So in your mind, what makes a Christmas a classic Christmas? Like what traditions and what experiences, what songs, what shows, what movies make you feel like this isn't June and this isn't September; this is the month, this is the season, [...]

Back in 1988, when this church was barely one year old, meeting in a school, just a handful of people, couple of hundred people, I saw a wonderful lady coming in one Sunday, whom I've known for some time, and I was very surprised to see her. [...]

Through the years in my preaching, and those who have been hearing me long enough know that occasionally I would make a reference to biblical paradoxes, and I talk about the paradoxes in the Bible, and few times, I said, "One day, I'm [...]

In this powerful Christmas message from John 20, the preacher shows how Jesus, the God-man, carries eternal scars from the cross—reminding us that God truly suffered as a man, deeply sympathizes with our pain, and ultimately saves us through His [...]

In this powerful sermon on John 3, the preacher explains through Nicodemus' nighttime encounter with Jesus that natural birth leaves us sinful, blind to spiritual truth, and unable to enter God's kingdom. Only the virgin birth of Jesus as [...]

I love Christmas as many people do but I probably love it for a different reason than many other people. It's not because I like giving gifts, which I do and I like being with my family, which I will be but it's not because I'm a [...]

It is that time of year that we all love. And by the way, like it or not, Christmas, believe it or not is a season of celebration that from its very beginning was built, are you ready for this, it was built around the baby that was laid in a manger. [...]

Years ago, when all of our sons were at home, we established a Christmas time tradition. We'd go down to Atlanta, we'd have a very nice candlelight dinner at the Varsity. And then we would go to the Alliance Theatre and we would see [...]

There's several things that you can always count on seeing during the Christmas season. There are houses that are covered up with Christmas lights and highways that are covered up with Christmas traffic and malls that are covered up with [...]

Some facts are just hard to believe. For example, did you know pure honey does not spoil? You can eat honey that's 10,000 years old. I'm not not making this up. It, honey does never spoil. That's why my, if it's, I mean 10,000 [...]

So, God's making this big announcement. And evidently, God thinks it's so important, it's so huge, it's so critical, it's so big, He sends it by way of Heavenly DJ. Right? He gives this angel, and you would go, "Well, [...]

For the first 300 years of Christianity, Christmas was not celebrated. December the 25th, just another day. Of course, there were no malls, right, there was no shopping, there was no buying gifts. There were no trees, there was no Rudolph, there was [...]

We're going to look at the story called the Three Wise Men. As a matter of fact, it gave rise to the popular carol, We Three Kings. But here's a question we're going to ask of every story we're going to look at over the next [...]

In this Christmas sermon from Luke 2:11, the preacher declares Jesus as "a Savior, who is Christ the Lord," challenging listeners: Do you believe He is Lord—and is He truly your Lord? He explains that confessing Jesus as Lord secures [...]

In this Christmas sermon from Matthew 1:20-23, the preacher emphasizes the undiminished deity of Jesus—God in human flesh, Immanuel—as the central truth of the incarnation. He defends the Trinity against wrong views of Jesus as merely a great man [...]

In this Christmas sermon from Luke 2:25-35, the preacher highlights Simeon’s faithful wait for the Messiah and uses his encounter with baby Jesus to show Christ’s unblemished life as the true Savior. Simeon’s joy in holding salvation reminds us to [...]

In this Christmas sermon from Luke 2 and related passages, the preacher powerfully defends the virgin birth of Jesus as essential—not optional—to Christianity. He explains it as the sacred mystery of God manifest in flesh, the saving ministry [...]

Blessed and joyous Christmas to you, and to your family, and to your loved ones. I know it has been a challenging year, but the joy of the Lord of knowing that he came from heaven to redeem us and to take us to heaven with him, and even those who [...]

Last message from Psalm 2. We looked and saw how God, a thousand years before Christ, revealed the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and we saw the function and the role of each member of the Trinity in Psalm chapter 2. And here, 1000 years [...]

One of America's most respected professor of law by the name of Jonathan Turley, he was testifying before Congress, and he said something to the effect, "Everyone in America is angry. Politicians are angry. People are angry. My family is [...]

You know, the world over is looking for the lining up of the stars, and the horoscope, and fortune telling. But, you know, there is only one star that you need to look to, and it may be a family friend or a family member or a neighbor or a coworker. [...]

Merry Christmas, and I hope that you already been to church or going to church to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus. Throughout the season of advent, we offered a book called, "Jesus the Only," and today, I'm gonna explain why [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress, and welcome again to "Pathway to Victory". What sort of traditions do you enjoy at Christmas? Maybe you make a treasured family recipe or you gather for a special celebration on Christmas Eve. Just about every [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress, and welcome again to "Pathway To Victory". There have been countless movie, songs, and books written in honor of Christmas, but what if you had to explain the meaning of Christmas in a single sentence? Could [...]

Emmanuel means God with us. And that's Christmas. I love to quote and I do every Christmas Phillips Brooks' words. On that first Christmas, he said, "God came down the stairs of heaven with a baby in his arms". That's [...]

