"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:11

Oh glorious day! Our savior has come.

He was born to a humble carpenter's wife. He came for those whose hearts were open to him, regardless of status. 

His birth was announced...

"And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn."

Luke 2:7

When God came to the earth as a human, he came in a dichotomy of absolute humbleness and the glorious announce...

"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

Matthew 1:21

Not much is known about Joseph, Jesus' adoptive father, but scripture tells us he was a man who feared the Lord. He was a man of compassi...

“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant."

Luke 1:47-48

Looking through God's story of salvation, we see a theme: God loves to use the ones the world doesn't...

"For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
    make his paths straight.’”

Matthew 3:3

We prepare for Christmas. We shop, wrap presents, bake, clean, and coo...