Shielded by Grace

Charley and Anna discuss what makes Christmas, Christmas and why those things are often a let-down. There's a quiz, revelations on hostess trollies and what not to buy Charley if you're one of her students. They even manage to not quote any Hebrews this week!

 What makes Christmas, Christmas?
 Food? Family? Presents? Church?
 
 What lengths are we willing to go to in order to get our 'perfect' Christmas?
 
 And is it worth it?
 
 We might all be facing a stripped back christmas but we still have Emmanuel, God with us.  Whoever else is in your bubble!

Our verse for this episode is; Matthew 1 v23
“The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”

Anna and Charley chat about Advent, What is Advent? How can we make room for Jesus in our traditions, and how can we replace the consumerism of the world around us with a bigger wonder of Jesus.
Oh and there is a bagpipe revelation too!

Scripture reference of the episode: Hebrews (again!) 12 v1-2

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Resources recommended:  So many this time!!
1.) Names of Jesus Advent Calendar (Holy bunting!) 
(https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/24485/names-of-jesus-advent-calendar)

2.) Lots of lovely things on this Christian Craft site, a kind of Etsy...
(https://cheerfullygiven.com)

3) Adult Advent devotional, Fixated by Tim Chester
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/27181/fixated

4) Sovereign Grace CD, Prepare Him Room
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/18461/prepare-him-room-cd

5) Home for Christmas CD by Phil Moore
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/27085/home-for-christmas-carol-service

6) The First Christmas Song toddler book by Alison Brewis
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/26926/give-away-the-first-christmas

7) Christmas Evangelistic tract, Are you ready for Christmas by Roger Carswell
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/21398/are-you-ready-for-christmas

Anna and Charley chat about friendship: what makes a good friend, why they find friendship hard and valuable, why Christian friendship is so encouraging and why the ultimate friend is the Lord Jesus.

Scripture reference of the episode: Hebrews 10:24-25

Books recommended:
1. True Friendship by Vaughan Roberts (https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products?q=true+friendship)
2. Relationships, a mess worth making by Paul Tripp and Timothy Lane (https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/2321/relationships) 

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2. Like and share the competition post and explain what friendship means to you

Or email us at: [email protected] if you don't have social media explaining what friendship means to you. 

Our next episode will be on Advent. 

Anna and Charley introduce their new podcast. 

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