At Christmas time people start talking about peace on earth and goodwill towards men. It's really emphasized at Christmas, and it makes me wonder: how society would look if we emphasized those things more often? What if it was Christmas every [...]

In this powerful Christmas message, Dr. Charles Stanley asks what someone totally unfamiliar with the Bible would conclude about the holiday after seeing malls, parties, ads, and even some church homes today. He warns that materialism and pagan [...]

So one of Jesus' most controversial statements is also one of his most quoted statements. In fact, if you're not a Christian or not from our religious tradition or maybe different religious tradition, you've heard this before, even [...]

In this Christmas message, Pastor Steven Furtick shares how the swaddling clothes on baby Jesus point to God's promise to reach us in our lowest places, wrap us in His care amid rejection and mess, and ultimately raise us just as Jesus left [...]

Well, it seems to me like there are more things to be afraid of today than there were things to be afraid of years ago. Do any of you kind of agree with that? It seemed like there's more things that are just weighing on the hearts and the minds [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress, and welcome again to "Pathway to Victory". Christmas is just a few weeks away but, as we celebrate the birth of our Lord, it's important to remember that not everyone received this news with joy. Today [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress, and welcome again to "Pathway to Victory". Over the years, you're likely to have become familiar with the story of the baby Jesus, but how about the story of the two kings? Today, I'll take an [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jefferson and welcome again to "Pathway to Victory". All throughout history, people have created countless theories about who Jesus Christ really is. Was he a prophet, a lunatic, or the option I believe could he really [...]

I love Christmas. I don't know why, I just do, don't you? Something about it, something about it. When you think of Christmas, I think of home. When I think of home, I think of Christmas. But, around the world today, there are 271,521 [...]

Well, Merry Christmas, everyone, and welcome to my home. We decided this year to change the service around a bit and to bring you the message in the middle of the service, and here from my home. And in a few moments, we'll also sing a few more [...]

So today I'd like to begin with a ridiculous question. It's ridiculous because I already know the answer is kind of rhetorical, so you don't need to answer out loud or raise your hand, but to just get us all on the same page. And I [...]

Pastor Greg Laurie shares practical ways to enjoy a truly happy holiday season amid the stress, loneliness, and depression many face at Christmas. By keeping Christ at the center, spending time with loved ones (including your church family), [...]

Hi, this is Michael Youssef. In these troubled times, you're probably asking: Where is the peace we sing about at Christmastime? Ah, but you can have peace when you come to Jesus, the Prince of Peace, you will find true peace and joy. Will you [...]

By now I'm sure you've heard at least 100 times one of the following statements: "Christmas is the season for giving". I'm not gonna ask you to raise your hand. "The magic of Christmas". "Christmas [...]

Beloved, we all need to be appreciated, every one of us. When those who matter to us the most withhold appreciation, our spirit within us begins to wither and die and even the body dies. Hear me out, please. I have never met anyone who does not [...]

In this Christmas message from 1 Samuel 18 and related passages, Adrian Rogers explains the blood covenant as an unbreakable biblical principle of commitment, using Jonathan and David's bond to illustrate Christ's covenant with us through [...]

What an honor to be with you on Christmas Day. God loves you. You know, Christmas is such an important thing. We have an annual celebration not because we forget but because we need the reminder. You know, the pressures of life they're real, [...]

Well, merry Christmas, happy Christmas, thank you for joining me today. Remember that name of Jesus, Emmanuel, God with us. You know God's with us right now. He's with you, he's with me, he's with our connection here. Right now, [...]

Matthew chapter 1 and Isaiah chapter 14. Surely there have been some unusual births throughout history that have defied the odds. Let me give you an example. There is a housewife in Michigan who has borne three children in three consecutive years. [...]

Would you please turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of Matthew. That's your New Testament, as you know, first book in the New Testament, Matthew chapter 2. But then also, if you don't mind, turn also to the book of Micah in the Old [...]

Now, after that birth announcement Mary goes to visit Elizabeth. Canceled culture got her in Nazareth. Great with child before you're married, and the explanation is God did it. I expect that was as difficult to sell in the synagogue in [...]

In this session I want to look with you at the miracle of Jesus's birth, but I want to do it through the lens of the Gospel of Luke. In the previous session, we looked at Jesus's birth from Matthew's perspective. You know, in [...]

Hey, everyone, I am so grateful that you've joined us today. I know that God has a word for you. I love this time of the year. I mean, we are in the Christmas season and you've picked a great day to tune in. We are talking about a prophecy [...]

Hey, everyone I am so grateful you've joined us today. I know God has a word for you. You know, if you're like me, I love receiving birth announcements. I remember when Nick and I received the announcement of the birth of a beautiful baby [...]

When Joseph woke up, he did as the Lord had commanded him. Several months later, we learn in Luke's Gospel chapter 2 that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. So, everyone went to be registered, [...]