Christmas is officially in the air! We all know Christmas is coming up on December 25th, and it is the day in which we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. But, should we be? I mean, was Jesus really born in December? In this episode, Cameron and Dr. J take a look at some of their favorite Christmas songs before examining the Christmas story a bit more closely. And, as we do so, we find that just as we approach this Christmas season with our own expectations, people had their expectations of for the first Christmas, too.

03:12 — What is your favorite Christmas song?

05:01 — Is there a little drummer boy anywhere in the Christmas story?

07:04 — Without just saying, “Jesus,” what is the true meaning of Christmas?

09:13 — How do we know Jesus was born on December 25th? Was Jesus really born then?

10:36 — Then, why do we celebrate Christmas on that day?

13:02 — Why then? Like, out of all the time periods of history, why was Jesus born then?

15:09 — Why Bethlehem? Why was Jesus born where He was born?

17:01 — Why is the virgin birth so important? Why couldn’t Jesus have been simply born? Why does it matter that Mary was a virgin?

20:22 — Why did God the Father choose Mary?

23:02 — What does the Christmas story teach us about our expectations?

27:52 — Why would God send His Son into the world as a baby?

30:27 — This Christmas season, how can we learn to trust the Lord like Mary did?

For more content on this episode’s questions, we invite you to check out a sermon by Dr. Jason Karampatsos in the first week of the Do You Hear What I Hear? series at https://nlag.net/sermons/do-you-hear-what-i-hear-week-one/.

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