Ignite your Advent sermon prep with fresh ideas on how to preach about Jesus coming to earth. Our sermons and sermon illustrations will help you preach engaging messages this Advent season. You'll find a range of themes including: Christ's coming, God's gift, and more.
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Christmas and the Minor Prophets
For Advent let the 12 Minor Prophets lead us to Christmas.Preach Nothing New This Christmas . . . And It Will Be Novel
Do we always have to find a new spin on the Christmas story?Fear and Loathing in Bethlehem
As a Christian I love Christmas; but as a preacher I dread it.
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Other Featured Advent Resources
My Favorite Christmas Theme
Create meaningful and memorable Christmas services.Planning Your Advent Series
6 tips to help create an effective and exciting Christmas sermon series.Getting Your Christmas Sermon Unstuck
A PT Inklings virtual discussion for vetting and refining our Christmas sermon series ideas.Historical and Cultural Setting of Christmas
Gary Burge shares important information about Roman occupation and the census in Bethlehem.The Prophetic Hope for a Messiah
Gary Burge discussed the OT prophecies that were leading up to the birth of Christ and the expectancy that a Messiah was coming.The Christmas Scene
Gary Burge helps us better understand the lives of some of the main characters of the Christmas story.Top 10 Christmas Sermons
These 10 Christmas sermons will ignite your creativity as you develop your Christmas series this season.Keeping Your Christmas Sermons Fresh
3 ways to proclaim the message of God coming to earth.3 Ways to Keep Christmas Fresh
Move beyond stale and passionless preaching during the Christmas season.Willful Seasonal Amnesia
Don't leave baby Jesus in the manger.