The Christmas story, the account of the arrival of our Savior as a baby, has a wildness to it. Colored with scandal, flavored with risk, it has elements that are wild, bold, over the edge. Our God appears as a helpless baby in a scene that could be accurately described as a wild frontier socially, …
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Christmas – A Scandal Is Born
“But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness….” I Corinthians 1:23 In the last few posts, I wrote of the coming of our Savior and the light that He brought into the dark world. Light is a popular topic around Christmas. We find great comfort in the positive themes …