The Point: Linus, This is Your Cue
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2021
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
According to Lifeway Research, over 90 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas, but only 22 percent feel confident they could retell the story of the Jesus' birth from memory. 17 percent said they couldn't remember any of it!
It's tempting to cry out with Charlie Brown, "Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?!?!" Maybe it's time to whip out the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, and watch Charlie go through the motions of the holiday season without knowing why. Right when he is at his wit's end, Linus steps into the spotlight, literally, and recites the Nativity story from Luke's Gospel.
The more our world detaches from the Bible, the more it detaches from truth. What the world needs are more Linus-es. Only the Church has the words of life, the message that explains, not only the reason for the season, but the real story of the world, why it is the way it is, and how God took on flesh to make all things new
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| 0:00.0 | Are we a nation of Charlie Browns? For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the Point. |
| 0:04.3 | According to Lifeway research, over 90% of Americans celebrate Christmas. But only 22% feel |
| 0:09.9 | confident they could retell the story of Jesus' birth from memory. And 17% said they couldn't |
| 0:15.3 | remember any of it. After hearing that, it's attempting to cry out with Charlie Brown. |
| 0:18.9 | Is there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about? Maybe it's time to whip out that Charlie Brown. Is there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about? |
| 0:21.5 | Maybe it's time to whip out that Charlie Brown Christmas special again. Watch Charlie go through the motions of the holiday season without knowing why. |
| 0:28.4 | Right when he's at the end of his rope, Linus steps in to the spotlight, literally, and recites the nativity story from Luke's gospel. |
| 0:35.5 | See, the more that our world detaches from the Bible, the more it detaches from truth. |
| 0:39.8 | And what the world needs right now are more Linesis. |
| 0:42.2 | Only the church has the words of life, the message. |
| 0:44.7 | That explains not only the reason for the season, but the story of the world, why it is the way that it is, |
| 0:50.3 | and how the God who made it took on flash in order to make all things new. |
| 0:54.7 | For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with The Point. |
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