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During today's conversation on Back Porch theology,

Ali and I are happily diving into all things advent.

And we're focusing on a few ancient outliers in biblical antiquity who would naturally have

been invited to clean out stalls in some first century barn,

but would never have been invited to anybody's party.

Well, anybody except the Creator of the universe.

What does it mean for us today that 2,000 years ago God chose a group of outliers,

with a reputation for petty thievry who were nomadic, illiterate,

maligned in rabbinic literature, and scorned by pretty much everybody to be

the very first humans, besides Joe and Mary, of course, to witness the incarnation God made man. Why is it so significant

that God chose the least of us to greet the one who came to rescue and redeem all of us.

Today we're making a life-giving visit back in time to that original

nativity scene in Bethlehem and our proverbial tour bus

comes complete with a spoiler alert too because Dr Howard is going to exigete a

passage in revelation that rivals Dr Luke's birth narrative but that's not until the

end of the episode so you're to have to hang with us the whole time,

which means you better grab a mega mug of coffee and your Bible,

unless you're hot gluing a rope headband to a bathrobe for some precious

pumpkin in your life who's been chosen for the super important, albeit non-speaking role of a shepherd

in the church, Christmas play, of course, and come sit for a spell on the porch with us. Hey, hey back porters! It's Allison Allen, the 5 foot 12 wingwoman to Lisa Harper for back porchiology,

and we are so glad that you are joining us again for this kind of seasonal content.

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