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Advent 2007: Links to Sample Sermons on Year A Lectionary Texts

The Year A Common Lectionary for Advent focuses on Matthew's Gospel. In this connection, we highly recommend the two-volume commentary on Matthew by Frederick Dale Bruner (now available through Eerdmans Publishing Company). Bruner's deep insights into the text are invaluable and translate seamlessly into sermons as well.

Remember, too, that more detailed sermon starter ideas will be posted each Monday during Advent (with ideas for the upcoming Sunday's Lectionary text) on the "This Week in Preaching" page.

• First Sunday in Advent, December 2, 2007

  Gospel Text: Matthew 24:36-44

  • Sermon by Scott Hoezee: "The Days of Noah" from Matthew 24:36-51
  • Sermon by Leonard VanderZee: "Steady and Ready" from Isaiah 2 and Matthew 24 (pdf)

• Second Sunday in Advent, December 9, 2007

  Gospel Text: Matthew 3:1-12

  • Sermon by Scott Hoezee: "Advent Disappointment?" from Matthew 3
  • Sermon by Leonard VanderZee: "Shedding Your Skin" from Matthew 3 (pdf)
  • Sermon by John Timmer: "Rearranging Our Price Tags" from Matthew 3 (pdf)
  • Recommended Sermon on John the Baptist: "Have You Ever Heard John Preach?" By Fred Craddock, in A Chorus of Witnesses, Long and Plantinga, eds. Eerdmans, 1994.

• Third Sunday in Advent, December 16, 2007

  Gospel Text: Matthew 11:2-11

  • Sermon by Scott Hoezee: "Watch Your Step" from Matthew 11
  • Sermon by Leonard VanderZee: "Disappointed with Jesus" from Isaiah 35 and Matthew 11 (pdf)
  • Audio Sermon by Barbara Brown Taylor: "The Kingdom of Heaven Has Drawn Near" from Matthew 11 (mp3)

• Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 23, 2007

  Gospel Text: Matthew 1:18-25

  • Sermon by Scott Hoezee: "God with You" from Matthew 1:18-25
  • Sermon by John Buchanan: "Joseph" from Matthew 1:18-25
  • Sermon by Craig Barnes: "When You're Not Mary" from Matthew 1:18-25 (pdf)
  • Sermon by Craig Barnes: "What God Has Conceived" from Matthew 1:18-25
  • Sermon by Joanna Adams: "Joseph, the Foster Father"
  • Sermon by Leonard VanderZee: "The Sign: Emmanuel" from Matthew 1 (pdf)
  • Sermon by John Timmer: "God with Us" from Matthew 1 (pdf)

• Christmas Day, December 25, 2007

  Gospel Text: John 1:1-14 or Luke 2:1-14

  • Sermon by Craig Barnes: "Becoming God's Child" from John 1:10-13
  • Sermon by Craig Barnes: "Jesus' Gifts: Grace and Truth" from John 1:14-18
  • Audio Sermon by Craig Barnes: "Salvation in Ordinary Wrapping" from Luke 2 (mp3)
  • Sermon by John Buchanan: "The Perfect Gift" from Luke 2:1-7
  • Sermon by Joanna Adams: "The Innkeeper" from Luke 2
  • Christmas Eve Meditation by Leonard VanderZee from Luke 2:1-7 (pdf)
  • Sermon by John Timmer: "Flutter of Angels" from Luke 1 and 2 (pdf)