The Glory of Christmas
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
When we think of the nativity scene, we often focus on the humble circumstances of our Savior's birth. Today, R.C. Sproul reminds us that Jesus' arrival into the world was also accompanied by a display of heavenly glory.
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| 0:00.0 | Today, on renewing your mind, |
| 0:30.0 | we can live up the sky. |
| 0:32.0 | As a culture, we set aside a day and December |
| 0:34.7 | to celebrate that event, |
| 0:36.8 | but unfortunately many get lost in the hustle and bustle |
| 0:39.6 | of the season and forget that Christ, |
| 0:42.1 | the God-man, came to save his people. |
| 0:45.6 | We can learn an important lesson from the shepherds |
| 0:48.1 | who were in Bethlehem that night. |
| 0:50.1 | Today, R.C. Sproul looks back to the Zive Witnesses |
| 0:53.3 | who were the first to behold the glory of Christmas. |
| 1:00.5 | I remember in the decade of the 60s, |
| 1:02.7 | in fact, was in the late 60s that my wife and I |
| 1:05.9 | were living briefly in Philadelphia. |
| 1:09.1 | And shortly after we moved to the city of Brotherly Love, |
| 1:13.4 | we spent a day touring the city, |
| 1:15.6 | seeing all the famous sites that go back |
| 1:17.6 | to the revolutionary period. |
| 1:20.6 | And that evening, we went to Independence Hall. |
| 1:24.8 | And we sat in the courtyard outside of the building |
| 1:28.9 | to witness a new kind of dramatic entertainment |
| 1:34.8 | called a sound and light show. |
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