Theocast
Christmas is Scandalous (with 1517)
December 21, 2021
Summary
In today’s episode, Jon and Justin have a conversation with friends from 1517 on the scandal of Christmas. We grow accustomed to talking about God becoming a man in order to suffer and die to save his people. But that is shocking news! Who would have ever planned salvation this way? We certainly would not have. But God did. The group discusses the humanity of Jesus, the purpose of the incarnation, the struggle of the disciples to understand the mission of Christ, as well as the point of Christmas.
Topics
- The scandal of God becoming man to save his people
- The humanity of Jesus and the purpose of the incarnation
- Why the disciples struggled to understand Christ’s mission
- Conversation with friends from 1517 on the point of Christmas
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Transcript
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Joy to the world, the Lord is come.
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare him rule and heaven and nature sing And heaven and nature sing And heaven and heaven and nature sing
Welcome to a special episode of Thirty Minutes in the New Testament, 40 minutes in the Old Testament, and Theocast.
We did this last year where the three podcasts come together to do a Christmas special.
I don't think we talked about this.
We didn't advertise it.
It's just a surprise in your feed, in whichever feed that you happen to be listening to.
So I'm Daniel Lenry Price.
I'm joined by Chad Bird, Eric Sorenson, Justin Perdue, and John Moffitt.
Now, that last year, they would have been like, wait a minute, isn't this like a six-guy thing?
I mean, isn't this like a three and three?
But no, Jimmy, Jimmy is working.
We miss him.
We love him.
We do.
We do.
So, Jimmy here in spirit.
He'll probably, maybe he'll listen to it, you know.
Yeah, Jimmy's got the jokes, man.
