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THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
Bill Keane’s comic strip, Family Circus, has communicated a beautiful truth about Christmas. As the children were setting up their nativity set, little Dolly held up the baby Jesus and declared, “Here’s the
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Bob Gillchrest on Dec 28, 2008
PREVIOUSLY IN BETHLEHEM...
In order to fix such a mess and to bring the presence of God back into the midst of His chosen people, you have to understand the back story. In the world of drama, every character in a play, or in a television show or movie, has a back story. This is what happened
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 29, 2009
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MAX LUCADO ON BETHLEHEM AND THE STABLE
"They were too busy. The day was upon them. The day’s bread had to be made. The morning’s chores had to be done. There was too much to do to imagine that the impossible had occurred. God had entered the world as a baby.
"Yet, were someone to chance upon the
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Introduction: the Christmas story, the birth of Jesus Christ into this world, is one of the most beautiful ever told. Many believers and others are more or less familiar with Mary and Joseph traveling from Nazareth to Bethlehem, and how Jesus was born in an inn and laid in a manger because there
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"The coming of Christ by way of a Bethlehem manger seems strange and stunning. But when we take Him out of the manger and invite Him into our hearts,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 17, 2007
THERE IS A SMALL CATHEDRAL OUTSIDE BETHLEHEM THAT MARKS THE SUPPOSED BIRTHPLACE OF JESUS. BEHIND A HIGH ALTAR IS A CAVE LIT BY SILVER LAMPS. THE ONLY WAY TO ENTER THE CAVE IS TO STOOP. THE DOOR IS SO LOW, YOU CAN’T GO IN STANDING UP.
1. YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD WHEN YOU ARE STANDING TALL, BUT TO
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2002
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THE TALE OF THE STAR
Eusebius, a scholarly church historian of the early fourth century, evidently made a considerable study of the literature available to him, and came to this conclusion about the star: "The star was new and a stranger among the usual lights of heaven, a strange star, not one
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Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 26, 2010
John Piper, the preaching pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in reflection in Romans 8:16-17, says,
“No pain, no gain. No cross, no crown. No
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Denomination:
Assembly Of God
Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 19, 2002
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Title: Look to the Stars
One night Abraham Lincoln suggested to a young man that they take a walk along a country road. Lincoln lifted his eyes to the heavens full of stars and said, "I never behold them that I don’t feel I am looking into the face of God. A man might look down upon the
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The Tarnished Star
A half step slower than yesterday
a little pain won’t go away
not quite as strong
not near as high
a younger man has passed him by
the tarnished star.
He works so hard, he gives his all
but new stars rise while old stars fall
he was so bright, a brilliant light,
but now a
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Denomination:
Assembly Of God
Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 22, 2007
The Star of David
Unless you subscribe to The Atlanta Journal Constitution, you probably missed the story that was in the May 17, 1987 edition.
A rock hound named Rob Cutshaw owns a little roadside shop outside Andrews, North Carolina. Like many in the trade, he hunts for rocks, then sells them to
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Denomination:
Baptist
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On November 28 of this year, I was driving west from my house at about 7 in the evening. It was quite dark already. As I looked through the windshield of my vehicle, I saw a line in the sky. A bright white line. Because it was so far away, this line in the sky must’ve been half a kilometre long.
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Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"We are stars, bold, blazing, light-giving stars No need to shout, scream, or
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 23, 2002
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THE LIGHT OF THE CHRISTMAS STAR
In New York’s Hayden Planetarium a special Christmas holiday show was enhanced by an added feature. A giant lollipop tree was projected onto the planetarium dome, surrounded by a horizon filled with brilliantly colored toys which came to life and cavorted to the
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 28, 2007
Illustration 4300 Star Over Christ’s Birthplace
A Silver Star hanging over the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem was the cause of a war which involved five world powers, lasted three long years, and caused a million casualties as well as a billion and a half dollars. This was known as the Crimean
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Other
John Piper, from our sister church, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis:
“Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. WORSHIP IS! Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When the age is over, and countless millions of
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Michael Gibney on Jun 7, 2002
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THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by David Haun on Dec 21, 2003
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"If God is able to place the stars in their sockets and suspend the sky like a curtain, do you think it remotely possible that God is able to guide your life? If your God is mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that he is mighty enough to light your path? If he cares enough about the
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 15, 2005
ILLUSTRATION... Star Wars Episode I
The Trade Federation is angling to take over the planet of Naboo, placing Queen Amidala, its ruler, in peril. The incursion sets off a galactic political struggle. One of the pivotal points in the movie comes when the Queen seeks out the other inhabitants of
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