{"id":27946,"date":"2017-11-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2017\/11\/07\/top-christmas-sermon-series-ideas\/"},"modified":"2017-11-07T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T11:00:00","slug":"top-christmas-sermon-series-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/top-christmas-sermon-series-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Christmas Sermon Series Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preaching at Christmas is always a challenge. Let these Christmas and Advent sermon series ideas inspire your own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preachingtoday.com\/holidays-events\/holidays\/christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Christmas preaching<\/a>. A variety of preaching voices cover some of the main themes and names of the Christmas season, including the coming of Advent, the Incarnation, Mary and Jospeph, the Wisemen or Magi. 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