Have you ever received a gift that is so great you can’t reciprocate? God has given us a gift like that. Jesus left the comfort and security of heaven and became a flesh-and-bones human being, and in doing so he he gave us a gift none of us can repay. So what do we do?

What do you do when you get a gift you don’t want? You return it. At Christmas we celebrate the greatest gift of all. John 3:16 says that God loved the world so much, that’s us, that he gave his son. How will that gift be received?

Every year at Christmas it’s the same question: What am I gonna get this year? Sometimes we get what we want; other times we get things like socks and underwear. They’re not what you want, but they’re what you need. When Jesus came, He wasn’t what people were expecting, and as a result most people didn’t care.

Do you spend too much and run up your credit cards during the holidays? Do you eat too much between Thanksgiving and Christmas? In this message, we talk about surviving the excess of the holidays

For many of us, holiday gatherings are a reminder of just how dysfunctional our families are. Pastor Jim talks about how to survive the family during the holidays. And not just how to survive, but how to thrive.

For many of us, the holidays mean more stress, because it seems like we always try to cram so much into a one month period. We gain insight from the Bible into how to reduce stress during the holiday season.