A pastor-friend of mine calls them "Chreasters," those people who come to church only at Christmas and Easter. He is wistful about that sizeable segment of the congregation he sees only on Christmas Eve and maybe Good Friday. Why pull out all the stops for people who give only nodding recognition to the Almighty on the holiest of days? After you've ... To view this individual handout, please download the Training Pack, Special Christmas Events and Services.    Worship Help people worship God in spirit and truth.  Making Communion MeaningfulInsights for nurturing a deeper experience at the Lord's Supper. The Personality in Preaching (Free Sample) No two sermons are the same—and that's a good thing. Our Top 10 Resources in 2010 The most popular downloads from the past year. |        
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Beth Havill
Appreciate the testimonies you shared.It's nice to be creative in our preaching, but the bottom line is always, AmI telling the old old story of Jesus and His love? If the Holy Spirit empowers the word, the work of Salvation will result, if not, the words might be like sounding brass and tinkling symbols! Sometimes I think we may depend too much on modern technology and creativity and lose the fact, It depends on God and His blessed Holy Spirit, not me!! I believe our pastor recently was creative and dependent on God as well. He compared the gospel of Santa to the Gospel of Jesus. Using the song: Santa Clause is coming to Town, He's making a list, he's counting it twice, to see if I'm naughty and nice, etc." The idea of being rewarded if I'm good, and being punished if I'm bad, and maybe receiving only a lump of coal! While the gospel of Jesus is a gospel of Love and grace and not of works as stated in Eph. 2:7 &8. I thought it was a good analogy. Thanks be to God for His gift!
Terrence Cummings(Registered User)
The story reinforced my belief that it is left up to God to draw others to Christ, while it is my responsibility to share the good news of the birth of Christ this holiday season. Thank You for the story, if only One comes to Christ through our obedience, then all is well. Who does if another Miz Lu or D.L. Moody is in the crowd.
OTHELO CACERES
NICE CHRISTMAS STORY TESTIMONY TO GOD'S UNCEASING WORK IN THE HEARTS OF MEN AND WOMEN...
Ernie
The thought that someone might be giving a seasonal acknowledgment to the Greatest Gift Ever Given, and that their being there might just afford the opportunity to receive it, ought to fuel our desire to display "the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit," as lights that decorate the Tree to which we are forever indebted. Who knows, in their "Christmas shopping," they might find Christmas.
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