Jesus Christ is the most influential person in history.

Hardly anyone would dare to argue with this all-too-familiar phrase about Christmas: It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! But why? What is it that makes the Christmas season so special?

​This musical is set in a small town square as a local church choir gets ready for their annual Christmas presentation. Through the eyes of a local street vendor, several heart-felt stories are retold to communicate just what makes this annual event so special. When an extraordinary selfless gift is provided by a doctor to a young boy, his need for surgery is met before she will attend to her own immediate need for treatment and surgery. And as a newspaper reporter publicizes the boy's plight, he is amazed and surprised to see how God moves in the hearts of the community as they show love to a total stranger. Giving is what Christmas is all about – God sending His one and only Son to bring us a gift we did not deserve – the free gift of salvation!

Jesus faced evil. Jesus absorbed evil. Jesus is coming to destroy evil.

Only Gospel-centered thinking patterns will provide true mental peace in the midst of life's storms.

Your heroes reveal and influence your values.

To move past the past you must pursue the One who controls the future and forgives the past.

Reality check - What are you pursing to gain in your life ("press on")?

Evangelist Matt Wilkins preaches on Compassion from Luke 10:25-37.

To find out more about Matt, check out his website: www.mattwilkins.org, or follow him via Twitter at: twitter.com/MattRWilkins.

What determines your profit / loss column?

Abortion is murder. God hates murder. If you claim to love God then don't support abortion.

"We have done a great job of standing firm on the biblical teachings on homosexuality. But we haven't been as effective in helping people walk out of this bondage. Our attitudes too often have conveyed the impression that we are more concerned about winning the culture war than we are winning men and women to Christ. This is a case where perception is reality to many people." - Bob Stith, SBC Gender Issues Specialist