The First Christmas
Donald Cantrell
Luke 2: 1 - 16
I - The Heavy Burden of the First Christmas (1 - 5)
A) The Burden of Money (1 - 2)
B) The Burden of Moving (3 - 4)
C) The Burden of Mary (5)
II - The Hasty Busyness of the First Christmas (6 - 7)
A) The Busyness of the Couple
B) The Busyness of the City
C) The Busyness of the Conception
III - The Holy Baby of the First Christmas (8 - 16)
A) The Humble Shepherds (8)
B) The Heavenly Servant (9 - 10)
C) The Helpful Statement (11 - 12)
D) The Host Singing (13 - 14)
E) The Hearty Search (15)
F) The Holy Son (16)
Theme: ''The first Christmas is much like the Christmas of today''
This sermon gives us much to ponder as we think about that first Christmas season and the burden, the busyness that Joseph and Mary experienced. Ultimately we realize that it was all about that little ''Baby of Bethlehem.'' I will preach this sermon on Christmas Eve morning and show people that the first Christmas is much like our Christmas's. We are often burdened down, we are ultra busy and if we are not careful we lose our focus and forget that Christmas is about that little ''Baby of Bethlehem.''
The beauty of Christmas is all of the traditions that each family adheres to in celebrating the holiday. In our family we begin focusing on the Christmas season on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. Our family and along with my son-in-laws family at get together and eat at IHOP. We have been doing this for several years now and we have a grand time.
One of the longstanding traditions that are ''sacred'' in our family is getting together and riding down to Rome Georgia and visiting Berry College. This college is one of the biggest colleges in the USA as far as land mass. The uniqueness of this visit is that the college is home to hundreds of deer. We ride around the campus and my granddaughter gets out and creeps up on the deer to catch one, until it scampers away.
We have been doing this for over thi ...
Donald Cantrell
Luke 2: 1 - 16
I - The Heavy Burden of the First Christmas (1 - 5)
A) The Burden of Money (1 - 2)
B) The Burden of Moving (3 - 4)
C) The Burden of Mary (5)
II - The Hasty Busyness of the First Christmas (6 - 7)
A) The Busyness of the Couple
B) The Busyness of the City
C) The Busyness of the Conception
III - The Holy Baby of the First Christmas (8 - 16)
A) The Humble Shepherds (8)
B) The Heavenly Servant (9 - 10)
C) The Helpful Statement (11 - 12)
D) The Host Singing (13 - 14)
E) The Hearty Search (15)
F) The Holy Son (16)
Theme: ''The first Christmas is much like the Christmas of today''
This sermon gives us much to ponder as we think about that first Christmas season and the burden, the busyness that Joseph and Mary experienced. Ultimately we realize that it was all about that little ''Baby of Bethlehem.'' I will preach this sermon on Christmas Eve morning and show people that the first Christmas is much like our Christmas's. We are often burdened down, we are ultra busy and if we are not careful we lose our focus and forget that Christmas is about that little ''Baby of Bethlehem.''
The beauty of Christmas is all of the traditions that each family adheres to in celebrating the holiday. In our family we begin focusing on the Christmas season on the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving. Our family and along with my son-in-laws family at get together and eat at IHOP. We have been doing this for several years now and we have a grand time.
One of the longstanding traditions that are ''sacred'' in our family is getting together and riding down to Rome Georgia and visiting Berry College. This college is one of the biggest colleges in the USA as far as land mass. The uniqueness of this visit is that the college is home to hundreds of deer. We ride around the campus and my granddaughter gets out and creeps up on the deer to catch one, until it scampers away.
We have been doing this for over thi ...
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