{"id":61973,"date":"2014-11-17T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/top-10-christmas-illustrations\/"},"modified":"2014-11-17T05:35:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T05:35:00","slug":"top-10-christmas-illustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/top-10-christmas-illustrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Christmas Sermon Illustrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We at PreachingToday.com want to wish you a Merry Illustrationmas! We are pleased to reveal our Top 10 Christmas Illustrations, just in time for your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preachingtoday.com\/holidays-events\/holidays\/christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Christmas sermon prep<\/a>. As we look forward to Christmas, we wanted to point you to some of the best illustrations on the topic of Christmas. 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