In Preaching Articles: "Christmas Joy"

Christmas: The Dawn Of Death’s Destruction

By SermonCentral .com on Dec 19, 2020

John Piper helps connect the pain of the holidays--felt by so many--to the preacher's task.

Tags: Christmas, Death, Jesus, destruction

Get Your Christmas Service Right

By Maurilio Amorim on Dec 17, 2022

Don't wait until the last minute. Maurilio Amorim has three great ideas for you right now.

Tags: Service, Preaching, maurilio amorim, ideas, preaching, Christmas  (view more)  (view less)

Turn Christmas Visitors Into January Members

By SermonCentral .com on Dec 25, 2023

Here's how to bring them back before Easter!

Tags: Connect, Visitors, connect, Christmas, invite, members  (view more)  (view less)

R.c. Sproul: The Glory Of Christmas

By SermonCentral .com on Dec 22, 2023

"Every human being longs for a savior of some type. "

Tags: Preaching, preaching

Preacher: Don't Forget The Benediction

By Ray Hollenbach on May 8, 2025

There's a rich vein of life even in the verses that close each Epistle. Have you ever preached a benediction?

Scripture: Jude 1:24-25, 1 Timothy 4:1-2, 2 Timothy 2:1-3, Ruth 4:1-15, 1 Corinthians 15:58  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Preaching, benediction, benefit, preaching, Joy  (view more)  (view less)

15 Quick Tips For Better Christmas Preaching

By Peter Mead on Dec 7, 2024

Peter Mead offers a helpful list of 15 tips to make the most of your preaching this Christmas.

Scripture: Mark 1:1-13

Tags: Christmas, Preaching, Tip, preaching

Four Christmas Sermons From The Life Of Joseph

By Ray Hollenbach on Dec 14, 2020

You could preach an entire Christmas series from the example of this one humble man.

Scripture: Matthew 1:19-20

Tags: Christmas, Preaching, Joseph, preaching

A Christmas Sermon 1,700 Years Old

By Brian Orme on Dec 17, 2024

Help can come from the most unexpected places: You can look to the Church Fathers to help prepare your Christmas message.

Tags: Christmas, Preaching, ancient, preaching

15 Short, Great Tips For Christmas Preaching

By Peter Mead on Dec 17, 2020

Peter Mead of BiblicalPreaching.net offers 15 practical suggestions. At least one or two are sure to fit your needs.

Tags: Christmas, Fresh, Preaching, Relevance, opportunity, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

How Did John The Baptist Prepare For Christmas?

By Jimmy Gentry on Dec 23, 2022

How would John the Baptizer respond if he were to show up during Advent in any given city in America today?

Scripture: Matthew 1:15-25

Tags: Preaching, preaching

15 Quick Tips For Better Christmas Preaching

By Peter Mead on Dec 24, 2022

Peter Mead offers a helpful list of 15 tips to make the most of your preaching this Christmas.

Scripture: Luke 2:10-20

Tags: Preaching, preaching

7 Fresh Ways To Preach The Christmas Story

By SermonCentral .com on Dec 18, 2023

Hal Seed: "Reading these Christmas stories moves me to worship and bow before him. Then I am ready to consider how to preach it."

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7, Philippians 2:6-11, John 1:1-5

Tags: Preaching, preaching

Advent: How To Resist The Culture And Clutter Of Christmas

By Steve Smith on Dec 12, 2023

When I practice Advent, I get the opportunity to yet again, start my life over. I am invited to step out and away from my old ways and to begin new ways of living better–living in a different rhythm; living in a deeper–more sacred way.

Tags: Advent, Silence, Christmas Advent, spiritual clutter

"I Felt My Soul Rejoice”: The Christ-Centered Happiness Of David Brainer

By Randy Alcorn on Nov 12, 2022

"If a young man without modern medicine and dying of an excruciating disease could make choices that brought him happiness in Christ, surely we can too."

Tags: Missionary, Hope, hope in Christ, eternal perspective, Joy in Suffering, Delight in the Lord, Joy in Christ, enduring suffering  (view more)  (view less)

Joe Mckeever: My Worst Christmas Sermon

By Joe Mckeever on Dec 22, 2020

Joe McKeever, after 50 years of preaching: "I still approach the task with a sense of awe and inadequacy."

Tags: Inadequacy, worst sermon, preaching, Preaching, Awe  (view more)  (view less)