EXPERIENCING CHRISTMAS ALL YEAR AROUND (3)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: John 1:9-13
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Title: Experiencing Christmas All Year Around (3)
Series: A Timeless Christmas
Author: Scott Maze
Text: John 1:9-13
Christmas is in high gear at Cross Church and allow me to say to wish you a very merry Christmas! Thank you for joining me for a Christmas sermon series entitled, A Timeless Christmas.
Christmas is by far and away America's most popular holiday. I bet it's even your personal favorite holiday. Nine out of ten people celebrate Christmas in America so it's a near-universally celebrated holiday. Get this: Christmas is so good that it EVEN unifies Republicans and Democrats as they celebrate it equally!1 While Christmas is wildly popular, more Americans celebrate a secular Christmas each year.
Here's the troubling news: while nine out of ten people celebrate Christmas in America, one out of every third person celebrates Christmas with no spiritual meaning behind it.2 Imagine if the people you care about most didn't know the significance of Christmas.
We all know it's the most wonderful time of the year. But many of us just don't know the "why" behind Christmas.
Christmas Confusion
When I think of confusion, I am reminded of the funny story of an elderly man who rear-ended a really expensive sports car. The driver is enraged, and he hops out and confronts the old man, "Look what you did to my car" he yells! "You're going to give me $10,000 right now or I'm going to beat you to a pulp!" "Oh my," says the old man, "I don't have that kind of money. Let me call my son, he trains dolphins and he will know what to do." The old man pulled out his phone, dialed his son, and just as his son answered, the irate man snatched the phone away from the old man. "So, YOU'RE a dolphin trainer, huh? Well, your old man here just rear-ended my expensive and rare car and I need ten grand right now or I'm going to beat you AND your old man to a pulp." "I'll be there in 10 minutes," the voice said calmly on the other end. Exactly ten minutes later a Jee ...
Series: A Timeless Christmas
Author: Scott Maze
Text: John 1:9-13
Christmas is in high gear at Cross Church and allow me to say to wish you a very merry Christmas! Thank you for joining me for a Christmas sermon series entitled, A Timeless Christmas.
Christmas is by far and away America's most popular holiday. I bet it's even your personal favorite holiday. Nine out of ten people celebrate Christmas in America so it's a near-universally celebrated holiday. Get this: Christmas is so good that it EVEN unifies Republicans and Democrats as they celebrate it equally!1 While Christmas is wildly popular, more Americans celebrate a secular Christmas each year.
Here's the troubling news: while nine out of ten people celebrate Christmas in America, one out of every third person celebrates Christmas with no spiritual meaning behind it.2 Imagine if the people you care about most didn't know the significance of Christmas.
We all know it's the most wonderful time of the year. But many of us just don't know the "why" behind Christmas.
Christmas Confusion
When I think of confusion, I am reminded of the funny story of an elderly man who rear-ended a really expensive sports car. The driver is enraged, and he hops out and confronts the old man, "Look what you did to my car" he yells! "You're going to give me $10,000 right now or I'm going to beat you to a pulp!" "Oh my," says the old man, "I don't have that kind of money. Let me call my son, he trains dolphins and he will know what to do." The old man pulled out his phone, dialed his son, and just as his son answered, the irate man snatched the phone away from the old man. "So, YOU'RE a dolphin trainer, huh? Well, your old man here just rear-ended my expensive and rare car and I need ten grand right now or I'm going to beat you AND your old man to a pulp." "I'll be there in 10 minutes," the voice said calmly on the other end. Exactly ten minutes later a Jee ...
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