Podcasts about series: christmas

This Christmas we celebrate the reality that Jesus is Immanuel, God with us, and focus on how that truth changes everything. 

With New Years around the corner, the world starts whispering to us: January is coming, now is the time to fix yourself. Be better, Do more. But what if, while our world keeps chasing productivity, our souls are actually craving rest. In this Christmas carol, we consider the history, theology, and Jesus's invitation to give rest to weary people. Series: Christmas 2025 Speaker: Logan Moorse Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Series: Christmas 2025 Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Series: Christmas 2025 Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

We celebrate the 1st Sunday after Christmas, talking about who Jesus was born to be for us.

Series: Christmas with New Story (2025)Date: 12-24-25Message Title: A Message Worth RememberingSpeaker: Pierce GibsonScripture: John 1To learn more about New Story Church, you can do that by visiting NewStory.Church or find us on Instagram and Facebook at @NewStoryKC.

Why Merry Christmas? | Joy to the World Series | Christmas Message | Week 3 | Ps Chris Chipeio by Every Nation Dorado

Preached by Rev. Paul Mosiejczuk on 25 December 2025. Bible Passage: Luke 2:1–20.

Merry Christmas! We talk about the upside down world we live in and how Jesus sets it right.

Series: Christmas at ZOE | Greg Linz • 12.21.25

Enjoy this original Christmas Poem, read and written by Heather McGlathery

The visit of the Magi reminds us that true worship is the greatest gift we can offer Christ. Their journey, sacrifice, and presentation of treasures reflect hearts fully devoted to Him. Worship is not limited to songs or rituals—it is a response of surrender, obedience, and adoration. In this season, as we celebrate Christ’s birth, let us give Him what He desires most: our lives, our devotion, and our worship.

The visit of the Magi reminds us that true worship is the greatest gift we can offer Christ. Their journey, sacrifice, and presentation of treasures reflect hearts fully devoted to Him. Worship is not limited to songs or rituals—it is a response of surrender, obedience, and adoration. In this season, as we celebrate Christ’s birth, let us give Him what He desires most: our lives, our devotion, and our worship.

The visit of the Magi reminds us that true worship is the greatest gift we can offer Christ. Their journey, sacrifice, and presentation of treasures reflect hearts fully devoted to Him. Worship is not limited to songs or rituals—it is a response of surrender, obedience, and adoration. In this season, as we celebrate Christ’s birth, let us give Him what He desires most: our lives, our devotion, and our worship.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Discover more about God's goodwill - for all - as declared by the angels to the shepherds and demonstrated by Jesus' love for Samaritans.

Passage: . Series: Christmas 2025. Preacher: James Pope & Callum White

Passage: . Series: Christmas 2025. Preacher: James Pope & Callum White

Humble Mighty Micah

What conjures memories of the festive season more than neon lights and a killer robot santa? Christmas Bloody Christmas is effectively Silent Night, Deadly Night crossed with The Terminator and a grindhouse aesthetic, but it never really reaches any of those heights. We talk about the grating dialogue, the film's extended finale, the lack of creativity in the kills, and a lot more in this yuletide episode on Joe Begos' film!We're also drinking Zero Gravity's Green State Evergreen Winter Lager.Approximate timeline0:00-12:00 Intro12:00-18:00 Beer talk18:00-end Christmas Bloody ChristmasFestivus Series continues all holiday season!

Series: Christmas at ZOE | Greg Linz • 12.14.25

When I came to faith in Christ at age 19, I found it remarkable that many of the Christmas songs I had sung in my childhood spoke of Jesus. I knew of a silent night and a holy night...but I couldn't tell you of their significance. Though prominent in so many songs of the season, the birth of Christ was lost on me. In this Christmas carol, we consider the history, theology, and glory of the Incarnation – that God became a man – which is good news of great joy for all people! Series: Christmas 2025 Speaker: Cor Chmieleski Hope Community Church - Downtown Minneapolis Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Downtown, visit hopecc.com/downtown.

