12.25.24 A classic presentation of the Nativity story, Janie B. Cheaney’s thoughts on the Incarnation, and Advent music celebrating the arrival of the Messiah

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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A special Christmas day program featuring a classic presentation (https://wng.org/podcasts/the-greatest-story-never-told-1735064870) of the Nativity story. Plus, Janie B. Cheaney (https://wng.org/podcasts/janie-b-cheaney-the-birth-that-changed-everything-1735064871) reflects on the central event of history, Bonnie Pritchett highlights songs (https://wng.org/podcasts/the-music-of-christmas-1735064871) that echo the angels’ chorus, and the Wednesday morning news (https://wng.org/podcasts/wednesday-morning-news-december-25-2024-1735064870). Support The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate (https://donate.wng.org/). Additional support comes from Asbury University. Enrollment is now open for January online grad and undergrad classes. Asbury—where Christ is central. And from Season 2 of I-Witness: Silent Night, the student-led podcast drama following time-travelers to the first Christmas. On podcast apps or at: iwitnesspod.com (https://www.iwitnesspod.org/)

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0:00.0	Good morning and Merry Christmas.
0:07.0	Today a special Christmas Day program that includes a classic presentation of the Nativity story.
0:13.0	We must be like shepherds who come to worship.
0:17.0	We must be like wise men who kneel to adore.
0:24.6	Such is the story of Christmas.
0:30.8	Also today, World Commentator Janie B. Cheney on how Christ's birth changes everything.
0:42.3	And World's Bonnie Pritchett ends our program with the music of Christmas. It's Wednesday, December 25th.
0:44.8	This is the world and everything in it from listener-supported World Radio.
0:48.8	I'm Lindsay Mast.
0:49.9	And I'm Nick Einker.
0:51.1	Good morning.
0:52.9	Up next, Kent Covington with today's news.
0:56.8	A man accused of fatally setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train this week,
1:02.9	faced a judge in Brooklyn on Christmas Eve.
1:05.6	33-year-old Sebastian Zapata is charged with murder and arson.
1:10.1	The Guatemalan National was deported from the United
1:12.6	States in 2018, but later re-entered the country illegally, though it is not clear when.
1:18.3	The Texas Department of Public Safety is supporting the Border Patrol in combating illegal crossings,
1:23.8	and DPS Lieutenant Chris Olivares said Tuesday. This tragedy, the census tragedy that took place to New York on the subway, that's a prime
1:30.2	example of a gotaway that's been able to sneak into the country undetected.
1:33.7	The apparently random attack occurred Sunday morning at the Coney Island Rail Station in Brooklyn.
1:39.3	The grizzly crime has renewed calls by many to crack down on illegal immigration,
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