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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Michael Barry Show in nineteen seventy seven. I was
a wee willie of seven years old. The Billy Graham
Christmas Special featured a combination of spiritual teachings, the Bible, music,
holiday themes. It had guest performances by Johnny Cash and
(00:25):
of course his wife June Carter Cash, and they sang
I heard the bells on Christmas Day and it was
an interesting way to connect kind of pop culture music
with a Christian crowd. It's hard to imagine how big
(00:46):
Billy Graham was back in the day.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Take my word for it, but at the end of
it all.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
There's beautiful music, there's the trappings of the secular Christmas
portion of it. At the end of it all, Billy
Graham brought the focus to the core message of Christmas,
which is the birth of Jesus Christ and the themes
(01:13):
of hope, faith, unity, salvation. I think it's really really
well done, and that's why we've chosen it for this
week as your bonus podcast. This is Billy Graham, the
nineteen seventy seven Christmas Message.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Enjoy the most thrilling season of the year is Christmas,
and in some ways this should be one of the
best Christmas seasons that Americans have spent in many years.
It's certainly been one of the best We've ever had
to have members of our own family here, and our
team family and Johnny and June Cash. What a Christmas
season this has been for us. But this past year,
(01:53):
we've visited a number of countries throughout the world preaching
the Gospel, and in many of the places that we visited,
we sent that some sort of crisis threatens the very
foundations of their societies. Thus, as we celebrate Christmas, ominous
clouds are gathering on the horizon in many parts of
the world that could affect the whole world, including your
(02:15):
world and mind. In addition, I'm speaking to many of
you tonight who have.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Your own personal crisis.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
It could be in your home, your health, your work,
or just the pressures of life itself. But in the
midst of all these problems there comes the message of Christmas,
with all of its hope, its goodwill.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
And its cheer.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
I think the message of Christmas has been generally misunderstood
and misapplied. Some think only of business, profits, shopping gifts, tensil, toys.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
And celebrations.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Others think only of Bethlehem, of the star in the sky,
shepherds in the field, and angels singing, And still others
cynically ask where is the Prince of Peace? But the
real Christmas message goes much deeper. It answers all the
great questions that plagued the human race.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
At this or any other hour.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
The Christmas message is relevant, revolutionary, and reassuring.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
In a world of confusion and crisis.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
It can be summed up in three tremendous events, a birth,
a death, and the climax of human history. First, the birth,
on that first Christmas night, the Bible tells of the
Angel who said to the fearful shepherds, as we read
a few minutes ago, fear not, for behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to
(03:40):
all people. What is the real meaning of these good tidings?
During various wars, many a mother tries to keep in
memory of her young son's father fresh on the boy's mind.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
I heard of one during World War.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Two who took her young son into the bedroom every
day and they would stand and gaze at all lot
large portrait of the father who was away at war.
And one day the young boy looked long and wistfully
at his father's picture and said to his mother, Mom,
wouldn't it be great if Dad would just step down
from the frame. For centuries men had looked into the heavens,
(04:17):
longing for God to step out of the frame. At
Bethlehem two thousand years ago, God did exactly that. He
stepped out of the frame. That virgin born baby was
God in human form. He humbled himself, he took the
form of a servant. He was made in your likeness
(04:38):
and mind. He identified himself with our problems and the
problems of the whole human race. Thus it was that
the apostle John wrote, the Word was made flesh and
dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father. In the
early days of the nineteenth century, the world was following
(05:00):
with fear and.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Trembling the march of Napoleon.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Day after day they waited with impatience for the latest
news of the battlefields and of the wars, and all
the while in their homes babies were being born. In
just one year, lying midway between the battles of Trafalca
and Waterloo, there came into the world a host of
heroes during.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
That year of eighteen o nine.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Gladstone was born in Liverpool, Alfred Tennyson was born in Lincolnshire.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Oliver Wendell Holmes was born.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
In Massachusetts, Frederick Chopin was born in Warsaw, Felix Mendelssong
was born in Hamburg, and Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky.
