Our reputations matter because they impact how much people trust us and how much they engage with us. But it’s even bigger than that, because when you represent something bigger than you, your reputation’s impact goes beyond you. How people see the church—and, by extension, Jesus—is often a function of how they see those who claim to follow Jesus. We have an opportunity to help repair that reputation.

How is it that a baby born in a very unremarkable village, to otherwise two unremarkable peasant parents, in what was considered the armpit of the Roman empire, how is it that this baby, born 2000 years ago, in those circumstances, is adored by people all over the world 2000 years later?

Jesus, who was more of a king than any other king, came to interact with his people like no other king. He came to offer what no other king could offer. The character of the King shows us he is worth following.

As Jesus followers, we are required to look at the cruelty, injustice, and suffering in the world. It’s a reminder to us of why God sent his Son. He sent a King to lead and instruct us in a different way of living. It’s the reason God sent Jesus and the reason we have Christmas.

On Christmas, we celebrate the birth of a king, not merely a forgiver of sin and a conscience cleanser. Jesus didn’t come primarily to forgive. He came to be followed.

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When we begin to see God as the perfect father, we understand his pure love for us. No matter what we do, or where we go, we belong and are welcome to come back home to him. That’s not always easy to embrace, which is why Jesus told three stories to a crowd of misbehaviors to help them see God for who he really is – our loving, Heavenly Father.

What does it mean when we say we have individual rights? Do we all have the same rights or do we have different rights? In American culture, we are asking whether or not gay marriage is like interracial marriage and whether or not a woman has a right to abortion? Jesus shows us a different set of rights.

Our world is doing everything it can to provide humanity with the perfect life. Our world is attempting to establish human flourishing apart from God. How effective has the world been with re-establishing human flourishing? We’ll find that humanity only flourishes when we live under His authority.

If you repay evil for evil, you will write a pretty predictable story. But there’s a way to write a remarkable one instead.