Be inspired for preaching during this Advent/Christmas season. One of our main goals is to catalyze your own thinking, and we begin the holiday festival of sermon ideas with one of our regulars, Mark Mitchell, and his message Waiting for the Fullness of Time. By the way, as a bit of bio information, you might like to know that Mark earned his doctorate studying preaching under Haddon Robinson at Gordon-Conwell's Center for Preaching.

For the next five weeks, from November 22nd through December 20th, we will feature a new sermon each week on Advent/Christmas themes. During that same period, you can also expect to see one or more new Christmas illustrations each week.

Our newest Thanksgiving message is The Joy You've Always Wanted, by Mike Woodruff.

Preaching Christ,

Brian Larson
Editor, PreachingToday.com
blarson@christianitytoday.com

Craig Brian Larson is the pastor of Lake Shore Church in Chicago and author and editor of numerous books, including The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching (Zondervan). He blogs on Knowing God and His Ways at craigbrianlarson.com.