An Invitation to Preachers this Christmas: Give yourself the gift of time to prepare your sermon

An Invitation to Preachers this Christmas: Give yourself the gift of time to prepare your sermon

It's a busy time of year, isn't?

I know what it's like to have to wedge sermon prep time into wherever I can get a spare minute. But this year, I have a radical idea: getting ready to preach goes first on my calendar.

As a gift not only to me but to my listeners.

 

 

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5 Questions to Guide Your Christmas Sermon Prep: How to make the classic story new again
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5 Questions to Guide Your Christmas Sermon Prep: How to make the classic story new again

Preaching an original Christmas sermon is challenging.

The Christmas story has been preached so many times, we're tempted to believe there's nothing new to say. The Scripture, the music, the movies, and the sermons we've heard or preached year after year seem to sum up the season quite nicely.

Or do they?

Our Christian story has unfathomable depth. 

AS WITH ANY GOOD STORY, EVERY RE-READING AND EVERY RE-TELLING OF SCRIPTURE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER SOMETHING NEW.

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