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Decades ago, we've been decades ago evangelicalism in America caught on to something.

It's a pale imitation of the truth, but they had at least a kernel of truth in there.

They understood that the church, the local congregation especially, ought to be understood as a family. And for many, that was the attraction. The church became a surrogate family

for people who were far away from their loved ones or didn't have loved ones. But there's more

to church as a family than just the church acting like family or substituting for family.

In a spiritual and theological sense, the church is, in fact, family.

Welcome back to issues, et cetera.

I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us to talk about church's family.

Pastor Christopher Nuttelman.

He's pastor of Hope Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan,

and Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in West Isle of Michigan.

He's author of a column titled The Family of the Last Adam.

Pastor Nuttelman, welcome.

Great to be with you, Todd.

Why did Martin Luther think of Christmas as a holy day for the Christian family?

Well, I think it's kind of baked in to the celebration of our Lord's birth.

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