The 12 Ways of Christmas
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Bring more meaning and wonder into the Christmas season and throughout the whole year!
Oftentimes we find ourselves so caught up in the busyness of Christmas that we don’t take time to experience the true sense of wonder and awe around us. In The 12 Ways of Christmas, New York Times best-selling author, David Jeremiah touches on twelve aspects that make the season more meaningful for everyone: wonder, sacrifice, humility, charity, creativity, simplicity, affection, reflection, giving, children, music, and tradition. They’re all perspectives that capture the true spirit of why we celebrate Christmas, and how we can live them out through the next twelve months of the year.
Dr. David Jeremiah
Dr. David Jeremiah is the founder of Turning Point, an international ministry committed to providing Christians with sound Bible teaching through radio and television, the internet, live events, and resource materials and books. He is the author of more than fifty books, including Where Do We Go From Here?, Forward, The World of the End, and The Great Disappearance. Dr. Jeremiah serves as the senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California. He and his wife, Donna, have four grown children and twelve grandchildren.
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The 12 Ways of Christmas
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WONDER
SACRIFICE
HUMILITY
CHARITY
CREATIVITY
SIMPLICITY
AFFECTION
REFLECTION
GIVING
CHILDREN
MUSIC
TRADITION
WONDER
If you engage a typical American child below the age of, say, eight, and ask him what he would most like to know about Christmas, you might get an answer along these lines: I wonder how Santa Claus carries enough toys in his sleigh for all the kids in the world.
I wonder how Santa gets in my house since we don’t have a chimney.
I wonder how reindeer can fly.
I wonder why nobody’s ever seen Santa’s house at the North Pole.
In other words, the sense of wonder children have about Christmas is all about Santa Claus, not Jesus! When the true meaning of Christmas is understood, here are some things I’ve heard children wonder about: Where did Jesus live before He came to live on earth?
How could God become a baby?
What did the baby Jesus come to earth to do?