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Intro: Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot But the Grinch who lived just North of Whoville did not! The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. It could be his head…

Merry Christmas and Blessed Advent! Who here likes birthdays? 2 Key components of a birthday are: PRESENTS God With Us 22 Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 23 See, the virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,…

Faith, Hope, Love And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. Last week, I hinted at this morning’s message when I made asked the question/made the statement, “ Did you know that you can celebrate Christmas without Christmas?!?!? ” Just think…there was a time…

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‌Series Thesis: Christ is for you and for me, together in Christ, we are his church. Prayer: This morning we pray for a greater measure of your peace and clarity. Would be hunger for your word and the truth within. Would we love our brother and sisters in Christ as you have so loved us. We are creatures…

There are so many fairy tale stories at Christmas; but none of those stories enters our hearts and changes our lives like the true story of Christmas.

Suffering is hard, yet James tells us that it has purpose. But we have a part to play, we can blame God for responding to suffering with sin, or we can ask him for wisdom to endure, and so grow in integrity. Ultimately it is our choice that will determine our eternal destiny. Listen to this week's sermon for James's advice on how we can manage all that.

If you’ve been journeying with us the past four weeks, you know that we’ve been celebrating and observing Advent, and now here we are on Christmas Eve, on the verge of the celebration of the arrival of Jesus, our Savior, the light of the world, Immanuel, God with Us. The Christmas story is a powerful…

Merry Christmas Everyone! As we gather this evening, my prayer is that the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts rise up to meet God in this night of our Savior’s birth. This Advent, in the season of waiting and watching, we have been taking a journey through the prophecies of Isaiah…

The book Ecclesiastes is a Father teaching His son about life. Qoheleth is a rich, wise, honest man, who tried all that life has to offer, and in the end, he found it all wanting. He tried all of the best foods & drinks - and at the end of even the finest, most well-aged wine bottle you could find, he…

TEXT: JAMES 5:1-6 | IF RUST COULD SPEAK INTRO ILLUSTRATION : As a child, every year at Christmas time we would pull out an old VHS tape. It had recorded on it various Christmas movies and commercials that my parents had recorded off the tv. I’m not entirely sure if there were any recording licenses violated…

Intro I have been watching a lot of Christmas movies lately with Monica, some good, some were pretty bad. Recently, Monica watched the Grinch with me for the first time ever. It was pretty amazing to watch her excitement and joy when watching it. Generally Christmas movies have a happy ending. There…

Sermon Number 1 : The Lamb Promised Series Introduction : As we enter this Christmas season, it is a good time for us to reflect on the reason for this season. Our society has embraced this season as a time of merchandise, parties and foolish observances. People spend money they do not have to buy gifts…

Prayer The central miracle asserted by Christians, is the incarnation. They say that God became man. C.S. Lewis had it right when he made this quote. Over the past several weeks, we’ve been seeing the truth of the incarnation... …building up....culminating to the pinnacle of what we find in our text…

Message of HOPE ! Beginning today, and for the next few Sunday mornings, I want to preach a series which revolves around the real reason for the Christmas season . I would like to take the focus off fat guys in red suits; off pretty packages under decorated trees; off fictional characters like Rudolph…

For us to understand what Christmas is all about, we need to go back to the beginning and see where it all went wrong. (FYI: We missed the first few minutes of the message, so it picks up in the introduction.)

Have you ever wondered, “Who is Christmas for?” It’s a simple question, but one that upon some thought, doesn’t seem so easy to answer. If we were shooting from the hip, we might say, “Christmas is for us,” or “Christmas is for Christians,” “Christmas is for the world,” maybe even “Christmas is for the…