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Truth in Love

TIL 186: Christmas Traditions (feat. Summer Johnson)

Truth in Love

Association of Certified Biblical Counselors

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8628 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

On this special Christmas edition of Truth in Love Dale and his wife Summer share about their Christmas traditions including: advent, giving back to Jesus Christ, and how they spend Christmas day. “We wanted to turn Christmas into giving back to Christ” - Summer “There is a way in which we can serve the Lord Jesus and give him a gift when we celebrate his birthday.” – Dale ADVENT RESOURCES: - Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas - Ann Voskamp - Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional - Paul Tripp

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Christmas traditions on this edition of Truth and Love.

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I'm Dale Johnson and you're listening to Truth and Love,

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a podcast of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors,

0:18.9

where we seek to provide biblical solutions for the problems that people face.

0:24.9

I am absolutely thrilled to be here with you this week on Christmas Eve.

0:31.8

This week we're doing a special edition podcast talking about Christmas traditions, particularly Christmas traditions in the Johnson family

0:42.1

household. And I couldn't be more excited to have with me, my wife, Summer, to talk a little bit

0:49.4

about our Christmas traditions and favorite memories that we have. I think this will be a great way for you guys

0:55.7

to be introduced to her, to hear a little bit about her and some of the things that we think are

1:00.3

special in our home during this time of year. For both of us, what a fun time it is for us to

1:08.0

enjoy Christmas together. We both love this time of year when the days begin to get

1:13.2

cool and fall rolls around and we begin to celebrate this time of year. And so, babe, I am so glad

1:20.6

that you're here with me. It did take some talking to, talking you into coming to join me today.

1:26.1

This is typically not your thing. But I'm so glad that

1:29.7

you're here just having a conversation with me to talk about some of the things that we enjoy doing.

1:35.0

So, babe, I'm so glad you're here. Thanks so much, babe. Now, we all do Christmas sometimes a little

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differently. Hopefully, we think about Christ as being the centerpiece

1:44.8

of Christmas in this time of year. But let's talk about some of the things that we may do

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distinctly summer as we talk about Christmas traditions. What are some of the things that we do in the

1:57.6

Johnson home as we lead up to the celebration of Christmas. So typically after

2:03.3

Thanksgiving, we pretty much immediately like to go and find a real Christmas tree. The Fraser

2:10.3

Fur has always been our favorite. At times, in the past, we've gone to a Christmas tree farm

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