Christmas – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Home for the Holidays

Christmas, coffee, commercial, Family, Joy, Prodigal Son, restored

In 1985, Folgers debuted a commercial that they would run every year at Christmastime for the next twelve years. It ran for such a…

The Gospel Presented In Unlikely Places

Christian Doctrine, Christmas, Movies, Songs, The Gospel, Unexpected, World, Worldview

Have you ever really listened to the Christmas music that is played at a mall or sung on the radio? Some of the music…

Judgment And Redemption

Christmas, Consequences, Greed, Judgment, Redemption, Sin

Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol offers a familiar and seasonal illustration of the arc of judgment and redemption through the eyes of Ebenezer Scrooge….

Gifts

Christ's Return, Christmas, Gifts, Sacrifice, Saved, World

Lucy Maud Montgomery’s short story “Christmas at Red Butte” tells of Theodora, a young woman orphaned and living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins…

The Parent’s Presence

Calm, Christmas, Presence, Presence of God, Storm

If you have a child, you know a stormy night is likely to result in a bad night of sleep for them and for…

Priority Of Christmas

Christ's Birth, Christmas, Family, Friends, Love, Meaning, Priorities

The 2000 film version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas stars comedian Jim Carrey (directed by Ron Howard [Universal Pictures, 2000]). The movie asks…

Multi-Tasking And Juggling

Advent, Busyness, Christmas, Focus, Holiday, Priorities

We like to think that we can multitask, but we can’t be present in all areas at all times. “We know from several really…

The Homecoming

Bride of Christ, Children of God, Christmas, Father, Gifts, God Our Father, Love, Sacrifice

Earl Hamner’s novel about one Christmas from his childhood, The Homecoming, is a perfect illustration of God’s love for his bride. At the height…

Seeing With New Eyes

Advent, Anticipation, Beauty, Christmas, Glorious, Hope, Isaiah 11:1-10, Isaiah 40:9-11, Isaiah 52:7-9, John 1:1-8, Psalm 89:1-4, Truth, Waiting, Watching, Wonder

Margaret Philbrick, author of Back to the Manger, shares about how seeing the Christmas season through the eyes of her children has opened her…

Christmas Overload

2 Corinthians 4:15, Christian Life, Christmas, Debt, Gift, Grace, Money, Nehemiah 12:46-47, Obligation, Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 9:1, Psalm 95:2-3, Repayment, Service, Thanksgiving

In 2020, consumers in the United States expected to spend approximately 850 U.S. dollars on average on Christmas gifts. Why? To demonstrate their love…