Ignite your Christmas sermon prep with fresh ideas on how to preach the Christmas story. Our sermons and sermon illustrations for Christmas will help you preach an engaging message about Christ's birth. You'll find a range of themes including: the Incarnation, Mary and Joseph, the Nativity stories, the meaning of Immanuel, the Wisemen or Magi, and more.
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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.
Preaching the Christmas Story
When we begin to live into the Story, it changes the way we understand the world and our place in it.
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Other Featured Christmas Resources
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.
Christmas Sermon Ideas
Gary Burge, as a New Testament scholar, tells us what he would like to hear in a Christmas sermon.
Top 10 Christmas Sermons
These 10 Christmas sermons will ignite your creativity as you develop your Christmas series this season.
Top 10 Christmas Sermon Illustrations
Opening the gift of illustrations.
Top Christmas Sermon Series Ideas
These sermons series will give you ideas for devloping your own Christmas series.
Making Christmas Strange and Wonderful
4 ways to help our listeners engage more deeply with the Christmas story.
Christmas Sermons—A Pulpit Gift
Holidays provide an easy way to connect with a wide range of listeners.
Retelling the Christmas Stories
Preaching the same old story in a fresh way.
