Showing results for "A Christmas Sermon" in All Categories

I am reminded of the last line of the first verse of “O Little Town of Bethlehem” where Christ meets us in both our hopes and our fears. Merry Christmas and God bless you! The post Sermon: Christmas 2018: The Hopes and Fears of All the Years appeared first on Ben Bergren.

Science has proven that listening to a text just prior to sleep can significantly improve the retention of that text. The Sacred Sleep series was created primarily with that in mind. Read by 7-time number one Amazon best-selling narrator, Steve Cook, and featuring the text of the Revised Geneva Translation, Sacred Sleep is designed to help you get the rest you need while deepening your faith and drawing you closer to God.

There are some events which occur at regular intervals throughout the course of one’s ministry, as each year passes, namely the major Christian festivals. Unless a minister is particularly gifted, which I am not, this can present a problem, the problem being How do I come up with something new each year at Christmas, Easter and so on? One solution is to move to a new church at short intervals, but I wouldn’t really recommend this! The other solution is to take advantage of the vast number of resources we have nowadays and seek inspiration from books and material easily found on the ...

Enjoy reading about the birth of Christ? Constantly looking for fresh sermons for Christmas? Preaching at Christmas can be one of the most challenging times of the year, mainly because most of our hearers have already heard the story numerous times already! Here are 24 original, full-manuscript Christmas sermons from a Biblically-conservative pastor with forty years' preaching experience. Each sermon is loaded with Scripture references, and you will find numerous sermon illustrations throughout. A great addition to your library, to make sure you always have a great sermon idea at your ...

The Bible refers to God's grace as God's throne - "throne of grace" - where the believer enters boldly. The Lord rules the world by grace from his throne. I pray I can help the reader see how this actually plays out and gives meaning to "saved by grace" in each individual life. Grace, as we will see, is God's moving upon our hearts and using our abilities and gifts. It allows each of us to accomplish the things for which God saved us. God's grace is supremely important, but exactly What Is Grace?

To understand how the elements of the symbols of Christmas and the players of the Christmas story play an important role in our lifetime

To analyze the principles of love joy hope faith peace light and his presence

From the earliest days of the Church, Christian theologians have marveled at the paradoxes found in the incarnation. Among the earliest expressions of this marveling comes from St. Augustine, the most influential theologian in Western Christianity. Augustine was born in 354 in Thagaste, a Roman city in modern Algeria. A brilliant thinker, he initially rejected Christianity as an intellectually empty faith, despite the faithfulness of his mother. After wandering through various pagan philosophies, the equally brilliant St. Ambrose, the bishop of Milan, showed him how Christianity was superior...

Nothing lifts our spirits and brings us peace, as does hearing the good news of great joy, which is for all people—and that is the miraculous birth of our Savior. In recent years, you have noticed a shocking failure on the part of pastors to bring forth this good news. The Incarnation. Angelic visitations. Kings and wise men seeking and worshipping the newborn Babe. God wrapped in human flesh! Everyone involved rejoicing exceedingly at the hearing of it! Of a truth, it is one of three Great Events of history. Yet today the church avoids it. Avoids celebrating and sharing His triumphant ...

As the people of Israel were expectant of the coming Messiah, we took should have our hearts ready for the coming king

Growing up, my brother and I had the entire lower floor of the house to ourselves. It was awesome. If you find benefit from these devotions we'd encourage you to support our ministry. You can donate by visiting: https://els.org/donate Connect with us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeaceDevotions/ Website: https://peacedevotions.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2pFo5lJV46gKmztGwnT3vA Twitter: https://twitter.com/peacedevotions Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peace_devotions/ Email List: https://peacedevotions.com/email

At Christ the King Lutheran Church we had two worship services on Christmas Eve, with two different sermons.This is the sermon from our evening service.You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link below or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://app.box.com/s/e4yudwu2j9cpcel9mrdxngtyqy6358r9You can find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook @ctkodi; you can subscribe ...

At Christ the King Lutheran Church we had two worship services on Christmas Eve, with two different sermons.This is the sermon from our afternoon service.You can view, download, or print the text of this service by clicking the link below or by copying and pasting it into your browser: https://app.box.com/s/e4yudwu2j9cpcel9mrdxngtyqy6358r9You can find complete article “Just Drop the Blanket” by Jason Soroski here: https://www.crosswalk.com/special-coverage/christmas-and-advent/just-drop-the-blanket-the-moment-you-never-noticed-in-a-charlie-brown-christmas.html?utm_medium=fbpage&utm_source=...

Advent to Epiphany is the first volume in the From Text to Sermon series designed to help pastors and their flocks better understand the rhythm and purpose of the Christian calendar. As Christians, we view time from a different perspective than the rest of the world. We may use the same seconds, minutes, hours, dates, and days, but we view the meaning and purpose of history and the future by considering God’s actions through the children of Abraham and through His only begotten Son, Jesus of Nazareth. Certain events in the Bible, though over two thousand years old, provide the key to ...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: "God's Christmas Gifts!" Are the gifts we received this Christmas the greatest Christmas presents available to a human being? For us as Christians, we clearly understand that they are not! What is the greatest gift? The greatest gift is the child born in the manger in Bethlehem.. .a gift that changed the entire fabric of our lives. . .a gift we cannot live without. In fact, Christmas has no meaning without this gift. Life has no meaning without this gift. Though the world has commercialized and changed Christmas into something completely different. . . ...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: "The Greatest Christmas Present!" Will the gifts we receive be the greatest Christmas presents we have ever received – be the greatest present ever presented to another? For us as Christians, we clearly understand that they will not be! What is the greatest gift? The greatest gift is the child born in the manger in Bethlehem.. .a gift that changed the entire fabric of our lives. . .a gift we cannot live without. Christmas has no meaning without this gift. Life has no meaning without this gift. Many people have received this gift – including many of ...

Sunday, December 24, 2024 Holland Gospel Chapel Holland, MI

This unique collection includes four sermons by C.H. Spurgeon on Jesus and Christmas. The reading provides a beautiful and thoughtful devotional narrative for each week of Advent. All delivered originally in December by Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, the message and hope of Christmas shines clear and strong throughout each sermon. Dive into the rich fullness of the gospel and of Christ’s love for His children as eloquently expressed by the "Prince of Preachers."