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What do you hope for this Christmas? Is it a new subscription, or a new fleece? Or perhaps something nobler: the end of wars, or a fairer economy? In the light of the first half of Genesis, our Christmas hopes are shown to be rather inadequate. The start of the Bible is there to raise our viewpoint, and to make us hope for something bigger then our greatest wishes.
By Covent Garden TalksWhat do you hope for this Christmas? Is it a new subscription, or a new fleece? Or perhaps something nobler: the end of wars, or a fairer economy? In the light of the first half of Genesis, our Christmas hopes are shown to be rather inadequate. The start of the Bible is there to raise our viewpoint, and to make us hope for something bigger then our greatest wishes.