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Lk 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14 · Ps 96

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Russell F. Anderson

... ). Where? In a Bethlehem stable. Is he also born in our hearts? (v. 11). Why? To save us and rule us (v. 11). So what? This Christ is for us (v. 11) that we might live for others. Sermon Title: Where To Look For God. Sermon Angle: Yuri Gagarin, the first Russian astronaut, made the flippant observation that he didn't see God in outer space. His problem was that he was looking in the wrong place; he wasn't looking low enough. The Christmas gospel finds Christ in the lowliest of places (a manger), accompanied ...

2. God's Pattern for Sainthood

Psalm 24:1-10

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King Duncan

... stars speak of God. The trees speak of God. The birds speak of God. All of creation bears witness to a God whose power and might is beyond our imagination. I realize that there are those who refuse to recognize the evidence God has provided. Some of you recall when Yuri Gagarin, the astronaut from the former Soviet Union who became the first man in space, said after his trip to space that he did not see God or any such being during his trip. A priest from the Soviet Eastern Orthodox Church, upon hearing ...

3. Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory!

John 11:17-37

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Steven E. Albertin

... , and playing their harps. If that heaven is "up" there, why hasn't it been discovered? I still remember, when I was in grade school in the late 1950s at the height of the Cold War between the U. S. and Russia, how Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, had triumphantly announced to the world that he had been "up there" and he had seen neither God nor heaven. Of course, his comments pleased the leaders of the communist government and supported their official atheism. The question of heaven ...

4. Making Christmas Last

Luke 2:21-40

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Brett Blair

... first introduced 1954 Brown versus Board of Education decision requires desegregation of the public schools in the U.S. *1956 Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" is a hit; The Polio Vaccine is discovered. Here the emphasis is on the vaccine not Elvis. 1961 Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard make the first space flights *1963 U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated 1967 Six-Day War between Israel and Arab nations; Thurgood Marshall is the first black person appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. 1968 ...

5. Power in a Small Package

Luke 19:1-10

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... . Alexander Pope, English poet 4'6" Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast 4'11" Dolly Parton, U.S. Singer 5' Victoria, British queen 5' John Keats, English poet 5'3/4" Debbie Reynolds, U.S. actress 5'1" St. Francis of Assisi, Italian saint 5'1" Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut 5'2" Margaret Mead, U.S. anthropologist 5'2" Nikita Khrushechev, Soviet leader 5'3" Micky Rooney, U.S. actor 5'3" Voltaire, French writer 5'3" James Madison, U.S. president 5'4" Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer 5'4" Pablo Picasso, Spanish ...

6. A Glimpse of Glory

Revelation 21:10-22 - 22:5

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Steven E. Albertin

... halos, and playing their harps. If that heaven is "up" there, why hasn't it been discovered? I still remember it well, when I was in grade school in the late 1950s at the height of the Cold War between the US and Russia. Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, had triumphantly announced to the world that he had been "up there" and he had seen neither God nor heaven. Where is heaven? Is it "up," "down," or "beyond"? Of course, his comments pleased the leaders of the communist government and ...

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