Do you find that Christmas brings out the best in all of us? Unless specifically instructed not to, people dress up and come to Christmas gatherings expecting enjoyment and also expecting that things will be done with excellence in music, food and festivities, am I right? WHY? That expectation stirs my Christmas question for today: “WHY a smelly, filthy animal stable; in a tiny village; involving insignificant people; for the Incarnation of God, the birth of King Jesus?”

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Today’s Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25. Choose below to read or listen.

Pastor Doug Anderson “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, with our eyes fixed on Jesus…” (Heb. 12:1,2)

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24.12.16 “WHY an animal stable, a tiny village, insignificant people?”