TEXT: Luke 2:20 TOPIC: What Happens After Christmas? Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Church, Center Point, Alabama Wednesday, December 28, 2005 For many, the first few days after Christmas can be a difficult time. For some, this “Post-Christmas Blues Syndrome” begins almost immediately after all the…

TEXT: Luke 2:1-20 TOPIC: The Message from the Manger Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Church, Center Point December 24, 2006 When William Gladstone was Prime Minister of Great Britain, he was asked by Queen Victoria, “What do you consider to be the world’s most important book?” He quickly answered,…

Back to the Best of Christmas Part 2: Live Like Joseph Matthew 1:18-25 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Dec. 11, 2011 *What is Christmas about? -- Most people will tell you it’s about presents and Santa, lights and trees or days off from work and school. Some will even say that Christmas…

Why the Shepherds? Introduction: It is that time of the season when there is a desire to observe Christmas, give, show acts of charity and cling to those church traditions of the birth of Christ. Luke 2: gives us a clear truth that God intentionally broke the conjecture of man to bless, call and use…

Discover the Wonder of Christmas - The wonder of a baby! Welcome by John Chilcote / Worship Part #1 – 3 songs Come Thou Long Expected Jesus O Come All Ye Faithful / O Little Town of Bethlehem Message Part #1 – Greg Bondurant I have been to Bethlehem. It’s still a little town where shepherds guide their…

What is your response to roller coasters? Some like them, some hate them, so are terrified of them. I can remember when I was a kid being terrified of roller coasters. I didn’t want anything to do with them. Until one day I worked up enough courage to try one. And from then on I have been hooked. I love…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Henry McCushy, of the Texas Employment Commission, said they had a hard time getting men to be department store Santa Clauses one year. The reason was the high percentage of children who were kicking Santa in the shins for not coming through the year before. They expected Santa…

God Moments... In the busyness of our lives God steps in and does something absolutely amazing… Often these are missed We are too busy and look right past it We become distracted We simply are not looking for God to be a part of our lives There was a moment in time, there was a God moment that went missed…

I recall a story I heard one time of a family who was having a christening party in honor of the christening of their newborn baby. Amid all the family and friends coming over and all the eating and drinking and gift-giving and celebrating, one person finally walks up to the mother and asks her the obvious…

Sunday, November 26, 2006 at FBC, Comanche; Studies: Christmas Text: Matthew 1: 1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. “Humble Beginnings” Introduction: We see the non-typical yet significant parallel between Ezekiel's four "living creatures" and the four…

Jesus came to fulfill God's Law but what does that mean and what happened to the old law? The passage today is filled with content that we can apply to our lives today. Listen as Pastor Chase breaks it down and encourages us, through what Jesus uses as His setup, for the rest of the sermon on the mount. Blessings!

“In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. But they had no…

Jesus coming into this world followed over fifteen hundred years of preparation. In a sin-filled and dark world God was laying the foundation for this one event that would change everything. He had created a nation, Israel, that was designed to point to this one event. Their history was a living example…

The Shepherds’ Response to God Luke 2:8-20 December 21, 2008 Intro: · Speaking at Temple Christian Academy last spring · Can’t remember topic, but I will remember the lead up & intro · Routine, principal Wes Harding introducing – police officer… · Rules about speaking out, put up hand, etc. · Police…

In the Gospel of Luke, we come across two characters who make their appearance in the final acts of the Christmas drama. One is a man named Simeon; the other is a woman named Anna. They don’t appear in any nativity scenes or in many Christmas cards, but we have much to learn from them.

Read Luke 2 The Joy Of Christmas 8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel said to…

A Pouch For The Messiah Many men still wear on the island of Crete the age-old Moslem costume, the trousers of which, while tight-fitting below the knee, are quite voluminous and have a large pouch in front. According to Mohammedan tradition, the original purpose of the pouch was to accommodate the promised…

Discovering the Light of Christmas Joy But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:10-11 NIV Discover the light of Christmas joy by… J oining…

TEXT: Luke 2:19 TOPIC: Christmas Memories Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Church, Center Point, Alabama December 17, 2006 Our biblical text is found in the familiar Christmas narrative of the Gospel of Luke, the second chapter. Luke 2:19. Let’s read it together, But Mary kept all these things, and…

How to find Christmas. Know Where to Look. Let’s look at Simeon… I was tending my duties at the temple, and in walks this young couple... carrying the messiah ! “Are you sure, Simeon!” How do you know it was the messiah? Was it something about the parents? No, they were just a normal young couple. Well…

What the names of Jesus teach us about why he was born.

Title: "THE PEOPLE WHO MISSED CHRISTMAS" Introduction For those of us who know and love the Lord Jesus Christ, Christmas is a time to focus on His birth; the great reality of the incarnation, that God became a man, that tremendous incomprehensible miracle of divine energy that brought God into human…

As a pastor when you sit down to write a Christmas sermon, you want to write one that will change the world. But that’s with every sermon but as you study and talk with other pastors you realize that you can’t reinvent the wheel and that this day is not about the sermon or moving people or changing a…

[**We do aplogize in advance for the audio quality, a cable was grounded somewhere in the connection**] Following Mary’s example of faith in God, we have hope for the holidays.