You're listening to Family Talk, the radio broadcasting division of the James Dobson Family Institute.

I am that James Dobson, and I'm so pleased that you've joined us today.

Well, welcome to Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute.

I'm Roger Marsh, and we are so glad you've joined us for this Christmas Eve edition of our

broadcast, whether your family has already gotten into the gift giving, as many families do

on the day of Christmas Eve, or perhaps you're heading out to church worship services, or

maybe heading back from church worship services or maybe heading back

from church worship services right now.

We are so grateful that you've joined us for this special day where we commemorate the birth

of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

You know, one of the beautiful things about the Advent season is it literally is twofold.

On the first part, we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

our Messiah, whose birth was foretold nearly 700 years prior by the prophet Isaiah. But secondly,

we also remember during the Advent season that in the same way the early church was anticipating

the birth of their Messiah, today the church triumphant here in 2025 is celebrating the return of

Jesus Christ, and we are anticipating his return. Gosh, when you look at the headlines all around us,

it seems like that return could be happening any moment, and we are so very, very grateful. On today's

edition of Family Talk, we're going to enjoy one of Dr. Dobson's favorite traditions,

which was sitting down every month and writing a personal letter to each of his ministry friends.

And what you're about to hear is a letter that I read from Dr. Dobson's hand a couple of years ago

that is more poignant even today as we remember that this is the first Christmas celebration

that we will be commemorating

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