Believe it or not, but this does include Christmas plants - you'll just have to wait until Michael has released his anger about the festive season first! Joking aside, Ellen and Michael are finishing off series 19 gossiping about all the things they've been up to, giving Christmas plant care advice, predicting what's to come in the plant world for 2026 plus theres some weight lifting involved...  Happy Christmas plant lovers! Thanks for downloading The Plant Based Podcast.    Series 19 has been sponsored by Queen and Fine - the new floral design studio by Ellen Mary.  www.queenandfine.com

Matthew 1:18–25 reveals a Savior who comes with names that explain His purpose: Jesus, who saves His people from their sins, and Immanuel, God with us. The manger is the doorway, not the destination. God’s quiet entrance into the world carries cosmic significance: a rescue plan unfolding, a presence drawing near, and a kingdom breaking in. Christmas is more than nostalgia; it is an invitation to recognize the God who still step into our mess, our fears, and our future with saving power and abiding presence.

Series: Christmas 2025 Speaker: Drew Zuehlke Hope Community Church - Columbia Heights For more resources or to learn more about Hope Heights, visit hopecc.com/heights.

Matthew 1:18–25 reveals a Savior who comes with names that explain His purpose: Jesus, who saves His people from their sins, and Immanuel, God with us. The manger is the doorway, not the destination. God’s quiet entrance into the world carries cosmic significance: a rescue plan unfolding, a presence drawing near, and a kingdom breaking in. Christmas is more than nostalgia; it is an invitation to recognize the God who still step into our mess, our fears, and our future with saving power and abiding presence.

Matthew 1:18–25 reveals a Savior who comes with names that explain His purpose: Jesus, who saves His people from their sins, and Immanuel, God with us. The manger is the doorway, not the destination. God’s quiet entrance into the world carries cosmic significance: a rescue plan unfolding, a presence drawing near, and a kingdom breaking in. Christmas is more than nostalgia; it is an invitation to recognize the God who still step into our mess, our fears, and our future with saving power and abiding presence.

Series: Christmas 2025 Speaker: Brian Silver Hope Community Church - Lowertown St. Paul Download Message Slides For more resources or to learn more about Hope Lowertown, visit hopecc.com/lowertown

Hope For Those Who Sit in Darkness | Christmas at Wonder Church“The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.” — Matthew 4:16Christmas is supposed to be magical — full of concerts, lights, traditions, and moments we try so hard to savor. But what happens when the Christmas story collides with our story? What if this season isn't festive, but heavy? What if joy feels far away, and hope feels impossible?In this message, Pastor CJ Witkoe explores Matthew 4:12–16 and the prophecy Isaiah spoke centuries earlier: the light of Christ breaks in for those who sit in darkness. Not just for the religious. Not just for the hopeful. But for the hopeless. The disappointed. The exhausted. The ones who have heard “no” so many times they stopped praying, stopped dreaming, stopped expecting anything to change.In this Christmas message, you'll discover:

Series: Christmas at ZOE | Greg & Amber Linz • 12.7.25

Merry Christmas and welcome to the Unedited podcast! The goal of this podcast is to help you develop and enjoy the habit of daily Bible reading and prayer. It is through the Word of God and the presence of God that we GET TO KNOW GOD. In this episode, Meg continues a series based on questions she's been asking herself and shares an Unedited Christmas entry: “Ideals.” Meg's books, “Unedited: Hope and Healing Through the Simple Habit of Bible Reading and Prayer” and “Overflow: The Fine Art of Cultivating Joy In Sorrow,” (in English and Spanish) are available on Amazon and through Pentecostal Publishing House. Thank you for joining me for this journey. I look forward to meeting up with you again next Friday! If you have questions, please visit megunedited.com Go grab your Bible and your journal! Looking forward to the power of this habit in YOUR life. This is Unedited. This is for U. Happy Friday! IG: @unedited_meg

