In this Christmas message from Luke 2, Pastor Greg Laurie urges us to reclaim the true, powerful meaning of Christmas—the explosive gospel story of God sending His Son to be born humbly, die, and rise again so we can call Him Abba, Father. He [...]

Luke opens his Gospel with the prelude to the Christmas story in Luke 1:5-17, where angel Gabriel announces to aged priest Zechariah that he and barren wife Elizabeth will bear John the Baptist—the Messiah's forerunner—who will prepare [...]

Pastor shares how Simeon and Anna waited faithfully for the Messiah, seeing baby Jesus in the temple just days after His birth (Luke 2). They show us to hold God's promises tight and live ready for Christ's return, sharing the good news [...]

Paul appeals to Philemon for Onesimus, his runaway slave now a useful brother in Christ. He urges reconciliation, voluntary forgiveness, and receiving him as himself. Slavery remains an atrocity today, but Christ catches us to set us free, and [...]

Pastor Steven Furtick preaches from Matthew 1:18-25 on Christmas Eve, focusing on Joseph's confusion and the angel's message: "It's not what it looks like." The sermon reveals how God works through seemingly scandalous or [...]

This sermon, based on Matthew 1:18-25, focuses on Joseph's often-overlooked role in the Christmas story. The preacher argues that we must embrace the real chaos and scandal of the first Christmas, not a sanitized version, and that [...]

Christmas celebrates Jesus' birth as the Son given in love—God so loved the world He sent His only begotten Son for whosoever believes to have everlasting life. From royal lineage yet born in humble manger due to no room in the inn, His lovely [...]

The Christmas message is Emmanuel—God with us—Jesus born of a virgin to save us from sins without sinful blood, proving God is for us through His gift, death, and resurrection. Romans 8:31 declares if God is for us, nothing can be against us; proof [...]

Grace always leads to glory—God's unearned favor, pictured in the prodigal son's return where the father runs to embrace him despite his failures, justifies us and will glorify us with bodies like Christ's resurrected form. The [...]

Merry Christmas! 700 years before Christ, Isaiah prophesied a child born and son given, bearing titles like Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. This Christmas story centers on Jesus' virgin birth—human to [...]

Introduction Listen, grab your Bibles. In fact, more than grab your Bibles because I’m just going to go too fast, but do have your Bibles ready. Grab the note paper that’s in front of you and begin to write some scriptures down, or get the teaching [...]

In Isaiah 7:14, the prophet foretells the virgin birth of Immanuel; Pastor Gary explains that the miracle of Christmas is Christ's divine conception by the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary—a sinful yet chosen vessel—bypassing the sin nature [...]

In this Christmas message, the preacher uses Mary’s encounter with the angel in Luke 1:26–38 to illustrate how God fulfills promises and blessings not just to us but through us, shifting misplaced expectations from others or circumstances onto our [...]

Summary: Mike teaches that Jesus came as the light of the world to shine into our personal and collective darkness, just as prophesied in Isaiah 9:2 and declared in John 1, where the light overcomes darkness every time. Drawing from the Sermon on [...]

Summary: In this Christmas Eve message from Matthew 1, the preacher highlights Joseph’s perspective on the birth of Jesus, emphasizing that His Hebrew name «Yeshua» means «the Lord saves,» directly revealing His mission. The central idea is not to [...]

Summary: Drawing from Luke 1 and the popular song «Mary, Did You Know?», this Christmas message explores exactly what Mary understood from the angel Gabriel’s announcement about the child she would bear. The preacher highlights three key truths [...]

Summary In his Christmas sermon "Joy to the World," Mike Novotny explains why real, lasting joy is so hard to find—most people who care about us can't actually fix our deepest messes, and those who could often don't bother—but [...]

Summary In the sermon "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," Pastor Mike Novotny unpacks the deep theological truths hidden within this classic Christmas carol. He explains how the lyrics proclaim the miraculous reconciliation between God and [...]

Summary In his sermon "Away in a Manger," Pastor Mike Novotny explores the profound depth of the Christmas story, focusing on how the "awayness" of Jesus in the manger brings him closer to our struggles. He encourages listeners [...]

Father Cedric shares a heartfelt Christmas message, proclaiming the joy of Christ’s birth from Isaiah 9 as light breaking into darkness, explaining that God became human to offer salvation, forgiveness, and victory over death to everyone—especially [...]

In a short year-end message, Pastor Mark reminds us that faith and obedience grow exponentially like a domino chain reaction, drawing from Hebrews 5:13–14 where maturity comes «by constant use» of spiritual practices. As we enter 2025, small [...]

On Christmas Eve, Pastor Mark uses childhood memories of wanting a Schwinn bicycle and C.S. Lewis's four stages of enchantment with life to illustrate how we can lose and rediscover joy. Drawing from the wise men's overjoyed reaction in [...]

