The Gospel of Luke 2:1-20
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.
So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,
and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.
Let Linus say it...
Crowe Thursday, December 25th at 12:52AM EST (link)…because it comes so nicely from the mouths of babes…
That’s what Christmas is all about. No more, no less. No amorphous “spirit,” no self-made sense of what people ought to be, no self-made sense of what God ought to be, but…
Though he was in the form of God,
Jesus did not deem equality wit God
Something to be grasped at.
Rather, He emptied Himself,
Being born in the likeness of a man.
He was known to be of human estate,
And it was thus that He humbled Himself,
Obediently accepting even death,
Death on a Cross.
Because of this,
God gave Him the Name above every Name.
So that, at Jesus’ Name,
Every knee must bend,
And every tongue confess,
On the heavens, on the earth, and under the earth,
That J
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”(contd.)
Crowe Thursday, December 25th at 12:55AM EST (link)Jesus Christ is LORD
To the glory of God the Father.”
And that is what Christmas is all about…
(don’t ask me why it happened this way… I didn’t think I had posted it, but apparently I had. God knows.)
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”Amen, brother.
Rod_Patrick Thursday, December 25th at 4:06AM EST (link)The child that was born is the God in flesh…who walked along with us on Earth…just for the sake of saving a wretched man like me?
Oh, the Greatest Love and Humility ever witnessed by all creations in the universe….
Happy Birthday*, My Lord Jesus, my Savior!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, REDSTATE AND ALL THE CONSERVATIVES AROUND THE WORLD!!!
Best wishes,
Rod
*Although this earthly expression may not really be applicble to you, my Lord and my God!
Merry Christmas to all
bs Thursday, December 25th at 1:07AM EST (link)And to all a good night.
Enjoy your day tomorrow, and remember what Erick posted. That’s the meaning of Christmas, Charlie Brown.
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen...
akhardys Thursday, December 25th at 1:57AM EST (link)Good tidings of comfort and joy…
Merry Christmas!
“…to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic…”
God rest ye and
redneck_hippie Thursday, December 25th at 8:58AM EST (link)may you all rest in God’s love.
“We must not lose our faculty to dare, especially in dark days.” - Churchill in March, 1942.
Merry Christmas Erick and how blessed for you to have...
JadedByPolitics Thursday, December 25th at 5:31AM EST (link)Gunnar and the little misses Evelyn…..you are in for a life of princess fairytales and football….man life couldn’t get any better……and your star is just taking off!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Merry Christmas Erick and how blessed for you to have...
JadedByPolitics Thursday, December 25th at 5:31AM EST (link)Gunnar and the little misses Evelyn…..you are in for a life of princess fairytales and football….man life couldn’t get any better……and your star is just taking off!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Red_Wing Thursday, December 25th at 6:14AM EST (link)“Underlying all arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself”. ~M. Friedman
Merry Christmas to all my friends at RS.
NightTwister Thursday, December 25th at 8:06AM EST (link)May the Lord bless you and your family this coming year.
May God bless our wonderful nation.
May God keep our troops, and bring them home safe.
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Merry Christmas...
steveegg Thursday, December 25th at 9:02AM EST (link)…to you and yours.
Merry Christmas from Tbone.
Tbone Thursday, December 25th at 1:27PM EST (link)Coal to follow.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Sorry, Tbone, under our new energy overlords, coal is forbidden.
janis Thursday, December 25th at 1:32PM EST (link)Might I suggest something that will be plentiful in the next few years instead?
Horse apples–big, steaming piles of them.
And Merry Christmas to you! One of my gifts this year is having you back in these parts.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
streetwise Thursday, December 25th at 2:19PM EST (link)and a blessed New Year!
Merry Christmas streetwise.....this day ROCKS!
JadedByPolitics Thursday, December 25th at 2:22PM EST (link)…
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Merry Christmas friends!
Brian Simpson Thursday, December 25th at 2:56PM EST (link)And what a morning it was!
We wake up and confirm our suspicions: Beth is pregnant. I’m going to be a daddy for the second time!
Everyone have a blessed day.
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Congratulations!
JustLeaveMeAlone Thursday, December 25th at 8:47PM EST (link)That is truly a wonderful gift on a blessed day
No cute quotes. Not in the mood.
Well that has to be the best Christmas present EVAH!!!
JadedByPolitics Thursday, December 25th at 8:52PM EST (link)Congratulations that is just so very kewl!
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
The first, last, and best gift ever.
JustLeaveMeAlone Thursday, December 25th at 9:15PM EST (link)Christians are oft accused of being narrow minded. Well, Jesus said “… strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
We do believe we are on a narrow path. The Buddha said “many paths lead to truth.” But we believe that we come to God not by works or deeds, nor by any knowledge we may gain, nor by any mystical experience. Seekers on other paths try these methods. And we love them, too, as fellow questers.
But we believe that the baby born in Bethlehem grew up to be Jesus of Nazareth. And Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
We can’t earn our way in, learn our way in, buy our way in, work our way in, or experience our way in.
In fact, no human has control over anything in life, death, heaven, or hell, except one thing: to accept the gift of grace, or to reject it. That’s the only path to God.
Christians are those who chose to accept the gift given at the first Christmas long ago. It’s the gift we can’t outdo or undo. We can’t exchange it or regift it. It’s always there, whether we accept it or not. It is eternal, in a way none of the works, knowledge, or experience on mankind can ever be.
And no matter how many times we put it back under the tree unopened, it remains, patient, open and accepting, waiting for us to pick it up, unwrap it, and make it our own.
It is Love Unimaginable. And it’s our gift.
Merry Christmas; God has already blessed us, every one.
No cute quotes. Not in the mood.
Amen, and
mbecker908 Thursday, December 25th at 9:42PM EST (link)amen.
You’ve said all there is to say.