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So good morning everybody and Merry Christmas. Thanks for joining us from wherever you're joining us

from. No doubt you have already seen or you will soon begin to see the signs and the bumper

stickers and the clings that say, Jesus is the reason for the season you may have already seen.

One of these, in fact, you may have one of these on your car or somewhere on a Christmas decoration

in your house. And I certainly appreciate the sentiment behind this that, you know, Jesus versus

the commercialization of Christmas. Let's keep Christ in Christmas. Jesus is the reason that we

know we celebrate Christmas. But if Jesus was correct and of course I think Jesus was certainly correct

and if the authors of the New Testament were correct and I certainly think they were correct

as well, it may be more accurate to say that you are the reason for the season and you are the

reason for the season and I'm the reason for the season because without us, there would be no

Christmas or more to the point. If we weren't such a mess, right? If we weren't such a mess,

no Christmas. For God's love, this rebel race, we talk about this all the time. For God's love,

this rebel race that he actually moved in our directions and as a savior. So maybe, and this is

probably a terrible idea. Some new clings or some new bumper stickers or maybe some new Christmas

tree ornaments are in order. Maybe one that says, I'm the reason for the season. That'll get you in

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