There are only 39 verses about the Christmas story. Less than 900 words. That’s everything Matthew and Luke wrote about the powerful birth of Jesus. However, pictures of the nativity make it feel anything but powerful. More like a fable or a fairytale. Perfect skin. Perfect hair. Perfect night. Yet the experience was anything, but perfect. It wasn’t romantic. It wasn’t charming. But, it changed everything. This sermon will help us understand what was happening in the first-century culture so that we know how to understand it 2,000 years later.