The Christmas We Didn't Expect
- He existed before the incarnation
David Mathis • The Christmas We Didn't Expect
where this leads for those who call him Lord is not finally to confusion but to worship. Jesus is unique and one truly spectacular person. He is fully God. And he is fully man. Would we want to fix our eternal worship and praise on one who was not?
David Mathis • The Christmas We Didn't Expect
this child was born to die.
David Mathis • The Christmas We Didn't Expect
no tickets were sold,
David Mathis • The Christmas We Didn't Expect
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Not just giving our money and material possessions as gifts but also giving our more treasured possessions—our time, energy, comfort, convenience, and attention.
David Mathis • The Christmas We Didn't Expect
He became man, in the words of the ancient creed, “for us and for our salvation.”
David Mathis • The Christmas We Didn't Expect
You mean someone with a full heart of priceless joy in God can exhale, sound and shape these invisible vessels of joy (which pass through the air, into my head, and down into my soul), and by faith give me real and lasting joy? Yes, it is amazing.
David Mathis • The Christmas We Didn't Expect
One old carol describes this moment as angels “sweetly singing o’er the plains”—that may be how the shepherds came to remember the show with nostalgia, but the first surge of emotion that broke in on them was fear.