Joy to the world : inspirational Christmas messages from America's preachers
Celebrates the spirituality of Christmas by bringing together a diverse collection of messages from Christian leaders from across the country. Contributors to this collection represent congregations from Hawaii to New York to Atlanta and all the regions in between. These inspirational words are from men and women who minister to and console young and old from all walks of life and who reflect the range of ethnicities and Christian religious traditions that characterizes America today.--From publisher description
Print Book, English, 2006
1st Atria books hardcover ed View all formats and editions
Atria Books, New York, 2006
ix, 401 pages ; 23 cm
9781416540007, 9781451656336, 1416540008, 1451656335
75969631
The king with four names / Daniel Akin
Keeping Christ central to Christmas / Melvin Banks, Sr
Honoring gifts from the East
Nathan d. Baxter
Vision is a process / A.R. Bernard
All the Christmases to come / George G. Bloomer
The forgotten man at Christmas / Charles E. Booth
Christmas past, present, and future / Mark G. Boyer
We have something to give / Cecelia Williams Bryant
Have you seen Jesus? / John R. Bryant
Giving is the mark of greatness / Keith a. Butler
The fullness of Christ revealed / Anthony Campolo
Christ's concern for current concers / Joseph Champlin
The king has one more move / Dan Chun
In praise of Nazareth / Emanuel Cleaver
God is with us / Suzan Johnson Cook
A night at the Holy Day Inn / Kevin w. Cosby
Make room for God / Michael Eric Dyson
Sacred wonder / William S. Epps
An uncomfortable Christmas / Ken Fong
Unto us a child is born / Billy Graham. Obedience has its consequences / Joel C. Gregory
Living with deferred hope / Forrest E. Harris Sr
Unwrap the gift of righteousness / Marilyn Hickey
Power to the people / Donald Hilliard Jr
Christ in you / Barbara King
The greatest Christmas gift / Jacqueline E. McCullough
No longer business as usual / Vashti Murphy McKenzie
The journey of joy / Bertram Melbourne
A testimony at Christmas / Ella Pearson Mitchell
A view from the bottom / Henry H. Mitchell
Raising another man's baby / Otis B. Moss III
The glory of Christmas / Myles Munroe
Joy to the world / William (Bill) E. Pannell
Draw near / Victor D. Pentz
Emmanuel: God with us / W. Franklyn Richardson
Christmas honors the common person / Robert H. Schuller
Pregnant with possibility / Robert Smith Jr
Prepare the way of the Lord / Wallace Charles Smith
Joseph: the portrait of obedience / Dave Stone
Christmas! So what! / Gardner C. Taylor
A creative Christmas / Frank A. Thomas
A good place to stop / Kenneth C. Ulmer
God's timing and our timing / William d. Watley
Accept the gift / Steve Wende
The value of creating family traditions / Paula White
an amazing contrast / Marcos Witt
God's gift to us / Jeremiah A. Wright Jr
Shopping for a savior / Ed Young