neighbor. In the study process, the text may guide you to a character. Most often first-person sermons will be born from your interest in a particular biblical figure. The Bible is filled with flawed heroes and cunning villains. The personalities of the Bible have inspired innumerable sermons. The church calendar may bring certain characters to mind. The Christmas season, for example, might suggest a sermon from the perspective of Mary, Joseph, Herod, the wise men, or one of the other characters