Sermons on Mourning Christmas:

Disruptions Of The Christmas Season Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Dec 12, 2006

During this busy and hectic Christmas season many people face life changing disruptions and believers need to know how to deal with those disruptions...

This sermon idea is not original to me as the sermon outline was taken from Proclaim magazine - Winter 2001-02. Text is my fleshing out of the outline. Sermon Series: Christmas Sermons Sermon Title: Disruptions of The Christmas Season Sermon Text: Matt 1:18-25 Introduction: Please stand with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Good News At Christmas

Contributed by Richard Crow on Dec 12, 2006

The world is filled with so much bad news, it is refreshing to hear some really good news. Good News! There has been a New Birth in Bethlehem!

Good News Luke 2:10-11 Good News!!! Walking along the beach, John tripped over a half buried kerosene lantern. He rubbed its side and sure enough, a genie materialized. "I can’t grant your wishes, I don’t work like other genies" explained the freed spirit, "But since it is Christmastime, I’ll ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:10-11

Denomination: Baptist

Pondering The Paradox Of Christmas

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Dec 13, 2006

There are many great truths in the Christian faith that are paradoxes - Mary was the first to ponder the great truth of the incarnation.

Pondering the Paradox of Christmas (note: this sermon was delivered at Maranatha Christian Fellowship, Nevada, MO) December 10, 2006 Luke 2:8-19 (NIV) 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Elizabeth's Christmas Song

Contributed by Spencer Cunnah on Dec 14, 2006

An evangelistic sermon based on Elizabeth’s song of wonder.

Elizabeth’s Christmas song. Introduction Do you know a lady who is expecting a baby? A baby’s arrival is usually a joyful event. Luke describes two cousins, Elizabeth and Mary, who meet up in extraordinary circumstances when both are pregnant. Elizabeth, who is an older woman and married to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-45

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Getting Sober For Christmas Series

Contributed by Mark Haines on Dec 16, 2006

We need to get sober for Christmas. We need to admit Jesus came to save sinners like us. He didn’t come just for people like drug dealers and dead beat parents. He came for mass murders and terrorists as well as nice people like you and me.

Response Goal: Individuals prompted by the Holy Spirit will pray the last verses of Psalm 139. REPENTANCE POINT {paradigm shifts or changes in our thinking}: We need to get sober for Christmas. We need to admit Jesus came to save sinners like us. He didn’t come just for people like drug dealer ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-18

Denomination: Wesleyan

Getting Joy For Christmas Series

Contributed by Mark Haines on Dec 16, 2006

Happiness is rooted in human emotions. Joy is rooted in Jesus and is powered by God’s grace.

Response Goal: Individuals prompted by the Holy Spirit will pray silently and connect with Jesus. REPENTANCE POINT {paradigm shifts or changes in our thinking}: Finding joy does not involve making your circumstances better - it involves making your mind work like Jesus’ mind. Citation: Tom Fuller, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9

Denomination: Wesleyan

Getting The Spirit Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Mark Haines on Dec 16, 2006

The essence of Christianity is this remarkable truth: Christ came from heaven and died for us on the cross and rose again so that, in the person of the Holy Spirit, he might dwell in our lives.

Response Goal: Individuals prompted by the Holy Spirit will join me in starting each day by saying, “Behold, the servant of the Lord. Be it unto me according to your word. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. More than anything else, I want Jesus to show up in my life. I’m available to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Wesleyan

Christmas According To The Shepherds

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Dec 19, 2006

The story of the shepherds teaches us what Christmas is really all about.

One night many years ago, a shepherd named Benjamin was keeping watch over his flock. It was a night that began like every other. Little did he know that this night would change his life forever. The sky was unusually clear that evening. Benjamin never grew tired of looking at the night sky. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Baptist

An Early Christmas Present

Contributed by W F on Nov 5, 2006

The fulfilment of the Christmas prophecies can fill us with hope and confidence

INTRODUCTION If you complain that the Christmas hype seems to start earlier and earlier each year, then spare a thought for poor Micah. Micah saw the first Christmas coming 700 years before Mary and Joseph ever arrived in Bethlehem to find no room in the Inn! That’s right. 700 years before Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:1-5

Denomination: *other

The After Christmas Spirit

Contributed by Ed Wood on Nov 6, 2006

A message to be preached after Christmas. I preached it on Dec. 28th last year.

THE AFTER CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Luke 2:8-20 INTRO: Thomas Tusser wrote, “Christmas comes but once a year, and with it comes the glitter and gaiety of the Christmas spirit. But what of the day after Christmas, when the presents all have gone from under the tree, the festivities have ended, and the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Real Heart Of Christmas

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 11, 2006

The real Christmas story begins long before the birth of that baby boy in Bethlehem; it begins in a place called Heaven, the home of God. Something took place in the mind and heart of God that made it all possible. That something is what was expressed by

It was Christmas Eve, 1910. General William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army in London, England was near the end of his life. His health was poor, and he was going to be unable to attend the Army’s annual convention. Booth had become an invalid, and his eyesight was failing him. No one knew ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:4-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Meaning Of Christmas: Love Series

Contributed by Doug Warren on Nov 25, 2006

#1 in series leading up to Christmas. Deals with God’s love: the origin, objects, operation, and outcome of God’s love. Simple sermon for seekers.

Intro: 5 am...day after Thanksgiving, shoppers pushing, shoving, trampling over one another to get bargains on merchandise. Cashiers cursed by customers because they made a mistake, moms yelling at kids, kids crying because they’re tired, dads stressed out seeing bills forthcoming. Conceal your ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

Waiting Expectantly For Christmas

Contributed by Charles Scott on Jan 11, 2006

Looking through the eyes of 3 who waited for the first Christmas, we see how the Birth of Jesus Christ meets the "hopes and fears of all the years."

The Nativity of our Lord: Christmas Day Waiting Expectantly for Christmas Luke 2:22-38 12/25/2005 Christ is Born. Good morning time travelers. At not quite 5am I awoke thinking of another Christmas at another time, another place. Whether you gathered with others at a creche, or visited ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Anglican

The Day After Christmas

Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Jan 4, 2005

This sermon talks about what happened after Jesus birth. Three things took place that changed civilization, a great Boxing Day or New Years sermon.

Title: The Day After Christmas Text: Luke 2:21-24 Read Text!!! Pray!!! Introduction: - Today is boxing day, the day after Christmas. - Many things happen on Boxing Day that don’t happen on Christmas day. - For example there are some great sales in stores on boxing day. - The mail boxes are full ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:21-24

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Peace Of The People Of Christmas

Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 28, 2002

The people who went through the first Christmas had plenty of reason for stress. But they had peace instead. Here’s how.

Dec. 26, 1999 Matthew 1-2; Luke 1-2 The Peace of the People of Christmas INTRODUCTION Today is the day after Christmas, and it may be that this afternoon, many of you will begin taking down the decorations that have sparkled in and on your house for the last couple of weeks. First, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist