The Word to the World
The night before the first Christmas was a long and dark one. For four hundred years, God had remained silent, seemingly abandoning his people. Israel was in a woeful spiritual condition. It seemed as if a spiritual eclipse had overtaken the nation. But one day,
Several years ago, reports surfaced of an American megachurch that splashed $90,000 on a life-sized nativity scene. I’m not sure of all that that nativity scene included, but if it’s like most others, it probably included Mary and Joseph, with baby Jesus, surrounded by shepherds,
The true meaning of Christmas is the good news that the Saviour was born. The good news that amid a world of bad news, God is with us, the world has not been abandoned, sinners will be saved, the King has come, and therefore his
Andy Williams famously sang about Christmas being “the most wonderful time of the year.” At Christmastime, he sang, we can hear “kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of good cheer.” He sang of “holiday greetings” and “happy meetings when friends come to call.”