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The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus is unavailable, but you can change that!

Learn Something New This Christmas We hate to admit it, but after years, sometimes even decades, of reading the same Luke 2 story of Christmas, we get a little bored—we lose some of the awe we ought to have when discussing the greatest miracle in history. That’s why The Characters of Christmas was written, to help you take a fresh look at the Christmas story by getting to know the minor...

friends of God. I wonder if those of us who have called God our Father for a lifetime, who have peace through Jesus Christ, who are promised an eternity in the new kingdom, have forgotten the unmerited favor by which we were saved. Sometimes we feel entitled to salvation and act as if this is a gift that we’ve merited on our own. Perhaps it’s time, this Christmas, to return to the shock and awe Mary experiences when the angel says to her: “You … are highly favored!” (Luke 1:28 NIV). Mary was powerless