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  • Horace Wimpey avatar

    Getting Ready For Christmas

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Dec 4, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,831 views

    We all get ready for Christmas in different ways. most of this is material. Mary's song models for us how we should prepare ourselves spiritually for Christmas.

    Getting Ready For Christmas Luke 1: 46-55 Intro: Have you noticed that Christmas is coming? We started our service this morning with the lighting of the candles for the second Sunday of Advent. A time of preparation and anticipation. . I watched as my Pam and her nieces and my son D J’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Selecting A Christmas Gift

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 6, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,599 views

    A short teaching on purchasing a Christmas gift that Glorifies the Lord.

    Selecting a Christmas Gift It is that time of the year when people really start to get serious about selecting Christmas gifts. When purchasing Christmas gifts one must first remember what is being celebrated. “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Christmas Without Miracles Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 7, 2014
     | 8,079 views

    Some try to portray Christmas as just an event, but what happens when we take the miracles out of Christmas?

    Have you ever heard the phrase “The Magic of Christmas”? Probably, if you google that phrase you get almost 29,000,000 hits. Everything ranging from albums of Christmas music to campaigns to provide toys to underprivileged children, to children’s books, to more inspirational ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Christmas Interruptions: Joseph Series

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 8, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,097 views

    Christmas interrupts the unraveling of your life. Your fears, like Joseph’s, are unfounded, and for the same reason: The child in Mary’s womb!

    You’ve got to see this first Christmas from Joseph’s point of view. I mean, his heart was full of anticipation over his recent engagement to Mary. His head was no doubt filled with images of what his life was going to be like, and he saw nothing but blue skies and smooth seas ahead. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Christmas News: The Angels Series

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 8, 2014
     | 3,163 views

    We need to be seized once more by heavenly realities – just as Zechariah was. We need to experience something like a shock to our smug certainties that whittle God down to a manageable size and leave us underwhelmed by the mysteries of eternity.

    Angels have fallen on hard times these days. Hardly anyone thinks about them anymore…except at Christmas, of course. But even at that, people don’t much believe in them. Although…I knew a woman – a member of this church at one time: She told me that she had actually seen an ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The True Spirit Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Kelly Dufour on Dec 8, 2014
     | 7,779 views

    What is the true spirit of Christmas? Take a brief journey through the Biblical accounts of Christ's birth and revisit the response of those who came into contact with Immanuel -- God with us.

    Introduction Today we begin a Christmas teaching series called “The Spirit of Christmas.” What do you think the “Spirit of Christmas” is? (Allow responses) Perhaps it might be best to begin with what the Spirit of Christmas is not: Fully-loaded eggnog or other drinkable ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Good Cheer For Christmas

    Contributed by Charles Spurgeon on Dec 15, 2014
     | 8,184 views

    A classic sermon by Charles Spurgeon on the feast we may find in Christ Jesus.

    "And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined." -Isaiah 25:6. We have nearly arrived at the great merry-making season of the year. On Christmas-day we shall ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Christmas Redefines Holiness

    Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Oct 28, 2014
     | 3,863 views

    A perspective on Matthew 2: 1-12. It is a review of Christmas with its powerful message of freedom and grace.

    Matthew 2: 1-12 Christmas Redefines Holiness The festive season is over. The Christmas tree is gone and its decorations have been put away for another year. Our waistline has stopped expanding. Stress levels are generally lower since relative and friends have been catered for, and our minds are ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Christ The Savior On Christmas. Series

    Contributed by Peter Silway on Nov 6, 2014
     | 5,203 views

    Is Jesus the Savior of the world? Has he really come on this Christmas Eve that we celebrate ?Was he sent of God? Was he the Messiah the world was looking for? This one line from Mathew. will reveal to us.today the truth.

    CHRIST THE SAVIOR ON CHRISTMAS. Mt.1:1.The book of the generation of Jesus Christ the son of David the son of Abraham.’ Is Jesus the savior of the world? Has he come on this Christmas eve that we celebrate ?Was he sent of God? was he the Messiah the world was looking for? This one line from ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Forgotten Christmas Cradle

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Nov 29, 2013
    based on 17 ratings
     | 16,107 views

    A Christmas story about Jesus' infancy and childhood. One to share and tell your children.

    The Forgotten Christmas Cradle “The Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child she carries was conceived by the Holy Spirit” Matthew 1:18-24 Intro: As Joseph awoke from his sleep and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Christmas According To Isaiah Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 30, 2013
     | 7,514 views

    Isaiah foresaw not only the Incarnation of the Saviour, but projected to His reign over the earth.

    “But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. “The people who walked ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Missing Christmas: The Innkeeper Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Nov 8, 2021
     | 6,656 views

    We’re doing this little three-part series entitled The Characters of Christmas in order to see the magic of Christmas in the faces of those who first experience its warmth and joy.

    No one wants to miss Christmas. “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire and Jack Frost nipping at your nose” – who would want to miss such a magical experience? But how do you get the most out of Christmas – the full experience of Christmas? Yes, you’ll watch your favorite Christmas movies, and you’ll ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Arch avatar

    The First Christmas Carol

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Dec 4, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,490 views

    This is a Christmas sermon.

    Title: “The First Christmas Carol” Scripture: Lk. 2:14 Type: Christmas Where: GNBC 12-5-21 Intro: I love the Christmas Season in part because I love singing Christmas Carols. Christmas Carols are ta unique genre of song. According to Classic Radio FM Digital, the Top 10 greatest Christmas ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Christmas, Reinstating Santa Series

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 9, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,275 views

    Every year we see American culture feed the flesh and cling to the world view of celebrating Christmas, which is the surmise of misrepresenting a person’s good name. This is especially true of Saint Nicholas, who is referred to now by the modern-day name, Santa Claus.

    Christmas, Reinstating Santa Recapturing the Heart of the True Saint Nicholas Every year we see American culture feed the flesh and cling to the world view of celebrating Christmas, which is the surmise of misrepresenting a person’s good name. This is especially true of Saint Nicholas, whom is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Christmas Carols (1) Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Nov 19, 2019
     | 8,093 views

    The tradition of singing carols at Christmas time can be traced all the way back to the very beginning. The Nativity story, as told in the first two chapters of Luke, actually contains 4 short songs.In Luke 2, Mary sings about God's mindfulness, might, and mercy!

    Christmas Carols (Mary) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christians Church: 11/29/15 Now that Thanksgiving has passed the airwaves will be besieged by Christmas music. Even if you wanted to, there is no possible way for you to escape hearing Christmas carols over the next few weeks. In church, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church