Preaching on Light? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.
A Preview of Coming Attractions
Introduction
When I was in college, I helped out with my church’s Vacation Bible School. The theme for VBS was the miracles of Jesus. So, each morning, ...
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Light of the World
Introduction
As we grow up, most of us learn the basics of life. One of those basics is that we have five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. ...
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God’s Presence, God’s Promises
Introduction
There’s no title it just says, Of David. We don’t know for sure, unlike some of the psalms, the situation at the time ...
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Advent: Christmas Eve
Introduction
Happy Christmas!
Christmas is very much a thing at our church. You may be watching this on Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day, or the ...
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Advent Conspiracy: Christmas Eve
Introduction
When I was a teenager, I worked at the mall at a shoe store. And I loved working on Christmas Eve, because as a salesman on commission, I ...
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The Gift of Christmas Light
Introduction
In his book Every Good Endeavor, Tim Keller explains the three elements of a story. He points out that a story begins when something knocks ...
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An Event That Changes Everything
Introduction
Philippians is Paul's final letter to a church. He writes it from his imprisonment in Rome. In Philippians 2:6-11, we listened to St. ...
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Grieve, Not as the World Grieves
Introduction
Some years ago, when I first heard the phrase “bright sadness” to describe the season of Lent, I loved the way it sounded, but ...
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'A Thrill of Hope'
Introduction
I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but we’re going through a season of change. Maybe you’ve felt it, the leaves ...
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The Properties of Light
Introduction
At this time of year, many of us find our mailboxes filled with cards, most of them photo cards. Those photo cards are the results of a well-orchestrated ...
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Estimating the Value of God's Gift
Introduction
Christmas was an exciting time and Joey was excited too; as excited as any 10-year-old boy could be. For him Christmas was still a time ...
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Who Is Jesus?
Introduction
Who is Jesus? So this is the time we celebrate Christ's birth. And we have many traditions to commemorate Christ's birth. But the question ...
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Have Yourself a Global Little Christmas
Introduction
[The sermon began with a 30-second clip from the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," performed by Michal Bublé.]
I really ...
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I Am the Light of the World
Introduction
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will ...
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What Do Christians Think About Jesus?
Introduction
From the standpoint of world history, Jesus Christ looms as the most incredible and significant person who's ever lived. Yale historian ...
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The Flames of Heaven
Text: Revelation 21:1–3
Topic: What would happen if heaven crashed into earth
Introduction
In Revelation 21:1–3, John gives us a glimpse—a ...
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God's Consuming Fire
Text: 1 Kings 18:16–39
Topic: What we learn about God and ourselves from fire
Fire. It was there from the beginning of God's creation. He said, "Let ...
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The Truth About Forgiveness
Text: 1 John 1:1–10
Topic: Why we need forgiveness
Introduction
First John is a book of certainties. The word know appears frequently throughout its ...
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Turning on the Light
Introduction
A young boy about 9-years-old went with his parents to Europe one summer. Part of their tour was visiting the great old cathedrals of the ...
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Walking in the Light
Introduction:
Most of us are familiar with Jesus’ dramatic self-revelation in John 8:12: “I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk ...
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Salt and Light
Alienation was originally a Marxist word and Karl Marx meant by it the alienation of the worker from the product of his labors. When what he produces ...
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Seeing the Light
We're all familiar with the traditions relating to the Wise Men. For instance, for some reason we've decided there were three of them. The Bible doesn't ...
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Jesus Came to Be the Light
About twenty years ago a house near the entrance of our subdivision kept their Christmas lights burning long into January, even though the Christmas season ...
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