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The Christmas Stories (Paperback)
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The Christmas Stories (Paperback)
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The 'Christmas Story' as we know it, is derived from a mixture of
carols and carol services, nativity plays, children's Bibles and
paintings. The Bible itself offers two stories, each quite
different from the other, not just in detail, but in tone. Neither
of them is reproduced in the familiar Christmas story, and indeed,
that story sometimes runs counter to the biblical text. This book,
which incorporates some of the authors own stories and poems on the
Christmas theme, begins by examining the two biblical accounts in
turn: Matthew's, which is a dark tale, or at least as tale of light
shining in darkness, Luke's, which is full of light and joy. The
author explores the concept of the virgin birth, while
acknowledging that the narratives retain a certain ambiguity, and
looks at the strangely neglected question: given the world and the
God that we know, what story must we tell now? His response is that
the church itself desperately needs the vision of the God in a
manger, and must allow this vision (together with that of God on a
cross) to determine its theology and practice.
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