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    Into the Darkest Hour

    Author
    Madeleine L'Engle
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    Scripture
    Isaiah 9:6-7, Micah 5:2, Luke 2:1-20, John 1:5, Philippians 2:6-7, Luke 2:7, Revelation 3:20
    It was a time like this,  war and tumult of war,  a horror in the air. Hungry yawned the abyss— and yet there came the star  and the child most wonderfully there. It was a time like this ...

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    Author
    Rainer Maria Rilke
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    Scripture
    Luke 2:6-7, Isaiah 53:2, Matthew 2:1-2, Philippians 2:6-8, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29
    If you lacked simplicity, how then should this fall to you that midnight skies are a shine with? God, who stoked at men mild in you now comes to mortal eyes. That he’s not more great—does this surpris...

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    The Twelfth Day of Christmas

    Author
    Emile Griffin
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    Scripture
    Matthew 2:1-2, Ephesians 3:6, 1 Kings 10:1-13, John 1:9, Philippians 2:10-11
    In many Christian lands Epiphany is the most important feast of Christmas. Especially in Latin countries the arrival of the Wise Men, the Three Kings, looms large in the imagination. My native city, N...

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    Holy Lord, in this time of Advent, we

    Author
    Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
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    Scripture
    Luke 10:41-42, Isaiah 55:2-3, Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 25:44-45, Psalm 46:10, Luke 2:7, Isaiah 9:6, Matthew 5:9, Luke 10:1-12, Romans 8:24-25, Luke 2:25-32, Luke 2:25-38, Philippians 2:10-11, Colossians 3:17, Luke 2:13-14
    Holy Lord, in this time of Advent, we confess we often are distracted by the season’s busyness, by the stress of commitment, and even by putting our own traditions ahead of the true meaning of Christm...

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    Author
    Henry Law
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    Scripture
    Philippians 2:5-8, John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Peter 2:24, Romans 8:3, Matthew 20:28
    What self denial! What self abasement! What self emptying! He, whom no infinitudes can hold, is contained within infant’s age, and infant’s form. Can it be, that the great ‘I AM THAT I AM’ shrinks int...

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    Author
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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    Scripture
    John 1:1-15, Isaiah 9:2, Luke 1:78-79, Philippians 2:6-7, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Micah 5:2, Matthew 1:23
    Just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to tell us that all our ideas are wrong, and that what we take to be evil an...

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    Author
    Charles Wesley
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    Scripture
    John 1:14, Isaiah 7:14, Philippians 2:6-8, Colossians 2:9, Revelation 21:3, Hebrews 1:3, 2 Corinthians 8:9
    Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see; hail the incarnate Deity Pleased as man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel

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    Author
    O.P. Kretzmann
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    Scripture
    Luke 2:6-7, Philippians 2:6-8, Isaiah 53:2-3, Micah 5:2, Exodus 2:1-10, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Revelation 21:3-4
    One of our troubles, is that we have romanticized and sentimentalized the stable and the manger…We see them through the warm glow of our comfortable homes, our candles and our well-fed bodies....Perha...

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    Author
    Timothy Keller
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    Scripture
    John 1:14, Philippians 2:6-8, Romans 2:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, Matthew 1:21-23
    Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you.

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    Author
    Brian D. McLaren
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    Isaiah 9:6, Philippians 2:6-7, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29, Luke 2:10-12, Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1-2, 11, John 1:14, Isaiah 52:2-3, John 18:36
    Politicians compete for the highest offices. Business tycoons scramble for a bigger and bigger piece of the pie. Armies march and scientists study and philosophers philosophise and preachers preach an...

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    Our hearts for very joy do leap Our

    Author
    Martin Luther
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    Scripture
    Luke 1:44, Psalm 100:1-2, Luke 1:39-45, Psalm 96:1-2, Luke 2:20, Luke 2:8-20, Isaiah 9:6, Luke 2:13-14, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Revelation 21:5, Luke 2:25-38, Philippians 2:10-11, Psalm 150:6, Revelation 5:11-14
    Our hearts for very joy do leap Our lips no more their silence keep: We too must sing with joyful tongue That sweetest ancient cradle-song: Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto us a Son has giv...

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    Author
    Jeremy Begbie
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    Scripture
    Luke 2:34-35 , Philippians 2:8, Isaiah 53:3-5, Hebrews 2:14-15, Isaiah 9:6 , Galatians 4:4-5 , Romans 6:23
    Only with great care. For thousands, carols will be their only link with a church. At the same time, sentimentality is perhaps the single most dangerous feature of our Church and culture-and the senti...

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    Author
    Madeleine L'Engle
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    Scripture
    Luke 2:1-3, Micah 5:2, John 1:9-11, Isaiah 9:2, Philippians 2:6-8, Matthew 2:13-15, John 4:9-10
    This is no time for a child to be born, With the earth betrayed by war & hate And a comet slashing the sky to warn That time runs out & the sun burns late. That was no time for a child to be b...

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    Hark the glad sound! The Savior

    Author
    Philip Doddridge
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    Scripture
    Isaiah 9:6-7, Luke 2:10-11, Luke 2:8-20, Psalm 24:7-10, Revelation 5:13, Matthew 21:1-11, Zechariah 9:9, Matthew 21:9, John 12:12-15, Philippians 2:9-11, Revelation 19:1, Revelation 7:9-12
    Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes, The Savior promised long; Let every heart prepare a throne And every voice a song. Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace, Your welcome shall proclaim, And heaven’s ...

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    Source Unknown
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    Scripture
    John 1:14, Philippians 2:6-8, John 3:16, Luke 2:10-11, 1 Corinthians 15:54-55, Revelation 21:3-4
    Rejoice, that the immortal God is born, so that mortal man may live in eternity.

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    Seek not Courts

    Author
    William Billings
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    Scripture
    Luke 2:6-7, Philippians 2:6-8, Micah 5:2, John 1:14, 2 Corinthians 8:9
    Seek not in courts, nor palaces, Nor royal curtains draw; But search the stable, see your God, Extended on the straw.

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    Jesus – Savior: Praise You. Thank

    Author
    Richard Herman
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    Scripture
    John 15:13, Philippians 2:6-7, Matthew 2:13-15, Matthew 5:44, Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:19, 2 Corinthians 9:15
    Jesus – Savior: Praise You. Thank You. We’d never have done what You did We’d never give up so much for someone else who cared so little about us. … and we can’t imagine anyone doing it for us. But Yo...

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    Author
    William Billings
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Philippians 2:6-7, John 1:14, Micah 5:2, Isaiah 53:2-3, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Matthew 2:1-12, 1 Corinthians 1:27-28
    Seek not in courts, nor palaces, Nor royal curtains draw; But search the stable, see your God, Extended on the straw.

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    Author
    Pope Paul VI
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    Scripture
    Luke 1:26-38, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-14, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:25-35, John 1:14, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 3:13-17, John 3:1-21, Matthew 17:1-8
    We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.

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    Adapted from John Francis Wade’s "O Come, Let Us Adore Him"

    Author
    Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
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    Scripture
    Luke 2:10-11, Psalm 100:2, Luke 2:8-20, Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1-2, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:15-16, Revelation 19:16, Luke 2:8-20, Psalm 95:6, Philippians 2:10-11, Luke 2:25-38, John 1:14, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 2:11
    Leader: O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, People: O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. Leader: Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels! O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us ador...

  • Quote

    Author
    James I. Packer
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    Scripture
    John 1:14, Luke 1:26-38, Luke 2:1-7, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:8-20, Philippians 2:6-8
    It is here, in the thing that happened at the first Christmas, that the most profound unfathomable depths of the Christian revelation lie. God became man; nothing in fiction is so fantastic as this tr...

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    Author
    Phillip Yancey
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    Scripture
    John 1:14, Philippians 2:6-8, Luke 2:6-7, Isaiah 7:14, Hebrews 2:14-17, Colossians 1:15-17
    Imagine for a moment becoming a baby again. Imagine giving up language and muscle coordination. Imagine losing the ability to eat solid food and control your bladder. God as a fetus! Or imagine yourse...

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    Author
    James I. Packer
    Keywords
    Scripture
    Luke 1:26-38, Luke 2:1-7, John 1:14, Luke 2:10-11, Philippians 2:5-8, John 10:14-18, Isaiah 53:4-5, Matthew 20:17-19, Mark 15:33-39, 1 Peter 1:3-4
    The Christmas message is that there is hope for a ruined humanity--hope of pardon, hope of peace with God, hope of glory--because at the Father's will Jesus became poor, and was born in a stable s...

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    Mary & Joseph were Poor

    Author
    Ashley Hales
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    Scripture
    Luke 2:22-24, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Isaiah 9:6-7, Philippians 2:6-8, John 1:14, Isaiah 61:1
    They were poor. We know this because the two young turtledoves Joseph and Mary brought was the smallest offering they were allowed as devout Jews and yet the largest they likely could afford. With tw...

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    Author
    Elisabeth Elliot
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    Scripture
    Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 26:36-39, Matthew 4:1-11, Matthew 3:13-17, Luke 4:16-21, John 6:5-14, Matthew 17:1-5
    Jesus loved the will of His Father. He embraced the limitations, the necessities, the conditions, the very chains of His humanity as He walked and worked here on earth, fulfilling moment by moment His...

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    Sermon Illustration Tuesday (11/20/18)

    Author
    Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.
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    Scripture
    Proverbs 15:18, Ephesians 4:2-3, Matthew 5:9, Philippians 2:3-5, Luke 10:25-37, Romans 12:17-21, Colossians 3:12-13
    Just before Christmas, my whole family piled into our kid-moving vehicle and rushed to the nearest mall to grab some last minute Christmas presents before dashing to a holiday party. As usual, we were...

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    Author
    Augustine of Hippo
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    Scripture
    John 1:1-4, Philippians 2:6-8, Colossians 1:16-17, Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:12, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Luke 2:11-12
    He by whom all things were made was made one of all things. The Son of God by the Father without a mother became the Son of man by a mother without a father. The Word Who is God before all time became...

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    Author
    Athanasius of Alexandria
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    Scripture
    Isaiah 9:6, Philippians 2:6-7, Luke 2:10-12, Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1-2, 11, John 1:14
    For this purpose, then, the incorporeal and incorruptible and immaterial Word of God entered our world. In one sense, indeed, He was not far from it before, for no part of creation had ever been witho...

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    Author
    Bette Dickinson
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    Scripture
    Luke 2:8-11, Matthew 5:3, Philippians 2:6-8, Isaiah 57:15, Micah 5:2
    The shepherds show us that we don’t prepare to receive the king of heaven the same way we prepare to meet the celebrities of our day, through earthly displays of showiness. In fact, receiving our King...

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    Author
    Frederick Buechner
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    Scripture
    John 1:14, Philippians 2:6-8, Luke 2:6-7, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29, Matthew 18:2-4
    The incarnation is a kind of vast joke whereby the Creator of the ends of the earth comes among us in diapers... Until we too have taken the idea of the God-man seriously enough to be scandalized by i...
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