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  • Chris Carroll avatar

    Giving The Perfect Gift Part Ii Series

    Contributed by Chris Carroll on Jan 19, 2009
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    On that first Christmas, God gave the perfect gift in the form of Jesus the God who Saves. And we know that the gift He has given us has the name Jesus or Joshua which means Jesus Saves and that He will is great and is the Son of the Most High and is the

    Friends, God has given the perfect Christmas gift, and now it is our turn to give back to Him. Sure we could spend our time this morning wondering how God was able to cause a ordinary girl to become pregnant through the Holy Spirit. But to be honest, I don’t know how he did it. And Mary did not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Have A Song In Your Heart This Christmas Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 30, 2006
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    This is an Advent season sermon. Three types of songs you can have in your heart.

    How To Have A Song In Your Heart She was a very young girl – when the angle Gabriel came to her. No one would have paid any attention to her because she wasn’t wealthy or important. She was a simple peasant girl living in a small insignificant village. Had she died, probably few would have ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Song For Ordinary Days Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012
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    Life is not made up of special days. It may have some extraordinary days sprinkled throughout the year but life is filled with ordinary days. The problem is that we can begin to live for the special days when the real issue in life is staying faithful and

    A Song for Ordinary Days Luke 1:39-56 As we approach Christmas, how many of you can remember the days of your childhood when you began looking forward to Christmas, weeks if not months ahead? You watched all the more intently the commercials on TV for the latest toys, put together your Christmas ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    "Christmas Is Not Your Birthday: Giving Up On Perfect:" Series

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 30, 2011
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    A sermon for the Second Sunday of Advent.

    Luke 1:26-38 “Christmas Is Not Your Birthday: Giving up on Perfect” (based on Mike Slaughter's book) How many of you have seen the movie Christmas Vacation starring Chevy Chase? The movie has become a holiday favorite. It’s a parody about the false expectations that we often ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Faces Of Christmas, Faith Series

    Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Dec 3, 2011
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    The lesson we learn from Mary is that God honors humble faith and surrendar.

    THE FACES OF CHRISTMAS FAITH Luke 1:26-38 ‘For no word from God will ever fail.” INTRODUCTION Christmas is a time of FAITH. Nowhere is this truth seen than in how Mary responded to the news that God had chosen her to be the mother of the Son of God. We see the wonder and the wisdom of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Obeying - Even When It Doesn't Make Sense Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 30, 2011
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    Christmas message focusing on the obedience of Joseph and Mary in circumstances less than ideal in our information age.

    Obeying – Even If It Doesn’t Seem to Make Sense The Lesson of Joseph and Mary Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38 December 12, 2010 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT IS FROM ANDY STANLEY'S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Audio of this sermon can be heard at ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Exiting This World In Fashion

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 25, 2008
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    Let’s think about how Paul was going to leave this world and how this applies to our exiting this world. 1- He wanted to exit while serving the Lord 2- He wanted to exit while preaching strongly 3- He wanted to exit while compelled by God’s Spirit

    INTRO.- ILL.- There was an elderly man at home, upstairs, dying in bed. He smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies baking. He wanted one last cookie before he died. He stumbled down the stairs and crawled into the kitchen where his wife was busy baking cookies. With his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I'm Dreaming Of A Wise Christmas

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 28, 2008
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    Christmas Series

    I’M DREAMING OF A WISE CHRISTMAS (MATTHEW 2:1-18) I look with amusement once at Christmas e-cards prominently displayed on websites. The most frequent themes and images on the cards are Santa Claus, Snowmen, Christmas trees, stockings, reindeers, penguins, polar bears, candles, angels, tree ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Family Fairytales: "Being A Mom Looks Like This" Series

    Contributed by Fred Shackelford on May 16, 2011
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    Have you ever felt that to be the perfect mom, you have to look a certain way or dress a certain way. There's only one standard for motherhood, and that only to be found in the Word of God.

    Family Fairytales: “Being a Mom Looks Like This” Luke 1:34-38; Matthew 12:46-50; John 19:25 Sunday Morning, May 8, 2011 Mother’s Day Springhill Baptist Church I’ve been looking forward to being here with you today, because I believe that this is the real deal. The things ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The "Wonder" Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 12, 2011
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    First in Christmas series. This message discusses the "wonder" of Christmas compared to the "wonderING" if God really cares.

    The “Wonder” of Christmas: A Contrast Between Zechariah and Mary Luke 1:5-20; 26-38 November 28, 2010 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT IS FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: Well, it’s the Christmas season, and it’s pretty obvious all around, isn’t it? I love the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Have A Scandalous Christmas

    Contributed by Joel Smith on Dec 11, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,568 views

    Mary was willing to be scandalized so that God would be glorified.

    Isn’t it amazing how we have sanitized Christmas? Over the centuries we’ve cleaned up the story significantly. Christmas cards bear evidence of this. Most of them depict tinsel, holly, Christmas trees, bells, female angels, and Santa Claus. If they do get around to an image of the real ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Receiving The Gift Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Mar 7, 2011
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    Part 3 in the series Eternal Christmas, this message looks at Mary as the archetype for how we are to receive and cherish the Christmas gift of God’s presence.

    Receiving the Gift Eternal Christmas Wildwind Community Church December 19, 2010 David Flowers Luke 1:26-38 (MSG) 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to the Galilean village of Nazareth 27 to a virgin engaged to be married to a man descended from David. ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Highly Favored Series

    Contributed by Bruce Goettsche on Nov 27, 2009
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     | 13,424 views

    Mary was asked to something incredible. She was highly favored by God . . but so are we.

    Highly Favored Luke 1:26-38 ©Copyright November 29, 2009 by Rev. Bruce Goettsche My maternal Grandmother lived with us for the last years of her life. As often happens with us as we get older, she frequently told the same story to us again and again. I’m ashamed to say that it used to really ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Virgin Birth Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,638 views

    Jesus was conceived in the womb of His mother Mary by a miraculous work of the Holy Spirit and without a human father.

    [For free weekly sermons delivered by email, please contact jonrmleod@yahoo.com] JESUS IS BETTER THAN SANTA Depending on one’s beliefs, either Jesus or Santa Claus is the main character of Christmas. Here are ten reasons why Jesus is better than Santa: Santa lives at the North Pole Jesus is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Announcement

    Contributed by Greg Thompson on Nov 27, 2012
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    The announcement to Mary of the birth of Jesus

    The announcement Luke 1:26-38 Intro- Last week we talked of John the Baptist – today the announcement to Mary. Unfortunately very little information about Mary is given in the Bible. However, what is said is enough to give us an insight into her willingness to submit to God’s will ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal