An Unthankful Life

Introduction

I want to begin by actually playing a little game. It's called the Opposite Game, and the way it works is I'm going to say a word and then ...

The Good of Our Work

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When you read the word, "job" what comes to mind? You might think, "I'm glad tomorrow's a holiday!" Still others think, "Boy, am I glad I ...

Against the Rules

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People start thinking and doing strange things as the holidays come around. Have you noticed that? I heard about this group of youngsters ...

A Picture of Praise

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Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment—to draw a picture of something for which they ...

What Christmas Love Always Does

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Every year at Christmastime, news stations run video segments of crazy shoppers pushing and shoving each other to get their hands on the ...

The Wise Men Cry Glory

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Here's a great sermon from one of our featured preachers—Mark Buchanan—that explores the story of the Magi and Herod through ...

The Peace Jesus Brings

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In this Advent season, we are looking at the theme of God's promise of better days for our lives. That is the hope of Advent and Christmas, ...

Immanuel

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Here's a short, to-the-point Christmas sermon from Mark Batterson, pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC, and author ...

The Miracle of Christmas

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In Luke 11:33–35, Jesus says, "Your eye is a lamp, lighting up your whole body. If you live in wide-eyed wonder and belief, your body ...

The Promise of Better Days

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As a 5th grader at Cornelia Elementary School in Edina, Minnesota, I always felt sorry for a fellow student named Gary. With his high squeaky ...

Lessons from Lepers

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We often look at thanksgiving backwards. We think of thanksgiving as thanking God for something that has happened to us already. The real ...

Be Prepared

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Most of us have heard of Billy Graham. Since the 1950s, Dr. Graham has conducted hundreds of evangelistic crusades throughout the world. Most ...

The True Spirit of Christmas

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In one Peanuts comic strip, Lucy was saying that Christmas is a time for kindness and a time to forgive one another. Charlie Brown says: "Why ...

A Christmas To-Do List

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Most of us have heard the Christmas story so many times that we think we know what it's all about, but the fact is we might have passed over ...

The Bad News About Jesus ...

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Charles Swindoll has written a rather telling poem about what many feel on the day after Christmas:

'Twas the day after Christmas, When all ...

Christmas Through Heaven's Eyes

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Jesus did not deserve to be hung on a wooden cross to suffer for the sins of the human race. While that's exactly what the Christmas story ...

Christmas Through Mary's Eyes

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December 21st is the shortest day of the year. On that day, something happens that makes human beings look out at the world—and particularly ...

Christmas 365 Days a Year

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We often talk about the night before Christmas, but what do you think about on the morning after Christmas? I've been thinking about this ...

Make Room

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There is a wonderful story that comes out of the treasury of Jewish humor about a family from the lower east side of New York City. The ...

For Those Who Are Disappointed

Will you agree with me that the Christmas season is the most , time of the year? Would you also agree with me that the Christmas season can be the ...