The Shepherds (4 of 4)
Series: Characters of Christmas
Jim Perdue
Luke 2:8-20
Intro/Attention
This morning, we are finishing up a series I've called Characters of Christmas. If you'll remember, back when I began this series, I asked you to think about my favorite Christmas decoration, a nativity scene. Imagine all the characters you place on the mantle or dining room table. And there, at the center of it all is the baby Jesus.
This is a short sermon series so by no means will we be exhaustive in our examination of the characters but I felt like this sermon series would be incomplete if I didn't include the shepherds. The shepherds of my favorite characters in the Christmas story. And we see their account in Luke 2:8-20. READ TEXT
*Most people in America are familiar with this passage, even if they rarely crack open a Bible. These verses from Luke have even entered the popular culture, through Linus' famous speech in the Charlie Brown Christmas video. Every December since 1965, in between televised scenes of the Grinch slithering around Whoville, and George Bailey being saved by Clarence the angel just as he's about to jump off the Bedford Falls bridge, and Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer running around the North Pole, and a really tall Elf saving Christmas in New York, we have Linus, who discovers the true meaning of Christmas in Luke 2. It's certainly a welcome change of pace this December to hear the Bible being quoted on television in between every single commercial being a political ad. But this Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas almost didn't happen. Apple bought the rights to the movie and first placed it exclusively on their subscription site, Apple+. So, you had to pay $4.99 if you wanted to watch it. Then, so as not to appear like a Scrooge company, they let PBS air it on December 13th. I'm sure you've seen the movie. If not, it's worth thirty minutes of your time.*
But here's a concern I have about all this. With all the annual rep ...
Series: Characters of Christmas
Jim Perdue
Luke 2:8-20
Intro/Attention
This morning, we are finishing up a series I've called Characters of Christmas. If you'll remember, back when I began this series, I asked you to think about my favorite Christmas decoration, a nativity scene. Imagine all the characters you place on the mantle or dining room table. And there, at the center of it all is the baby Jesus.
This is a short sermon series so by no means will we be exhaustive in our examination of the characters but I felt like this sermon series would be incomplete if I didn't include the shepherds. The shepherds of my favorite characters in the Christmas story. And we see their account in Luke 2:8-20. READ TEXT
*Most people in America are familiar with this passage, even if they rarely crack open a Bible. These verses from Luke have even entered the popular culture, through Linus' famous speech in the Charlie Brown Christmas video. Every December since 1965, in between televised scenes of the Grinch slithering around Whoville, and George Bailey being saved by Clarence the angel just as he's about to jump off the Bedford Falls bridge, and Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer running around the North Pole, and a really tall Elf saving Christmas in New York, we have Linus, who discovers the true meaning of Christmas in Luke 2. It's certainly a welcome change of pace this December to hear the Bible being quoted on television in between every single commercial being a political ad. But this Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas almost didn't happen. Apple bought the rights to the movie and first placed it exclusively on their subscription site, Apple+. So, you had to pay $4.99 if you wanted to watch it. Then, so as not to appear like a Scrooge company, they let PBS air it on December 13th. I'm sure you've seen the movie. If not, it's worth thirty minutes of your time.*
But here's a concern I have about all this. With all the annual rep ...
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