In this Christmas message, the preacher uses J.B. Phillips' angelic fantasy to illustrate the wonder of the incarnation, then powerfully asks «What if Christ had not come?"—arguing that without Christmas, the Bible would be untrustworthy, [...]

Drawing from Philippians 2:5-11, this Christmas message explores what the incarnation truly meant to Jesus Himself—selflessness as the eternal God, voluntary surrender of divine privileges, servanthood in human likeness, submission even to death on [...]

In the humble manger, God wrapped His greatest gift—Jesus Christ, the Savior born amidst filth to reach the lowest, delivering humanity from sin's bondage through divine love, accessible to all who receive Him, transforming rebellion into [...]

We’re still following the Christmas story. Jesus has been born, but what is happening thereafter? Wise men have come from the East; they are looking for the king of the Jews. They go to the palace of Herod the king, and in Matthew chapter 2, verses [...]

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to each one of us and each one of you. It’s been a joyful ride, trusting the Lord this year, working with Him, walking with Him, and knowing Him. I trust that the times we’ve had sharing the Word of God have been [...]

We will continue our study of the Christmas story from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 2, verses 1 and 2. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, «Where [...]

The story of Christmas touches so many aspects of our lives. It touches our genealogies, it touches our parentage, it touches our birthplace, it touches our culture, it touches so many parts of our lives. Today we’re looking at the birthplace of [...]

We’re still in our Christmas reflections, and we are looking at Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus Christ: Matthew 2:4 — 5. When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them where the Christ was [...]

Well, welcome to our study as we continue our lessons around Christmas. Next week, as you know, is our Christmas week. From today to Sunday, I’ll be focusing my teaching on Joseph, Jesus’s foster father, the man that God entrusted His Son to. We [...]

We’re still looking at the story of Joseph, and we go back to Matthew chapter 1, verse 20. But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, «Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [...]

We’re still following the Christmas story. Jesus has been born, but what is happening thereafter? Wise men have come from the East; they are looking for the King of the Jews. They go to the palace of Herod, the king, in Matthew chapter 2, verses 7 [...]

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to each one of us and each one of you. It’s been a joyful ride; just trust in the Lord this year, working with Him, walking with Him, and knowing Him. I trust that the times we’ve had sharing the Word of God have [...]

Merry Christmas to all of you! We are beginning our Christmas week reflections today, and we will continue our study of the Christmas story from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 2, verses 1 and 2. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the [...]

The story of Christmas touches so many aspects of our lives; it touches our genealogies, our parentage, our birthplace, our culture-so many parts of our lives. Today we’re looking at the birthplace of Jesus Christ and reading an old prophecy from [...]

Welcome to a brand new week, and it’s a joy to come to you once again with God’s word. As you know, we’re in the month of December, a time when we start thinking a lot about Christmas, which is just around the corner. So beginning today until [...]

We’re still in our Christmas reflections, and we are looking at Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus Christ, Matthew chapter 2, verses 4 to 5. When he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he inquired of them [...]

We’re looking at another prophecy of the birth of Jesus Christ in the prophecy of Isaiah, chapter 9, verse 6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulder. His name will be called Wonderful [...]

Today is the last Sunday of the year 2020, and we pause to thank God and give Him praise and glory for walking us through this year. Up to now, it’s been quite an experience going through 2020. Each one of us has a story, and so on this Sunday, as [...]

Well, Merry Christmas to all of you. God has been good to us, and we get to see Christmas and celebrate it, honoring the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ today. May the peace that He brings to us rest upon you and your household. Luke chapter 2, verse [...]

We’re still in our Christmas mood, and so we’re looking at the subjects related to the breath of the Lord Jesus Christ. Luke, chapter 1, verse 13: «But the angel said to him, 'Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard, and your wife [...]

Well, we’ve looked at prophecies concerning the breath of the Lord Jesus Christ. We’ve examined six in the Old Testament so far. Today, we looked at the seventh prophecy, but it is in the New Testament. You ask, how can the prophecy about Jesus be [...]

We’re still looking at the Christmas story, Luke chapter 1, verses 30 to 31. Then the angel said to her, «Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a son, and shall call his [...]

Luke 1, verses 36 and 37: «Now indeed, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is now the sixth month of her who was called barren. For with God, nothing will be impossible.» There are so many miracles surrounding [...]

We’re still looking at the prophecies about the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, and this is prophecy number six: Isaiah chapter 9:6. «For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name [...]

Luke 1, verse 45: «Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.» I particularly like how the Old King James uses the word «performance» in place of «fulfillment.» In my New King [...]

We are looking at prophecies in the Bible concerning the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, and today we look at Isaiah chapter 7:14. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his [...]

Luke chapter 1, verse 35: «And the angel answered and said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.’» Such amazing [...]

Luke 1, verses 41 and 42: «And it happened that when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, 'Blessed are you among women, [...]