What good is a birthday if the person who the birthday is for is not welcome?

Dr. Tony Evans says we need to stay focused on the reason we celebrate.

Because he came, you have eternal life.

No party can give you that.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Crowds are a part of the Christmas season. Parking lots packed, stores overflowing,

schedules filled to the brim. But Dr. Evans says the danger isn't just a crowded calendar, it's a crowded heart that leaves no room for Christ. Let's listen as he challenges

us to recognize, honor, and make a place for the Lord in the midst of the busyness of the season.

Wherever you go this Christmas, you're going to run into crowds. There's going to be plenty of folk

who will crowd Jesus out.

If this innkeeper only knew that the baby that there was no room for was the long-awaited Messiah, things would have changed.

No, the innkeeper had no room.

And the question is, do you have any room?

Is there any space to give Jesus Christ his due?

Now, the second person who missed Christ on Christmas was King Herod.

In Matthew chapter 2, verse 3, we read these words, when Herod. In Matthew chapter 2, verse 3, we read these words. When Herod the king heard this,

he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him. When he heard what? When he heard about the wise

men, but they said, where is the king of the Jews?

Herod said, I'm the king of the Jews. You see, Herod, like many of us, don't have room for two kings.

Because we've decided to be our own king and the only king. We've decided to be masters of our own

fate, captains of our own ship.

We don't mind Jesus being the vicinity as long as he's not the ruler.

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