![]() ![]() ![]() Of course, there is the nostalgia factor – the classic words that I can nearly repeat by heart after years of reading them to my children on Christmas Even, and hearing them recited during Children’s Christmas pageants, and Christmas concerts, and Christmas Eve Worship services, and Christmas Sunday sermons…. There are a couple of reasons why I feel drawn, once again, to the Luke Story passages. John – We Can Have a Real Relationship with Jesus, who is God with UsĪnd Luke, who invites us to worship with him, as he retells those events so long ago, yet as fresh as the falling snow. Matthew – The Story of Jesus’ Birth is Grounded in History No, instead we have the same story, yet told from different angles: If all four gospels told the story of Jesus’ birth, in the exact, same, scripted manner, that would tarnish the authenticity of scripture. The differences highlight to me the very historical realness in scripture. I love that God has given us the Christmas story, through the eyes of four very different story-tellers, in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. I’ve returned to the study of Luke this year, in these advent weeks leading up to the celebration of Christ’s birth. The Christmas Story in Luke Invites us to Worship ![]()
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