Merry Christmas. On this Christmas Day, I hope you'll take some time to remember what the holiday is all about.

And the angel said to them,

Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior who

is Christ the Lord.

Well, Merry Christmas to you, and my prayer is that your day will be richly blessed in every way.

Now, I don't know what your Christmas season has been like,

but I know for a lot of us, it's been a busy time with lots of activity. And you know, Nancy,

during these holiday seasons, it's good sometimes to just stop, slow down, take a deep breath,

and let the Word of God wash over our hearts.

Yeah, I love that, Dana.

And that's why on this Christmas Day, this holy day, we thought it would be great to quiet our hearts and just focus on the words of Scripture.

We're going to listen to the simple Christmas story.

And I hope you'll be struck in a fresh way by the profound truth that God became man.

Emmanuel, God is with us.

Max McLean is an actor.

He's the president and artistic director of the Fellowship for the Performing Arts.

And for the next few moments, we'll hear Max bring the

scripture to life as God has uniquely gifted him to do. So now let's listen to Max McLean,

reading from the Gospel of Luke. The Gospel According to Luke, Chapter 1. Inasmuch as many have

undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished

among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word

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