Congregational Christmas carols and words Advent introduction (Dwight Wray) Hope candle (Eric Stiles)

Passage: Luke 2:8-20. Series: Christmas 2025. Preacher: Callum White

Series: Christmas at ZOE | Greg Linz • 12.24.22

Join us this Sunday, December 29, 2024 for our Christmas service. For more information about Redemption Church or to get in touch please visit our website at: https://www.redemptionchurchokc.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RedemptionChurchOKC If you would like to support our ministry you can donate at: https:/www.aplos.com/aws/give/RedemptionChurch1/

Series: Christmas at GraceOverview: We will be unpacking John 1:1-3, 14. To access our message notes, click here.Passage: 1 John 1:1-4Speaker: Tim Howey (12/24/24)

A sermon from Matthew 2:13-15. Series: Christmas 2024 Speaker: Greg W. Mathis

A sermon from Luke 1:39-56. Series: Christmas 2024 Speaker: Nathan Workman

For our final Festivus episode of 2024, we're taking a look at a film we thought we already did for the show: 2004's Christmas with the Kranks! It also happens to be the 20th anniversary of the film. We're talking all things Kranks, including our drinking game, the spirit of community/communism throughout the movie, and the muddled themes about being coerced into the Christmas tradition. We're also drinking Jack's Abby's Cranberry Chaos lager. Approximate timeline 0:00-15:00 Intro 15:00-25:00 Beer talk 25:00-end Christmas with the Kranks We hope you enjoyed our Festivus series this year, and we'll be back with more episodes of random cult films in 2025. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, yada yada yada. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bloodandblackrum/support

Ireland and England have deep and often violent histories... and their superstitions surrounding Christmas are a terrifying reflection of that fact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sign-up for my free 20-day devotional, The Word Before Work Foundations, at http://TWBWFoundations.com--Series: Christmas Vocations Part IIIDevotional: 1 of 4And you, my child…will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him. (Luke 1:76)Today we're starting a new series here on The Word Before Work—a third installment of my semi-annual Christmas Vocations series where we explore the jobs of some of the characters of the Christmas narrative and what they can teach us about our own work today.We begin with John the Baptist whose role was to “prepare the way” for Christ as we see in today's passage—an excerpt from Zecharaiah's prayer after John's birth. Right from the get go, John was told he would never be top dog. His purpose in life was to play the proverbial second fiddle to his cousin Jesus. And all throughout the gospels, we see John joyfully embracing his secondary role. Referring to Jesus, John famously said, “He must become greater; I must become less” (John 3:30).John knew his place in God's cosmic drama. The question is do we? Sure we do intellectually. But functionally, I think many of us spend an ungodly amount of energy clamoring to be center stage. As Christian rapper Sho Baraka says, “we find ourselves feeling like extras on the set of life, trying desperately to write a meaningful part for ourselves.”How does this restless search for a “more meaningful part” in God's story show up? It looks like obsessing over “winning” and “being the best” at work, rather than leading and serving others well. Or believing the lie that you must do something extraordinary for your life to matter rather than basing your significance on Christ's extraordinary work of adopting you into God's family. Or fixating on having “more impact for the kingdom” instead of wholeheartedly working on what God has already entrusted to you.If you can relate to what I'm talking about, please hear this: Ironically, it is only once we embrace our role as “extras on the set of life” and Jesus as the star that we can be truly “successful.” Because then success is secure regardless of the part you play. It is based on the fact that God has given you an irrevocable invitation to enjoy and participate in the only eternal production there is. And once you grasp that, you are free. If you struggle embracing your role in the proverbial supporting cast of God's kingdom, consider these three practices.#1: Start every day on your knees in prayer, physically signifying your submission to Christ.#2: Write John 3:30 and post it near your desk (“He must become greater; I must become less.”)#3: Fast from social media for at least a week as these apps subtly (and not so subtly) try to convince us that we, rather than Christ, are the center of the story of life.Now, go fade into the background behind Christ as you work today!