Christmas Sermons and Advent Illustrations

Has God Messed Up Your Christmas Plans? By Dan Hill
I picked up a story the other day about a man who was working on his motorcycle on his patio. His wife was in the house working in the kitchen. As this guy was adjusting something on the engine of his motorcycle, it fell off the stands it was on, dragging him through the glass patio door and finally dumping him on the floor of the dining room. The wife, hearing… ( read more )

Don't Miss Christmas by Jerry Vines
All of my messages this month are built around the theme of Christmas and the meaning of the birth of our Lord. Tonight I'm going to talk about, Don't Miss Christmas. Whatever you do, don't miss Christmas! I'll explain what that's all about. Luke 2, verse 15 will get us started and then we'll move to some other Scriptures. This is the visit of the angels to the... ( read more )

Away in a Manger by Dr. James Merritt
1. I want to share with you three stories that take place in three different nations that illustrate a central truth about Christmas. The headline read "japan goes wild for ho-ho holiday." A nation, made up almost entirely of Shinto and Buddhist believers, has taken to celebrating "Kurisumasu" with the heartiest of ho-ho-hos. The season is marked by extravagant… ( read more )

How We Should Celebrate Christmas by Ken Trivette
1. Christmas was first celebrated in the year 98, but it was forty years later before it was officially adopted as a Christian festival. It was not until about the fifth century that the day of its celebration became permanently fixed on the 25th of December. Up to that time it had been irregularly observed at various times of the year - in December, in April, and in May, but most… ( read more )

The Tragedy of Missing Christmas by Rick White
Introduction: To borrow from Charles Dickens' famous opening line, Christmas can be "the best of times and the worst of times." I hope for you and your family it was the best and not the worst. It's a little hard to believe-but it has only been a week since we lit the candles and sang the familiar carols. But already, the decorations are down or coming down. And if… ( read more )

What Would Jesus Want For Christmas? by Tony R. Nester
When I was a young boy the only time you could watch cartoons on television was on Saturday mornings. Most children looked forward to this once a week cartoon programming. One of the common cartoon themes involved having an little alien from outer space approach some earthling with the words, "Take me to your leader!" Today's cartoon shows... ( read more )

The Day after Christmas...To Keep the Lights Burning, We Need a 'Kingdom Attitude' by Gerald Branch
Now that Christmas is over is, what do we do? The gifts are all opened. The gift wrap and boxes all picked up, and stuffed into the trash bag for the trash truck to pick up this week, and hopefully we won't go over our limit on trash bags. The family and friends have or will be heading home soon. The house seems to have lost its holiday atmosphere. And now, we're soon… ( read more )

A Time for Celebration by Fred Lowery
Thank you Lauren and choir and band for this wonderful Christmas music this morning. Wonderful Christmas music, Amen? And we'll have music, a lot of music the next two Sundays so be here and bring your friends as we celebrate Christmas. Today we are talking about Christmas is a time of celebration. In a little Sunday School class of first graders a teacher… ( read more )

The Real Grinch that Stole Christmas by Steve Jones
Introduction: Let's sing the Grinch Song together. You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel. You're as cuddly as a cactus; you're as charming as an eel. Mr. Grinch. You're a bad banana, with a greasy black peel. You're a monster, Mr. Grinch. Your heart's an empty hole. Your brain is full of spiders; you've got garlic in your soul. Mr. Grinch. I wouldn't touch you, with… ( read more )

Home For Christmas by H. Edwin Young
That's Christmas. The word is 'epiphany.' It means to shine forth. It is an explosion of light. Epiphany. Christmas. That explosion, light shining forth. It all began on those Judean hills with an angelic chorus singing out announcing the arrival of the Son of God. Let's listen to the familiar story in Luke chapter 2. "And it came to pass in those days that there went out a… ( read more )