Well, hello everyone, and Merry Christmas to you all. I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I hope you're

enjoying this wonderful holiday with friends and family and celebrating the birth of our Lord and

Savior Jesus Christ. Over 2,000 years ago, the very

son of God left the glory of heaven to become a child and ultimately pay the penalty for our sins

through his perfect sacrifice. You'll hear more about Christ's purpose while he was here on earth today and yesterday

we took that occasion to air the first part of a program, a message actually that was given on

Christmas Day by Dr. Adrian Rogers. He was the pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church, and many of his sermons have been

heard ever since, even posthumously on his program, Love Worth Finding. I listened to him still

today. It's amazing how relevant his messages are. And what we heard last time was the first

half of a message called Stars and Scars of Christmas. It's a Christmas message. And if you heard

it yesterday, you are excited as we are about hearing the balance of this program.

You might even find out what he means by the title, Stars and Scars of Christmas.

Dr. Rogers was on my board of directors when I was at Focus on a Family a number of years ago,

and we loved him.

I said yesterday, and I repeated today that he was almost a brother to me,

and I miss him still today. His wife Joyce is our friend to this day, and we love her and

pray for her and pray for her family to this time. Now, we're going to hear the second

half of that message today, as I indicated, and I hope you will be blessed by it. This is Dr. Adrian

Rogers speaking on a Christmas Day at Bellevue Baptist Church on the subject, stars and scars of Christmas.

Now, here's a big question. Why? Why would God Almighty, who could do anything, whatever he

wants, whenever he wants? why would he choose to suffer?

Second point.

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