My Palm Sunday Sermon

I've posted the Palm Sunday sermon I preached last year.

I hope it will give you some ideas as you prepare for your Palm Sunday services. You can download the manuscript, PowerPoint presentation, and listen to the audio. I used a video clip from The Nativity Story to portray the volatile political situation at the time of Christ's birth. I did this to help our church family understand the type of Messiah people were looking for as Jesus entered triumphantly into Jerusalem.

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