Tag: Truth in the Tinsel

• We count

  Christmas Countdown Day 12 focused on the census. As part of a worldwide Roman census, Joseph took Mary, now great with child, on a road trip to Bethlehem. They were two in the midst of thousands upon thousands traveling across the countryside to obey the law that they be counted. As they passed through the…

  Jill Cobb

  December 12, 2013

  Christmas, Christmas Countdown

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• Call him Jesus

  Christmas Countdown Day 11 focused on the name of Jesus. As Joseph slept, an angel spoke to his heart. Joseph was introduced to the name he would give his adopted son: Jesus. That beautiful name means “to save”, and the angel told Joseph that Jesus would save us from our sins. The Gospel writer Matthew…

  Jill Cobb

  December 11, 2013

  Christmas, Christmas Countdown

  Christmas Countdown, Emmanuel, God with us, Jesus, Joseph, Messiah, save, Savior, the name of Jesus, Truth in the Tinsel