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The Suffering at Christmas
We often get so caught up in the joy of Christmas that it's easy to miss all the suffering. But when we do pay attention we find that the almighty God of the universe isn't just with us in Jesus, but He suffers with us as well.
We often get so caught up in the joy of Christmas that it's easy to miss all the suffering. But when we do pay attention we find that the almighty God of the universe isn't just with us in Jesus, but He suffers with us as well.
Refugee Jesus
There's a lot of talk today about building walls and keeping refugees, foreigners and outsiders away. But when we do this, we are pushing Jesus Himself away—for the beloved Christmas story reminds us that Jesus was a refugee.
There's a lot of talk today about building walls and keeping refugees, foreigners and outsiders away. But when we do this, we are pushing Jesus Himself away—for the beloved Christmas story reminds us that Jesus was a refugee.
Jesus' Birth Date
There are a lot of investigations into Scripture that I often think are pointless, like trying to figure out an exact date that Jesus was born on. But then, if Jesus was born on a day that already held important symbolic meaning for the Jews, his actual birthdate would matter...
There are a lot of investigations into Scripture that I often think are pointless, like trying to figure out an exact date that Jesus was born on. I struggle to understand why that would truly matter to my spiritual life.
But then scholars like Michael Heiser prove me wrong in his book, Reversing Hermon (or see his podcast episode, What Day Was Jesus Born?). If Jesus was born on a day that already held important symbolic meaning for the Jews, then his actual birthdate would matter—and that’s exactly the case Heiser makes.
Today’s podcast is more or less a less detailed version of Heiser’s research, which I taught for Christmas Eve this morning. I always hope to uncover something a little deeper about the Christmas story each year because it’s a story Christians know too well and one of the only stories C&E Christians know. Today’s approach is about as wild as I’ve ever gone on a holiday. Hope you find it interesting as we dive into Revelation of all places!
Exmas & Crissmas
Jamin uses one of C.S. Lewis' short stories to address the difference between the ways the Christian and the non-Christian celebrates and understands Christmas. Though now that some time has passed since Lewis wrote this paper, his prophetic words cut a bit to the heart: which holiday do Christians actually celebrate now a' days?
The Wise Men
Jamin throws a new spin on the Christmas story of the Wise Men. We're they really supposed to be a part of the story or were they just party crashers?
The Magnificat Moment
Mary's song, "The Magnificat," comes across a bit hilarious. There she is, talking with a relative when all of the sudden she breaks out into song as though she's on broadway. It's odd. Or is it?
The Virgin Birth
The virgin birth is often under scrutiny today, further showing our western enlightened mind's inability to have faith and believe in miracles. Jamin discourses on this subject and tries to give some logic as to why a virgin birth isn't even as weird as we make it out to be.