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And all to gather praise I come before his trial today he opens

to give us

son,

to give us his own son,

The Christmas hymn appointed for the first Sunday after Christmas, let all together praise our God.

The joy and the festiveness of Christmas cannot be isolated to one celebration or even two.

A short Christmas season has begun this coming Sunday, the first Sunday after Christmas,

and Jesus is presented in the temple in Luke chapter 2.

We hear the famous song of Simeon, the Nunc Domeness.

Greetings, and welcome to Issues, etc.

Coming to you from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois.

I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We'll be looking forward to Sunday morning,

according to the one-year lectionary, with Pastor Will Whedon of the Word of the Lord Endures Forever.

Then we'll conclude today's show, studying the Christmas hymn, O Little Town of Bethlehem,

with Dr. Arthur Just of Concordia Theological Seminary.

Pastor Paul Lutheran Church in Hamill, Illinois,

formerly served as director of worship for the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod.

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