Joy to the World: Preaching The Christmas Story - Softcover

Beasley-Murray, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844740811 ISBN 13: 9781844740819

Publisher: IVP, 2005

Synopsis

Christmas is the one time in the year when many non-Christians are prepared to go to church, and this presents a great opportunity for preaching the gospel.
However, for preachers and pastors, just to survive one Christmas is demanding, with one service after another during the Advent season - and to have something new to say from one Christmas to the next can be a real challenge. It is not easy, year after year, to find fresh approaches to the Christmas story for numerous and varied events.
From his own experience Paul Beasley-Murray appreciates this need, and his main aim in this stimulating book is to help Christian preachers in their God-given task of telling the story of how God sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. He expounds a range of familiar texts from the Old Testament, the Gospels and the New Testament Epistles, offering valuable resources and insights for those who seek to proclaim the meaning and significance of the birth of Jesus Christ, 'God with us', and also for those who hear the message of 'joy to the world' at Christmas.

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Review:

This book will be of great assistance to those who want fresh inspiration for their Christmas sermons. -- Paul Goodliff; Baptist Times; December 2005

From the Publisher:

Christmas presents a great opportunity for preaching the gospel, but it is not easy to find fresh approaches for each year’s numerous events. In this valuable resource, Paul Beasley-Murray expounds the birth of Jesus in a range of familiar biblical texts.

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1844740811
• ISBN 13: 9781844740819
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 201