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  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    The Star Service 2006

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 15, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,097 views

    Let us digress from the well known story and consider the Inn keeper who missed Jesus’ birth

    NR 17-12-06 The Star Service 2006 It is very difficult to come up with some new take on a story that is so well known. Throughout England there are going to be churches Sunday schools and Primary schools re-inacting the Christmas story. Story: One year a Sunday School was putting on a Christmas ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Martin Wiles avatar

    Did You Miss Lazarus?

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 10, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,201 views

    The rich man's life illustrates some traits that can lead us to miss opportunities God sends.

    DID YOU MISS LAZARUS? LUKE 16:19-25 INTRODUCTION I once lived beside a retired pastor and his family. His wife worked at the Department of Social Services. There were many poor people in the county, and she was very familiar with many of them since her line of work often took her to their homes ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Roger Thomas avatar

    Christmas According To The Grinch

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on May 26, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,720 views

    Dr. Suess’s story provides a background to re-thinking the real message of Christmas.

    Christmas According to Grinch: Claiming Your Christmas Gift John 1:9-13 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Christmas is about gifts—giving and receiving. Did you ever loose a gift tag? The tree is surrounded with piles of neatly wrapped gifts. Each ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Christmas - The Cries Of Christmas

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
    based on 654 ratings
     | 96,575 views

    It’s Christmas time, & all kinds of sounds remind us of that - bells ringing, choirs singing, & music filling the air. But in the midst of all the joyous sounds there are other sounds - sounds of anguish & grief.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2021) THE CRIES OF CHRISTMAS or DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? TEXT: Matthew 2:13 18 PP #194BW A. This month has been filled with the sounds of Christmas - bells ringing, choirs singing, & ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    Don't Miss The Point

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Dec 19, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 10,240 views

    This sermon challenges listeners to evaluate thier comprehension of the truth of Jesus birth.

    Did you hear about the farmer that decided to buy a chain saw? A logging foreman sold him one that he guaranteed would cut down 15 trees in a single day. A week later, a very unhappy farmer came back to report that the power saw must be faulty - it averaged only 3 trees a day. The foreman grabbed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Christmas - If Christmas Comes

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 21, 2000
    based on 79 ratings
     | 78,456 views

    For millions of people Christmas never really comes. Oh, I'm not saying that Dec. 25th doesn't come. It comes, but Christmas doesn't really come into their hearts & their lives.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) TEXT: Galatians 4:19 Well, the calendar says that Christmas will soon be here. I get a little uptight this time of the year because I realize the responsibility that is mine in presenting the Christmas ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    And No Man Takes It To Heart

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jul 25, 2023
     | 1,809 views

    1 of 1. The prophet Isaiah noted an 'environment' in Israel, where an absence of God’s righteous people went unnoticed. The absence of God’s righteous people can go unnoticed by secular society. When/Why/How does an absence of God’s righteous go unnoticed?

    “AND NO MAN TAKES IT TO HEART”—Isaiah 57:1-2 Attention: Have you ever bought something from the grocery store, only to discover later, that there is something missing from your purchase? You know you had it in the grocery cart, but it’s not there after you got home! You notice immediately that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gregory Alan Dry, Sr. avatar

    Christmas: God With Us!

    Contributed by Gregory Alan Dry, Sr. on Nov 25, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,302 views

    A sermon on the TRUE meaning of Christmas.

    “Christmas: God With Us!” Matthew 1:18-25 Dr. John McArthur, in his book The Miracle of Christmas, tells an interesting story about the confusion and error which abound at Christmastime. A little girl came home from Sunday school triumphantly waving a paper. “Mommy!” she ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • TODD ANDERSON avatar

    Narnia: Merry Easter (And Happy Christmas)

    Contributed by Todd Anderson on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,767 views

    A Christmas Eve or Christmas Day sermon or homily using an extended illustration from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" to show how many miss(ed) Christ’s first coming and how we need to be ready for his Second Coming in power.

    Title: Merry Easter! (a Christmas eve or Christmas day homily) While bagging groceries years ago in a supermarket during highschool I found it fun to mess with customers minds and say things like: “Have a Day! And hear them automatically respond: “You Too!” It was especially fun around the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    Christ-Mis Assumptions

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Dec 30, 2002
    based on 115 ratings
     | 6,332 views

    Some of the same misassumptions about the Messiah that caused the people of Israel to miss the coming of the Messiah can cause us to miss God’s working in our lives. We’ll look at four Christ-mis assumptions.

    I thought about what to do for a Christmas Eve message. I thought about the angels, I thought about the baby in the manger, I thought about the busyness of the season, and carols and hot apple cider and hayrides in the snow – and my mind kept going back, back to Israel, its land and its people at ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Robert Cox avatar

    No Christmas!

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Jan 7, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 78,015 views

    What if there were no Christmas?

    LUKE 2:1 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. 3 So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city.4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Christmas Maybe About Little Birds?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 19, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,138 views

    No room in the inn? This is a short lesson. Often we can miss what Christmas is really about. A little bird taught me a great lesson.

    My Mom’s present? CHRISTMAS MAY BE ABOUT LITTLE BIRDS? Luke 2:7 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. Let us remember the little birds... NO ROOM IN THE INN? There was a little bird ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    The Disappointment Of Having Just Missed It

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,029 views

    This message looks at the importance of being ready when Jesus comes. Being almost prepared is not being prepared at all.

    The Disappointment Of Having Just Missed It by Rick Gillespie- Mobley Matthew 25:1-25:13 The Disappointment Of Having Just Missed It 12/04/2012 Eccl 9:1o-12 Matthew 25:1-13 Text Matthew 25:1-13 Let me introduce you to Tyrone. Tyrone was 25 years old and for the first time in his life, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Russell Brownworth avatar

    Happy Birthday Jesus

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Dec 21, 2000
    based on 81 ratings
     | 4,366 views

    The meaning of the candles in an Advent Wreath; Prophecy, Bethlehem, Shepherds, Salvation and the Birth (Incarnation) of Christ

    Happy Birthday, Jesus (An Advent Celebration) Luke 2.1-20 December 24, 2000 An Advent Wreath has five candles representing different parts of the Christmas story. They consist of three white candles (Prophecy, Bethlehem and Shepherds), a purple candle (our Salvation), ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    The Disappointment Of Having Just Missed It Series

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Dec 20, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,751 views

    This sermon deals with being prepared for the rapture by looking at the 10 virgins.

    The Disappointment Of Having Just Missed It 12/8/2002 Eccl 9:11-12 Matthew 25:1-13 Text Matthew 25:1-13 Tyrone was 20 years old and for the first time in his life, he had kept a job for more than six months. He really needed this job, but the words of his boss kept going through his ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed