In the spirit of the holidays (to be sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”):<\/p>\n
On the first day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
A sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the second day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the third day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Three illustrations, two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.
On the fourth day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Four applications, three illustrations, two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the fifth day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Five video clips,
Four applications, three illustrations,
Two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the sixth day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Six sermon outlines, five video clips,
Four applications, three illustrations,
Two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the seventh day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Seven snappy endings, six sermon outlines,
Five video clips,
Four applications, three illustrations,
Two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the eighth day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Eight pot-luck suppers, seven snappy endings, six sermon outlines,
Five video clips,
Four applications, three illustrations,
Two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the ninth day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Nine Christmas neckties, eight pot-luck suppers,
Seven snappy endings, six sermon outlines,
Five video clips,
Four applications, three illustrations,
Two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the tenth day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Ten trustees griping, nine Christmas neckties, eight pot-luck suppers,
Seven snappy endings, six sermon outlines,
Five video clips,
Four applications, three illustrations,
Two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Eleven deacons deac-ing, ten trustees griping,
Nine Christmas neckties, eight pot-luck suppers,
Seven snappy endings, six sermon outlines,
Five video clips,
Four applications, three illustrations,
Two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my preacher gave to me
Twelve days vacation
Eleven deacons deac-ing, ten trustees griping,
Nine Christmas neckties, eight pot-luck suppers,
Seven snappy endings, six sermon outlines,
Five video clips,
Four applications, three illustrations,
Two Christmas plays,
And a sermon on the birth of a King.<\/p>\n
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Michael Duduit is Editor of Preaching magazine and President of American Ministry Resources. You can write to him at michael@preaching.com, or visit his website at www.michaelduduit.com.<\/p>\n
In the spirit of the holidays (to be sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”): On the first day of Christmas, my preacher gave to meA sermon on the birth of a King. On the second day of Christmas, my preacher gave to meTwo Christmas plays, And a sermon on the birth … Continue reading “And A Preacher In A Pear Tree?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}