What Story Are You Celebrating? | Christmas | Matthew 1:18-25

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🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Is the biblical story of Jesus's virgin birth hard for you to believe? Can you imagine being in Joseph's shoes? In today's episode, https://twitter.com/TanyaWillmeth (Tanya) examines the birth of Jesus from Joseph's perspective in https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201%3A18-25&version=NIV (Matthew 1:18-25). Tune in to find out how Jesus's birth might've cost Joseph his reputation, but solved his deepest problem. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram), and https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO and @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks (https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast (https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast) Passages https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%201%3A18-25&version=NIV (Matthew 1:18-25) References https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57072421-is-christmas-unbelievable (Is Christmas Unbelievable? by Rebecca McLaughlin) Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks where we connect the Bible to your life in the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.0	I'm Tanya Wilmouth.
0:11.0	I'm Keith Simon.
0:12.0	And I'm Patrick Miller.
0:13.7	Right now we're in our Christmas series.
0:16.0	We're exploring the stories around Jesus birth and the prophecies pointing forward to it.
0:20.5	What's the craziest story you've ever believed? Or maybe the craziest story you've
0:26.9	needed someone else to believe. I've kind of lived by the motto of being on time, but not early, and I can remember as a senior in high school
0:34.7	leaving my house 12 minutes before the tardy bell rang to make it to physics class.
0:40.3	Cows in the road because a gate was left open or a tractor with a hay baylor behind it or a train on the tracks on the way into school were things I just didn't really account for.
0:52.0	The train was on me. I had to take the tardy
0:54.4	if that happened, but I could usually get my mom who was also a teacher to ride an excuse
0:58.6	for the other things. One fall day though as I left the driveway and headed down our country road toward the highway.
1:05.0	I rounded the corner and a helicopter landed on the road right in front of me.
1:10.0	The medics rushed out of the helicopter and into our neighbor's house and I sat there, hemmed in by the helicopter and really worried about the older couple inside.
1:19.0	Thankfully, they were able to get him to the hospital. He made a full recovery. But that day still goes down in history as the day my mom wrote a note to the secretary saying I was late because I got stuck behind a helicopter. In Matthew's Gospel, we're introduced to what some may consider the craziest story of all time,
1:37.2	and also someone who could have had a hard time believing it.
1:41.0	From a practical point of view, the biblical account of a virgin birth can sound unbelievable.
1:46.0	But what if you're Joseph, and you're the one hearing at first hand, from the angel?
1:51.0	And what if the news would completely change your world and maybe even cost
1:55.8	your reputation if you believed it. Listen to how Matthew begins. Now the birth of Jesus Christ
2:01.8	took place in this way.
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