ Luke 2:1-14 INTRO.- ILL.- A boy said to his friend, "Does your baby brother talk yet?" His buddy replied, "He doesn’t have to. He gets everything he wants by yelling." Babies will be babies, won’t they? Babies come in all varieties, shapes, sizes and weights, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rick Adams avatar

    The Cry Of Christ

    Contributed by Rick Adams on Dec 22, 2001
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,218 views

    How the cry of the Christ-child changed the world.

    NOTE: My manuscripts are basically my thoughts on paper. Typically, I use them as a guide, not verbatim. Very rarely do I preach my message exactly the way I wrote it. If you would like to hear the message preached, please visit Abundant Life Fellowship’s multimedia page at ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Your Miracle At Christmas

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,907 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 Whitten avatar

    Mary Was The First To Carry The Gospel

    Contributed by David Whitten on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 5,492 views

    The Christmas story is amazing. It tells of our heavenly father’s love that leaves awe struck. Why? How?... We weren’t the first ones to ask such questions. Mary too wondered How such a thing could be. Now I know you likely have read this scripture for

    Mary was the First to Carry the Gospel dsw@ucc12-23-01 The Christmas story is amazing. It tells of our heavenly father’s love that leaves awe struck. Why? How?... We weren’t the first ones to ask such questions. Mary too wondered How such a thing could be. Now I know you likely have read this ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    In Terror, Peace

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 8,642 views

    Our times of terror are like those into which Jesus was born. Then and now we try to carve out peace with government, wealth, ingenuity. But Jesus is the source of peace because His life was given to service, His dependence on things was nil, and He ope

    And on earth, peace. What an ancient longing! What a long-standing frustration! On earth, peace. I don’t know what language angels sing in, and I suppose the shepherds would have known only Aramaic, but we have grown accustomed to choirs singing the angelic words in Latin: “Gloria in excelsis ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Looking Forward

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,135 views

    Funeral sermon for Edward D. Mitchell -- accountant, musician, deacon; age 85

    That classic spiritual writer John Bunyan ends his Pilgrim’s Progress with a triumphant note, saying that after Pilgrim had traveled many miles and fought off many adversaries, when he got to the other side, the angels came out to welcome him. John Bunyan knew that if your lifestyle is that of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Kane avatar

    Climbing Into The Manger Series

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
     | 5,518 views

    We experience the Christmas touch of God as we personally give the gift of ourselves to God and experience both belonging and forgiveness.

    It was a few days before Christmas on the Oregon coast. Two men whose families lived next door opted to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. An unexpected storm surprised the weekend sailors. Before long, the sea became angry, and the two had a difficult time keeping the sailboat ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • William Baeta avatar

    Look, Your Saviour Comes

    Contributed by William Baeta on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 12,766 views

    “Surely your salvation is coming; behold His reward is with Him, and His work before Him. And they shall call them the Holy People, the redeemed of the Lord.”Isaiah 62:11-12

    Theme: Look, your Saviour comes Text: Is. 62:11-12; Tit. 3:4-7; Lk. 2:15-20 Christmas is a time for giving and celebration and a time to remember God’s great gift to us. A time for giving presents and it is also a time of thanksgiving; thanksgiving to God for His many gifts, for answered ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Joel W. Lohr avatar

    Love Draws Near

    Contributed by Joel W. Lohr on Dec 23, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 2,970 views

    Final sermon in the Advent Series focusing on the Shepherds and their role in the Christmas Event.

    In just under two days we celebrate the arrival of Christ in our world. It is certainly more than merely the birth of a great man. Certainly more than the beginning of the Christian faith... What we celebrate on Christmas is the fact that Love has drawn near to us... Love was made flesh and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist