Sermons for Every Holiday Season Church attendance increases at each holiday. Pastors have huge opportunities to preach God's Word to those who might not always attend. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Holiday Box Set contains every outline found in four other Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors books: Easter Sermons, Mothers & Fathers Day Sermons, Thanksgiving Sermons, and Christmas Sermons. Be prepared for every holiday. That's 60 complete sermon outlines to help you prepare for the holidays! Get a head start on the busy holiday seasons with Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Holiday Box Set.

An Expository Sermon Series through the Book of Colossians Today's church is under constant pressure from society to change. Change our message. Change our ways. Within the church, some are pushing for compromise. Change the message. These pressures to change and compromise are not new to the church. Almost two thousand years ago, the Apostle Paul wrote to a church facing similar circumstances. What Paul wrote to the Colossians is just as relevant to today's church of the 21st century. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Colossians Series presents a verse-by-verse, expository sermon series that speaks to today's church that faces pressures from both outside and inside the church. Encourage, strengthen, and prepare your church with the sermons in Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Colossians Series. Sermon Titles and Scripture References: 1. Introduction to Colossians - Colossians 2:1-4 2. Resist - Colossians 1:1-14 3. Supreme - Colossians 1:15-23 4. Mystery Revealed - Colossians 1:24-2:5 5. Jesus is the Answer - Colossians 2:6-23 6. Your Identity - Colossians 3:1-11 7. The Church the World Should See - Colossians 3:12-17 8. Relationships Reflecting Jesus - Colossians 3:18-4:1 9. A Plan for Bringing Change - Colossians 4:2-18 Keywords: bible,expository,outlines,pastor,sermon,sermon helps,sermon outlines,sermon prep,old testament,new testament,preach,preaching,colossians,paul

Christmas Sermon Outlines for Today's Busy Pastor With the commercialization and secularization of Christmas growing year by year, the real reason for Christmas gets lost in the shuffle. The sermons in Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Christmas Sermons brings the focus back squarely on Jesus Christ. Inside, you'll find 21 sermon outlines, including a 3 sermon series and a unique Joseph monologue. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Christmas Sermons will help the busy pastor turn the church's eye back to Jesus this Christmas season. Sermon Titles and Scripture References: 1. Another Christmas Tree - Colossians 1:19-20 2. Christmas Gifts from God - Luke 2:8-14 3. The Greatest Christmas Present Ever - Romans 6:23 4. For This Reason - John 18:37 5. John the Baptist - Luke 1:57-80 6. Joseph - Matthew 1:18-25 7. Christ is Christmas - Luke 2:10-11 8. He Was Born to Be - 1 John 1:1-3 9. The Coming of the Word - John 1:1-18 10. The Incarnation: A Child is Born - Luke 2:1-14 11. Wise Men Still Seek Him - Matthew 2:1-12 12. This Baby’s Life - Isaiah 53:1-12 13. They Slept Through It - Micah 5:2 14. When Did Christmas Begin? - 1 Peter 1:18-21 15. Good News for All - Luke 2:1-20 16. Do You Have Room for Jesus? - Luke 2:1-7 17. The Fullness of Time - Galatians 4:4-5 18. Xmas: What's Missing in Your Christmas? - Amazement - Genesis 3:15 19. Xmas: What's Missing in Your Christmas? - The Supernatural - Matthew 1:18-25 20. Xmas: What's Missing in Your Christmas? - Reflection and Perspective - Luke 2:19 21. Joseph Monologue Keywords: bible,expository,outlines,pastor,sermon,sermon helps,sermon outlines,sermon prep,old testament,new testament,preach,preaching,christmas,holiday,december

20 Sermons for Easter Easter is the most important time of celebration in Christianity. Our churches welcome more people during the Easter season than at any other time of the year. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Easter Sermons helps you be better prepared for presenting the Good News of Jesus Christ and His resurrection during the Easter season. You'll find 20 Easter-related sermons, including a 5 week sermon series: The Road to the Hill. Prepare yourself for Easter with Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Easter Sermons. Sermon Titles and References: 1. Palm Sunday - Jesus is Not Always What We Want Him to Be - Mark 11:1-10 2. What About the Resurrection? - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 3. Hard to Believe - Luke 24:1-7 4. What Will You Do With Christ? - Matthew 27:11-22 5. What the Resurrection Means to You - Luke 24:1-12; 1 Peter 1:3-5 6. The Simplicity of Easter - Luke 24:1-8 7. It Is Finished - John 19:16-30 8. The Blessings of Easter - Mark 15:16 - 16:6 9. Out of the Blue - Matthew 27:15-26 10. Believing is Seeing - John 20:1-31 11. The Significance of Easter - Mark 16:1-6 12. Empty - Luke 24:1-9 13. The Message of Easter - Matthew 28:1-7 14. Do You Love Jesus? - John 21:15-22 15. Doubt Defeated - John 20:24-29 16. The Road to the Hill - Why Should Easter Matter to Me? - Genesis 3:1-7 17. The Road to the Hill - Three Along the Road - John 4:16-18 18. The Road to the Hill - Finished! - John 19:30 19. The Road to the Hill - Easter - Philippians 2:6-11 20. The Road to the Hill - What's Jesus Doing Now? - Acts 1:6-12 Keywords: bible,expository,outlines,pastor,sermon,sermon helps,sermon outlines,sermon prep,old testament,new testament,preach,preaching,easter,holiday,crucifixion,resurrection,lent

The award-winning author of Grateful goes beyond the culture wars to offer a refreshing take on the comprehensive, multi-faceted nature of Jesus, keeping his teachings relevant and alive in our daily lives. How can you still be a Christian? This is the most common question Diana Butler Bass is asked today. It is a question that many believers ponder as they wrestle with disappointment and disillusionment in their church and its leadership. But while many Christians have left their churches, they cannot leave their faith behind. In Freeing Jesus, Bass challenges the idea that Jesus can only be understood in static, one-dimensional ways and asks us to instead consider a life where Jesus grows with us and helps us through life’s challenges in several capacities: as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence. Freeing Jesus is an invitation to leave the religious wars behind and rediscover Jesus in all his many manifestations, to experience Jesus beyond the narrow confines we have built around him. It renews our hope in faith and worship at a time when we need it most.

A superb new translation brings the words of Augustine the preacher stirringly to life! When the great Saint Augustine was called from his country home to become Bishop of Hippo in the fourth century, his new responsibilities took him away from the solitude of his writing and into the glare of the public eye. The author of two of the greatest works of religious literature, Confessions and City of God, Augustine became a shepherd to the people, inspiring and enlightening them with his sermons. His skills as a speaker were as great–if not greater–than his skills as a writer. According to his friend Possidius, “Those who read what Augustine wrote on the divine topics do get something out of them. But those who saw and heard him in person–they were the ones who got heaven and Earth.” Sermons to the People collects the homilies on the liturgical seasons of the Church Saint Augustine delivered over the course of his lifetime. This Image edition includes the first sermons in that vast collection: from Advent, Christmas, New Year’s, and the Epiphany. Newly translated by William Griffin, they address timeless concerns, including the problems of materialism and the intellectual difficulties of faith. Griffin renders the sermons with such immediacy, it is as though he had been present when Augustine spoke to his flock.

Every year, millions of people around the globe celebrate Christmas. But what does it all mean? Why did God choose a young virgin named Mary and a simple carpenter named Joseph to bring his only Son into the world? Why was the Son of God born in a lowly manger in a small town called Bethlehem? Who was this infant named Jesus, the One prophecies foretold would save the world from sin and suffering? And what does this nativity story mean for us today? Drawing from both the Old and New Testaments, noted pastor and theologian David Jeremiah provides answers to 25 of the most thought-provoking questions surrounding the most pivotal moment in human history--the birth of Jesus Christ.

From pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller comes the perfect gift for the Christmas holiday—a profoundly moving and intellectually provocative examination of the nativity story Even people who are not practicing Christians think they are familiar with the story of the nativity. Every Christmas displays of Baby Jesus resting in a manger decorate lawns and churchyards, and songs about shepherds and angels fill the air. Yet despite the abundance of these Christian references in popular culture, how many of us have examined the hard edges of this biblical story? In his new book Timothy Keller takes readers on an illuminating journey into the surprising background of the nativity. By understanding the message of hope and salvation within the Bible’s account of Jesus’ birth, readers will experience the redeeming power of God’s grace in a deeper and more meaningful way.