But nobody thought of babies. Everybody was thinking of battles. Yet,
one hundred and sixty eight years later, with a truer
perspective which the years enable us to command, we can
(05:56):
ask ourselves.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Which of the battles of eighteen.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
O nine mattered more than the babies of eighteen oh nine.
What a difference the baby born in Bethlehem's manga two
thousand years ago has made in our world, the educational
systems he has inspired, the social reforms that his teachings
have instituted, and the transformation of families.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
And lives and nations. Secondly, there's a death.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Christmas to have meaning cannot be separated from the cross.
The Angel said at the birth of Jesus, he shall
save his people from their sins. Jesus himself said speaking
of his death. To this end was our born. The
apostle Paul years later said to young Timothy Christ, Jesus
(06:48):
came into.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
The world to save sinners.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
The central message of Christmas to me is that Jesus Christ,
by his death and resurrection, can transform both in individuals
and society. Almost everyone, at some time or another senses
that he's a moral failure and suffers.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Some form of guilt.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Almost every newspaper a magazine that we pick up in
almost every newscast we watch show hate, lust, greed, prejudice,
and corruption manifesting themselves in a thousand ways every day.
The fact that we have policemen, jails, and military forces
indicates that something is radically wrong.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
With human nature.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Every time I bought an airplane, they search my luggage,
my briefcase, and sometimes even my clothes. Then I'm made
aware again of the disease of human nature. You see,
man is actually a paradox. On the one hand, there
is futility and sin. On the other hand, there's goodness, kindness, gentleness,
(07:52):
and love. On the one hand, he's a moral failure,
but on the other hand, he has capacities that would
relate him to God.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
No wonder.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Paul spoke of man's disease as the mystery of iniquity.
The Bible teaches that the human race is moralist sick.
The disease has affected every phase of man's life and society.
The Bible calls this disease sin. The Bible teaches that
we are sinners and that the only cure for sin
(08:23):
is the blood of Christ that was shed on that cross.
At this Christmas season, many churches will be celebrating communion,
and when we put the wine into grape juice to
our lips, it is a symbol of that blood that
was shed. One of the most important aspects of the
worship of ancient Judaism was the shedding of blood to
(08:46):
make atonement for sin.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
The word blood symbolized in the.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Old Antony of Testament a life that has been given.
Christ became the lamb slain from the foundation of the
world for the sins of mankind. The Cross and the
Resurrection stand as man's only hope. It was on Good
Friday and Easter that God did for man what man
could not do for himself. From these two momentous events,
(09:15):
God is saying to sinful man, I love you, but
he is also saying I can forgive you. This is
the good news of Christmas. But you must also do something.
You must humble yourself and admit your sin and your
moral failure, and then by faith turned to Him as
Lord and savior. You must say, as the publican, did
(09:39):
God be merciful to me?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
A sinner?
Speaker 3 (09:43):
The scripture says, a broken and a contrite heart. God
will not despise. This is the good news that the
world is morally, psychologically, and spiritually looking for right now.
Some of you may dismiss it as ridiculous and idiotic.
The Apostle Paul himself said, the preaching of the cross
is I know, nonsense to those who are involved in
(10:06):
this dying world, But to us who are being saved
from that debt, it is nothing less than the power
of God. We all admit that we need some sweeping
social reforms, and in true repentance, we must determine to do.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Something about it.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
But our greatest need is a change in the heart.
That is why Jesus said you must be born again.
That is why he said unless you repent, you will perish.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
The Apostle Paul.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
And his famous sermon in Athens, said God now commanded
all men everywhere to repent, because he hath the point
of a day in which he will judge the world
who should repent everybody. This is what the Cross calls for.
(10:56):
The heart of the message of the Cross is simple, perish.
It's as simple as that, and it's also the message
of Christmas. Thirdly, there's that glorious hope. There is the
wonderful climax to human history. We're not wandering aimlessly about.
