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15 Quick Tips For Better Christmas Preaching

By Peter Mead on Dec 7, 2024

| 27,414 views

Christmas texts don’t need gimmicks. Preach familiar passages freshly, stay with the writer’s emphasis, honor tradition carefully, and drive home the incarnation’s present relevance.

Scripture: Mark 1:1-13, Matthew 1-2, Luke 1-2, John 1:1-18, Galatians 4:4-5 (view more) (view less)

Tags: Christmas, Preaching, Tip, biblical theology, preaching, Biblical Theology (view more) (view less)
15 Ways To Preach Christmas

By Peter Mead on Dec 19, 2022

| 37,929 views

Christmas texts are familiar, but they still carry profound relevance. These fifteen insights help preachers handle well-loved passages with freshness, accuracy, and meaningful application.

Scripture: Mark 1:1-13, Luke 1-2, Matthew 1-2, John 1:1-18, Isaiah 9:6-7 (view more) (view less)

Tags: Christmas, Advent, Preaching, Incarnation, preaching (view more) (view less)
9 Tips So Special Days Don't Kill Your Preaching

By John Beukema on May 5, 2020

| 21,744 views

John Beukema discusses the challenges and opportunities of providing your listeners with fresh content for holiday sermons.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 2 Corinthians 1:20, Ecclesiastes 4:12, Psalm 60:4, Matthew 2:1-12 (view more) (view less)

Tags: preaching, Advent, Holidays, Father's Day, Preaching, mother's day, preparation (view more) (view less)
How To Handle Homosexuality In A Sermon

By Tim Wilkins on Oct 1, 2021

based on 38 ratings
| 71,045 views

Tim Wilkins offers five must-know tips for dealing with the hot-button issue of homosexuality from the pulpit.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:12-13, Matthew 2:9-15

Tags: Love, Preaching, motivation, Homosexuality, counsel of god (view more) (view less)
Four Christmas Sermons From The Life Of Joseph

By Ray Hollenbach on Dec 14, 2020

based on 14 ratings
| 27,911 views

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
Christmas Preaching Needs Resurrecting!

By Chris Surber on Dec 24, 2024

based on 6 ratings
| 28,882 views

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
Great Preaching Through The Christmas Season

By Ray Hollenbach on Dec 12, 2020

based on 4 ratings
| 24,086 views

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, Birth, Christmas Star, preaching, Christmas, Jesus (view more) (view less)
Don't Just Sit There: 8 Actions To Take When Your Church Is In A Slump

By SermonCentral .com on Aug 26, 2025

| 68,644 views

How do you define a church slump? More importantly, what do you do when it happens?

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:8-20

Tags: advice, slump, preaching, vision, Preaching, action (view more) (view less)
Avoid Crashing Your Sermon! Your Checklist For A Strong Sermon Closing

By Lane Sebring on Jan 27, 2020

| 33,767 views

If the closing of your message is disorganized and unclear, then your listeners will walk away feeling the same way about your message.

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-5, Genesis 1:26-27

Tags: Preaching, crash, Checklist, disorganized, preaching (view more) (view less)
How Did John The Baptist Prepare For Christmas?

By Jimmy Gentry on Dec 23, 2022

based on 2 ratings
| 21,932 views

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
What Your Congregation Wants To Hear At Christmastime

By Joe Mckeever on Dec 15, 2023

based on 2 ratings
| 31,069 views

Joe McKeever helps reframe our calling: "The people who make up your congregation do not require anything new from you regarding the Christmas story this season or any season. "

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-16

Tags: Preaching, preaching
How God Became A Man: What Jesus Did For Thirty Years

By SermonCentral .com on Mar 1, 2022

based on 7 ratings
| 22,858 views

Don’t begrudge God the glory of your long, arduous maturation process. In it you are tasting the growing pains that Jesus knows very well. And he stands ready to help you persevere until God’s process is complete.

Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:26, Hebrews 5:7-9, Matthew 17:27, John 11:14, John 1:47, Luke 3:23, Matthew 2:1-23, Luke 2:8-51, Luke 2:52, John 4:18 (view more) (view less)

Tags: Jesus, Ordinary, Christian growth, incarnation of Jesus
You Were Made For Christmas

By David Mathis on Dec 23, 2024

| 16,796 views

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)

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