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We praise you, Jesus, at your birth, clothed in flesh you came to earth the virgin bears a sinless boy and all the angels sing for joy

all the christmas hymn we sing for joy. Alleluia.

The Christmas hymn, we praise you, Jesus at your birth.

The Gospels tell us of Christ's birth in several different ways.

We're familiar, of course, with Luke's account,

which is the fullest account of Christ's birth,

and yet John has a way of discussing

Jesus' birth in a way that is deep and profound and really some have said theological, more about

the incarnation than about the event of the birth itself. The word became flesh and dwelt among us.

Merry Christmas on this Christmas Day. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We're going

to be talking about Jesus' birth according to John's Gospel, Dr. John Bumbrow, as we look forward

to the Nativity of our Lord according to the one-year lectionary for Christmas Day.

Then in hour two, we'll study the Christmas hymn.

Angels we have heard on high with Dr. Arthur Jess of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Dr. John Bombarro is senior pastor of St. James Lutheran Church in Lafayette, Indiana.

He's a Navy chaplain serving the Marine Corps.

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