Sermon illustrations: Christmas

Christmas Only Christians

Jim was leaving church after Christmas services when the pastor greeted him and said, “Jim, it’s...

Pre-Christmas Sale

Sign in a department store window: “Big pre-Christmas sale. Come in and mangle with the crowd.”...

Buying a Gift for His Wife

Your standard man, at this point in the Christmas season, has purchased zero gifts. He has not yet...

2013 Christmas Spending

Some retailers are concerned about the the fact that there are only 26 shopping days between Black...

A Saviour Who Made Us Rich

In January of 1956, Jim Elliot and four other missionaries gave their lives in Ecuador in their...

What Is the Meaning of Christmas?

A television interviewer was walking the streets of Tokyo at Christmas time. The interviewer...

It’s Okay to Say, “Merry Christmas”

According to the Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey for 2011, 70% of American adults like...

8 Responses to Weird Gifts

8. Well, well, well, now, there’s a gift! 7. No, really, I didn’t know that there was a Chia pet...

Using Desserts to Help with Stress

It’s only natural that stressed-out people eat more desserts, because “stressed” spelled backwards...

Going to Church for the First Time

Grace Davidson took her four-year-old granddaughter to “big church” for the first time. She sat...

The Promise and the Proof

“Christmas is the promise, and Easter is the proof.” Source: Unknown

Born to Save

In 1988, Anissa Ayala was sixteen years-old and diagnosed with a rare form of Leukemia. The doctors...

Christ Came to People of All Classes

In a survey, nearly a third of those questioned stated, that of all the persons mentioned in the...

Advertisement in a Department Sore

Make this Christmas one you will not soon forget—charge everything! Source: Unknown

The Unread Card

One lady waited until the last minute to send Christmas cards. She knew she had forty-nine folks...

Snooping for Gifts

A little boy ran to the kitchen with a big box in his hand and breathlessly told his mother, “We’d...

1 Corinthians 13—Christmas Version

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strands of twinkling lights, and shiny balls; but...

Christmas and Political Correctness

The following memo was sent by a school administrator: Dear Staff, Please remember that we live in...

The Charlie Brown Complex

In a Charlie Brown Christmas Charlie Brown was having trouble getting into the Christmas spirit so...

4 Stages in the Life of a Man

1. He believes in Santa Claus. 2. He doesn’t believe in Santa Claus. 3. He is Santa Claus. 4. He...

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