There is hope for us that there's going to be
(11:19):
a culmination to history as we know it. There's more
to Christmas than the birth and the death of Christ.
There's also the ultimate triumph of God's kingdom, you know.
Chiseled into the cornerstone of the United Nations building is
a quotation from the Bible that has never yet been fulfilled.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
It reads like this, They shall beat.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
They learn war anymore.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
That's a thrilling hope at this moment of history. It
has often been repeated by men who long for peace. However,
this quotation must not be taken out of context. The
passage speaks of the time when the Messiah will reign
over the whole earth.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
This is the.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
Era of which Jesus taught us to pray in the
Lord's prayer. Thy Kingdom Come, Thy will be done in earth.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
As it is in heaven.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
This is the time when he who came as a
baby at Bethlehem shall come as King of kings and
Lord of lords. The Bible teaches that there will be
a close to history as we know it.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Man will have his last armageddon.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
But when it seems that man is about to destroy himself,
God will intervene. Christ will return. At his birth, he
was in the stall of an animal. At his death
he wore a crown of thorns. But when he comes again,
it will be as the commander in chief of the
armies of Heaven. He will take control of this war
(12:55):
weary world and bring the permanent peace that we strive for.
In longfall, a new world will be formed, a new
social order will emerge in the midst of so much
gloom and pessimism in many parts of the world that
we've seen this year, or perhaps even in your own heart.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
We're not to wring our hands.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
The Angel said to the frightened shepherds two thousand years ago.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Fear not, Jesus says, let not your heart be troubled.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
If I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again. There's a fairly new gospel song entitled
the King Is Coming.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
I love it. The King is coming.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
And when he comes, sin will be eliminated, Tears will
be wiped from every eye, Disease shall be no more,
and even death, man's greatest.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Enemy will be eliminated from the human race.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and wars
shall be no more. This is the promise of Christmas.
This is our hope. This is the Christmas Star that
lights our evening darkness. This is the assurance that a
new day is coming through the Messiah, whose name is
called by Isaiah, the Prophet, Wonderful counselor Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
(14:16):
and Prince of Peace.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
This is God's gift of Christmas. This is the message
that I've.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Had the privilege of preaching around the world on every continent,
and these my team members have joined me as we've
proclaimed it together in song and word to many different cultures,
and no matter where we've gone, it's the message of
this good news that meets the need of the human heart.
Perhaps until now you've been celebrating this Christmas and every
(14:47):
Christmas of your.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Life for the wrong reasons.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
How many Christmases have come and gone without your ever
really knowing Jesus Christ and the gift of new life
he brings. I'm going to ask you toda something on
this Christmas that we've just seen hundreds of thousands.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Do around the world. Whoever you are, wherever you are,
whether you're.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Alone or in a room somewhere, or surrounded by your
loved ones, I'm asking you, all of you, together, even
whole families, right now, to bow your heads and pray
this prayer with me. Oh God, I have sinned against thee.
I'm sorry for my sin. I'm willing to turn from
(15:32):
my sins, and by faith I receive.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
In Jesus' name, Amen, and now on behalf of all
of us. May this Christmas mark the beginning of a
new life for you and your family, as you make
Jesus Christ the Lord and save you of your life.
Good Night and a blessed Christmas from our house to
(15:58):
your House.
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The Michael Barry Show in nineteen seventy seven. I was
a wee willie of seven years old. The Billy Graham
Christmas Special featured a combination of spiritual teachings, the Bible, music,
holiday themes. It had guest performances by Johnny Cash and
(00:25):
of course his wife June Carter Cash, and they sang
I heard the bells on Christmas Day and it was
an interesting way to connect kind of pop culture music
with a Christian crowd. It's hard to imagine how big
(00:46):
Billy Graham was back in the day.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Take my word for it, but at the end of
it all.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
There's beautiful music, there's the trappings of the secular Christmas
portion of it. At the end of it all, Billy
Graham brought the focus to the core message of Christmas,
which is the birth of Jesus Christ and the themes
(01:13):
of hope, faith, unity, salvation. I think it's really really
well done, and that's why we've chosen it for this
week as your bonus podcast. This is Billy Graham, the
nineteen seventy seven Christmas Message.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Enjoy the most thrilling season of the year is Christmas,
and in some ways this should be one of the
best Christmas seasons that Americans have spent in many years.
