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  • When The Excitement Of Christmas Is Over What's There To Do?

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 15, 2001
    based on 48 ratings
     | 4,114 views

    Contrast the magi and Herod’s response to Christmas and rate our response to theirs.

    When the excitement of Christmas is over what’s there to do? by Pastor Andrew Chan, PBC, Vancouver, BC Text: Matt.2:1-12 overheard: I love Christmas, I receive a lot of presents I just can’t wait to exchange. Yes, Dec.25th 1999, a memory now. Had a great two days, choir was great, music ...read more

  • The Journey To Jesus

    Contributed by Eric Snyder on Jan 28, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 5,695 views

    Christmas

    The Journey to Jesus, Matthew 2:1-12 Eric A. Snyder, Minister Farwell Church of Christ December 22, 2002 Wise men traveled a great distance to worship Jesus, yet there were important intellectuals who wouldn’t go six miles out to see if the rumors were true... Jerusalem 6 miles from Bethlehem. ...read more

  • Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 4, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,792 views

    Contrasting the Magi with Herod to show the acceptance of outsiders in the Kingdom of God and a warning to the insiders to be careful.

    Introduction Ever since I first started preached I have longed to preach this sermon, or rather a sermon with this title. It just struck me as the perfect title for a sermon on the story on magi’s visit to Jesus, Star Trek, but then it is not only about the story of the magi but about how the ...read more

  • Three Men And A Baby Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Mar 19, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,724 views

    THe Magi came from the East seeking the one born King of the Jews. We can learn from them how to be Wise men and women for Christ

    Three Men and a Baby Text: Matthew 2:1-12 1st Illustration: What if Christ had not come? A striking Christmas card was once published with the title “What if Christ had not come?” It was founded on Jesus’ words “If I had not come.” (John 15:22) It has a pastor falling asleep dreaming of a ...read more

  • When Christmas Came To Bethlehem

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on Jun 24, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 9,168 views

    Something can happen when Christ comes to your Bethlehem. Something will change you from what you were to what you can become.

    WHEN CHRISTMAS CAME TO BETHLEHEM Scripture Reference: Matthew 2.1-16; Luke 2:1-15 INTRODUCTION A small boy was writing a letter to God about the Christmas presents he badly wanted. "I’ve been good for six months now," he wrote. But after a moment’s reflection he crossed out "six months" and wrote ...read more

  • Finding Out Who Really Cares

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 31, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 4,428 views

    Who really cares about you? Not those who, like Herod, are so scared they will do anything to save themselves. Rather those like the wise men, who give gifts for the future, or like Joseph, who make sacrifices for your protection. For Epiphany.

    Some people have friends. Some people have enemies. Some people have acquaintances. But everybody has somebody you do business with. The people you do business with -- usually, that’s not an intimate relationship. It’s a distant relationship, limited just to transactions. Everybody deals with ...read more

  • When Christmas Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 606 ratings
     | 44,754 views

    The wise men were satisifed with their Christmas.

    When Christmas Isn’t What It’s All Cracked Up To Be (Christmas In The Real World Series) 2 of 3 December 8, 2002 FBC, Chester, Illinois Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: A Someone pondered what the first Christmas might have been like if wise women had come from the east ...read more

  • Christmas: Wise Men Still Seek Him.

    Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Dec 2, 2002
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,914 views

    The question isn’t does God still speak. The question is are we listening?

    Wise Men Still Seek Him After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." 3 When King Herod heard this he was ...read more

  • Same Old Story

    Contributed by Tom Balog on Dec 5, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 5,954 views

    Scriptures should always be looked at with a fresh set of eyes so that new insights can be seen.

    I’ve heard the story before. I mean I know it backwards and forwards, I can probably tell it in my sleep. Do I have really have to hear it again, let alone preach on it? Heck, there is even a song about it, “We three kings of orient are; bearing gifts we traverse afar, la la la la la la lalala ...read more

  • The Threatening Baby

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Dec 6, 2002
    based on 90 ratings
     | 3,857 views

    Herod was threatened by the Baby Jesus. Are we threatened by Christ? Afraid he might rule our lives?

    Matthew 2:1-12 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, ...read more

  • How The Grinch Stole Christmas Series

    Contributed by Chris Santasiere on Dec 6, 2002
    based on 228 ratings
     | 25,054 views

    This is the first message in a series looking at classic Christmas stories and relating them to the biblical account of Jesus’ birth.

    “Christmas Classics” HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS December 7, 2002 Introduction Tonight we begin a very special holiday message series on Christmas classics. For the next three weeks, we will look at a different classic Christmas story and apply biblical principles from the story of Jesus’ ...read more

  • Wise Men And Women Still Seek Him

    Contributed by John Beehler on Dec 11, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 2,817 views

    If we are wise people we can say with conviction, "we have come to worship".

    Wise Men (and Women) Still Seek Him 1. Revisit the familiar story of the Magi. a. Called 3 kings or 3 wise men. Could have been 2 or 4 or 20 b. Pretty sure men & not women c. Wise women would have: 2. History of Wise Men – little is known a. Magi – plural for magus, Matt. Tells us more ...read more

  • Who Invented The Christmas Present

    Contributed by Howard Mcglamery on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 5,421 views

    A sermon on the wise men and the wisdom they showed in bringing their gifts to Jesus and worshipping Him.

    Who Invented The Christmas Present The Wisdom Of The Wise Men Matt. 2:1-12 Introduction This week I heard the classic short story by O’Henry, "The Gift of the Magi" read over the radio. The story, which I hadn’t read since High School intrigued me so much that I went to the library and checked ...read more

  • Right Place Wrong People

    Contributed by Nathan Robertson, Jr. on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 12,079 views

    This is a Christmas sermon that teaches that we should be careful about the people to whom we associate. Christmas should remind us to avoid the Wrong People

    There are some times when we find ourselves in the Right Place but with the Wrong People. There are some places that are all right but the people are all wrong. In Some Marriages, we can say, right place but wrong people. The institution of Marriage is a wonderful place to find fulfillment, ...read more

  • Gifts For The Christ Child

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Dec 12, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 3,804 views

    The journey of the magi and the gifts they brought to the Christ Child still inspire us today.

    GIFTS FOR THE CHRIST CHILD Matthew 2: 1-12 The birth of our Lord Jesus was announced in three magnificent ways: the annunciation by the angel to Mary (Luke 1: 26-33); the angelic choir (Luke 2: 8-14) and the star in the east (Matthew 2:2). It is the visit of the wise men that we will consider ...read more