{"id":61966,"date":"2014-11-03T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T06:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/top-10-thanksgiving-illustrations\/"},"modified":"2014-11-03T06:51:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T06:51:00","slug":"top-10-thanksgiving-illustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/top-10-thanksgiving-illustrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Thanksgiving Sermon Illustrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While grocery stores and supermarkets would like you to think that Christmas is almost here. We at PreachingToday.com have not forgotten about Thanksgiving. As we look forward to Thanksgiving, we wanted to point you to some of the best illustrations on the topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preachingtoday.com\/holidays-events\/holidays\/thanksgiving-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Thanksgiving Day<\/a>. 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