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  • Ed Wood avatar

    Wise Worship

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 7, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,000 views

    A message about worship developed by looking at the Magi’s worship of the baby.

    WISE WORSHIP Matthew 2:1-12 INTRO: Recently a great deal of talk has centered around the subject of worship. Though the Greek word translated worship is used nearly sixty times in the New Testament, no prescribed order of service states how many hymns should be sung or what kind of sermon ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Celebrate Christmas All Year Series

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Jul 21, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,184 views

    Christmas is great but it has to last more then one day. This message is intended to encourage us to celebrate Christmas all year long by worshipping our Savior every day of our lives.

    CHRISTMAS FROM THE GOSPELS, Part 4 Celebrate Christmas All Year Matthew 2:1-11 INTRODUCTION: A. Matthew 2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 1. Three kings are often associated with Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fools And Really Wise Guys

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Dec 7, 2009
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    There are two types of people: foolish people and wise people. Even that first Christmas had their fools and wise men.

    Matthew 2:1-12 Fools and Really Wise Guys! Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him." ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Keeping Christ In Christmas (Part I)

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Dec 7, 2009
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     | 8,990 views

    Consider what it means to keep Christ at the forefront of your Christmas.

    When you see the word “XMAS”, what do you notice to be missing? Obviously the word “Christ” is missing. For some, this is more than an oversight. There are some in our society who prefer to leave Christ out of Christmas. Jeremiah Films has done a compilation of news stories concerning this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Please Don’t Come For Christmas Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Tom Bartlett on Dec 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,223 views

    A four week series: Why Jesus shouldn’t have come. He wasn’t wanted, welcomed, worshipped and we’re not worthy.

    (OUTLINE) Please Don’t Come For Christmas – Part 1 4 reasons why Jesus shouldn’t have come Celebration Church - November 29, 2009 Matt 2:1-8 (NIV) “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 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Christmas Agenda

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Dec 9, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,586 views

    Wise men have one life pursuit: to worship the Savior.

    A Christmas Agenda Matthew 2:1-12 Intro: What do we really know about the wise men? Not much when you examine the scripture. Where did they come from? We know they came from the east and they came from a long way away, but we don’t really know where they came from. Some say they may have come from ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Give More Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 13, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,209 views

    Because God gave the gift of His Son at Christmas, we should give good gifts and we should also give God-gifts.

    Advent Conspiracy: Give More John 1:14; Matthew 2:1-12 Rev. Brian Bill 12/13/09 Note: The idea for this series and some content comes from a book by Rick McKinley, Chris Seay, and Greg Holder called, “Advent Conspiracy: Can Christmas Still Change the World?” I’m thankful to our Advent readers ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Gift Series

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 13, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,474 views

    This sermon unpacks the gift of the Christ child with the gifts we recieve each Christmas and draws similarities.

    ‘THE GIFT’ matt.2.1-15. • Who likes giving and receiving gifts? Which do you prefer? Receiving or Giving? I suppose the smart answer is that we prefer to give, but I’ve got to be honest I love receiving, If were to look at our society today I would say that the majority of us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    New Look At The Nativity

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Dec 14, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,909 views

    Sermon using a nativity set as illustration, added a nutcracker to represent Herod and a dragon to represent Satan

    A New Look at the Nativity Intro: Anyone get up to go shopping on Friday morning? I did...GPS deal, directionally challenged. Also looking for the right nativity set...did you know Walmart no longer carries these? Thankfully I did find one, a very special...unable to find in your local ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Keeping Christ In Christ (Part 2)

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Dec 14, 2009
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     | 4,830 views

    Even as the wise men kept Christ at the center of their lives, we can keep Christ at the center of Christmas, and our lives.

    Last week we began a series entitled “Keeping Christ In Christmas.” This series is based on the controversy swirling around our society concerning the word Christmas. There are some who would just as soon remove the word Christ from Christmas. They prefer to say merry Xmas. There are others who get ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christmas Is Not What It Should Be

    Contributed by Rev. Mike Willard on Dec 15, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,892 views

    Determing if we are winning or just looking like a Christian.

    Christmas, not like it should be Matthew 2:1-12 If you will turn in your Bibles with me to Matthew 2:1-12, as we read some of the Christmas story this morning. Many times we ponder what things would be like if we only had done it this way or we thought about it a little longer than what we did ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why Symbols Are Important

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Dec 16, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,587 views

    What role Christian symbols play in society.

    A. WHY SYMBOLS ARE IMPORTANT 1. Christmas is filled with symbols. The world’s symbols are Santa Claus, tinsel, Christmas trees, snow, sleigh bells, holly, mistletoe, and presents. Recently the world has added shopping, vacations, special movies and Christmas music. Why Christmas ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Greg Nance avatar

    Star, Dreams And Scriptures

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jun 14, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,652 views

    God wants us to hear his voice and heed what we hear. Matthew 2 provides good examples of those who listened and one who didn’t.

    Matthew 2 tells the story of Jesus’ birth and early childhood. Jesus is in danger as soon as he comes into this world. Herod wants to kill him, later the Jewish leaders will pick up where Herod left off and eventually succeed in having Jesus killed. Jesus has entered enemy territory as ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Craig Condon avatar

    Christ Came For All Of Us

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Oct 22, 2015
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     | 5,305 views

    The wise men represent us in God’s plan. They represent everyone who sets out in search of a king and finds the son of God. They gave Jesus the most precious material gifts they had and each and every one of us can give him something even better-ourselves

    Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. We remember the visit of the three wise men, but we also remember that Jesus came into the world for everyone-Jews and Gentiles, rich and poor, upper class people and lower class people, humble shepherds and wise men and so on. It is also a happy ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Leighton (Lee) Vary avatar

    The Wise Men Series

    Contributed by Leighton (Lee) Vary on Nov 2, 2015
     | 12,310 views

    The unexpected journey of the Eastern Wisemen

    Introduction: The outline for this sermon was obtained from “The Preacher’s Outline and Sermon Bible,” Leadership Ministries World Wide. Anxious to include as many minorities, religions and disabilities as possible, the human resources department of the University of Alberta ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist