In Preaching Articles: "Christmas Service"

15 Christmas Preaching Tips

By Peter Mead on Dec 18, 2022

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, Advent, Preaching, preaching

Christmas Preaching Needs Resurrecting!

By Chris Surber on Dec 23, 2024

If we want Christmas preaching to matter, we've got to preach like Christmas matters.

Scripture: Luke 2:22-40, Mark 11:1-10, Matthew 1:21

Tags: Christmas, Preaching, preaching

How To Enjoy Christmas As A Pastor

By Lance Witt on Dec 18, 2024

About 3 years ago, it was the very end of December and I was not in a good place. I was frustrated and honestly I was mad at myself. Our schedule had been out of control and I was worn out.

Scripture: Luke 2:17-19, Luke 2:8

Tags: Mary, Christmas, pastoral leadership, Time of Reflection

You Were Made For Christmas

By David Mathis on Dec 22, 2024

You were made for the Great Joy of Christmas.

Scripture: Luke 2:18, Matthew 1:21, 1 Peter 3:18, Luke 2:14

Tags: Christmas Joy, Advent, treasure, Glory to God, christ child, Christmas Gospel, Joy in Christ, Emmanuel, Christmas  (view more)  (view less)

Great Preaching Through The Christmas Season

By Ray Hollenbach on Dec 11, 2020

Some people think the Christmas verses are the stuff of Christmas pageants and cheesy dramas. They are also fuel for great preaching.

Scripture: James 5:7-10, Matthew 1:18-20

Tags: preaching, Christmas, Jesus, Preaching, Birth, Christmas Star  (view more)  (view less)

One Major Thing You Can Do To Improve Your Worship Service

By Joe Hoagland on Apr 8, 2022

What if I told you there is one main thing you can improve to make people want to come back time and time again.

Tags: preaching, Preaching, illustration, Time of Reflection, sermon prep, Sermon Prep  (view more)  (view less)

Fill Your Christmas Preaching With Nobodies

By Ray Hollenbach on Dec 21, 2018

Jesus was smuggled into Bethlehem through the womb of a teenage girl, who gave birth in a barn. That’s different.

Tags: Mary, Christmas, Preaching, nobody

Turn Christmas Visitors Into January Members

By SermonCentral .com on Dec 24, 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 21, 2023

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

Tags: Preaching, preaching

10 Ways To Authenticate Your Preaching

By Jared Moore on Aug 10, 2020

Your hearers often hear you before they hear the Scriptures. If your people know you, they’ll have a better basis for understanding your sermons.

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:1-7, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Tags: Service, Humility, Preaching, Biblical, Context, authentic  (view more)  (view less)

Lessons From The Broken Road

By Jon Cyrus on Aug 11, 2022

The voice was calm but the words came like an avalanche, throwing me into a state of shock and despair. My oldest daughter was dead.

Tags: Service, Love, Addiction, Grief, MINISTRY OF PRESENCE  (view more)  (view less)

8 Reasons Churches Should Partner With Secular Community Groups

By Karl Vaters on May 4, 2022

How can we reach our communities if they have no idea we love them? And how will they know we love them if we don’t work alongside them?

Tags: Service, Humility, Culture, community outreach, culture  (view more)  (view less)

1,700 Years Old And Still Fresh: St. Gregory Of Nazianzus' Christmas Sermon

By SermonCentral on Dec 23, 2019

The Eternal Word is ever new. Come celebrate with saints centuries old.

Scripture: Isaiah 17:1-14

Tags: Christmas, Preaching, eternal world

10 Ways To Overcome A Sense Of Christmas Loss

By Ron Edmondson on Dec 8, 2018

Several years ago, to prepare for a Christmas message, I consulted with two professional Christian counselors in our church.

Tags: Christmas, Grief, Worship General

15 Quick Tips For Better Christmas Preaching

By Peter Mead on Dec 6, 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