George Whitefield: "The True Way of Keeping Christmas"

This past Sunday, I read a portion of a sermon by George Whitefield, which we listed as "The True Way of Keeping Christmas." As was common in his day (the 1700's), the original title was much longer: “The Observation of the Birth of Christ, the Duty of all Christians; or the True Way of Keeping Christmas.”

I found this sermon in the brand new book Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus: Experiencing the Peace and Promise of Christmas. Actually, I don't even own the volume-- I read an online sample that includes the book's preface and first chapter, which happened to be the Whitefield sermon. View the sample if you'd like to read Whitefield's sermon in its entirety. Looking at the rest of the table of contents, you'll see an impressive array of authors from the past as well as today.