It's certainly been one of the best We've ever had
to have members of our own family here, and our
team family and Johnny and June Cash. What a Christmas
season this has been for us. But this past year,
(01:53):
we've visited a number of countries throughout the world preaching
the Gospel, and in many of the places that we visited,
we sent that some sort of crisis threatens the very
foundations of their societies. Thus, as we celebrate Christmas, ominous
clouds are gathering on the horizon in many parts of
the world that could affect the whole world, including your
(02:15):
world and mind. In addition, I'm speaking to many of
you tonight who have.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Your own personal crisis.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
It could be in your home, your health, your work,
or just the pressures of life itself. But in the
midst of all these problems there comes the message of Christmas,
with all of its hope, its goodwill.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
And its cheer.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
I think the message of Christmas has been generally misunderstood
and misapplied. Some think only of business, profits, shopping gifts, tensil, toys.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
And celebrations.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Others think only of Bethlehem, of the star in the sky,
shepherds in the field, and angels singing, And still others
cynically ask where is the Prince of Peace? But the
real Christmas message goes much deeper. It answers all the
great questions that plagued the human race.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
At this or any other hour.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
The Christmas message is relevant, revolutionary, and reassuring.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
In a world of confusion and crisis.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
It can be summed up in three tremendous events, a birth,
a death, and the climax of human history. First, the birth,
on that first Christmas night, the Bible tells of the
Angel who said to the fearful shepherds, as we read
a few minutes ago, fear not, for behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to
(03:40):
all people. What is the real meaning of these good tidings?
During various wars, many a mother tries to keep in
memory of her young son's father fresh on the boy's mind.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
I heard of one during World War.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
Two who took her young son into the bedroom every
day and they would stand and gaze at all lot
large portrait of the father who was away at war.
And one day the young boy looked long and wistfully
at his father's picture and said to his mother, Mom,
wouldn't it be great if Dad would just step down
from the frame. For centuries men had looked into the heavens,
(04:17):
longing for God to step out of the frame. At
Bethlehem two thousand years ago, God did exactly that. He
stepped out of the frame. That virgin born baby was
God in human form. He humbled himself, he took the
form of a servant. He was made in your likeness
(04:38):
and mind. He identified himself with our problems and the
problems of the whole human race. Thus it was that
the apostle John wrote, the Word was made flesh and
dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory
as of the only begotten of the Father. In the
early days of the nineteenth century, the world was following
(05:00):
with fear and.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Trembling the march of Napoleon.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Day after day they waited with impatience for the latest
news of the battlefields and of the wars, and all
the while in their homes babies were being born. In
just one year, lying midway between the battles of Trafalca
and Waterloo, there came into the world a host of
heroes during.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
That year of eighteen o nine.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Gladstone was born in Liverpool, Alfred Tennyson was born in Lincolnshire.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Oliver Wendell Holmes was born.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
In Massachusetts, Frederick Chopin was born in Warsaw, Felix Mendelssong
was born in Hamburg, and Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky.
But nobody thought of babies. Everybody was thinking of battles. Yet,
one hundred and sixty eight years later, with a truer
perspective which the years enable us to command, we can
(05:56):
ask ourselves.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Which of the battles of eighteen.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
O nine mattered more than the babies of eighteen oh nine.
What a difference the baby born in Bethlehem's manga two
thousand years ago has made in our world, the educational
systems he has inspired, the social reforms that his teachings
have instituted, and the transformation of families.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
And lives and nations. Secondly, there's a death.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
Christmas to have meaning cannot be separated from the cross.
The Angel said at the birth of Jesus, he shall
save his people from their sins. Jesus himself said speaking
of his death. To this end was our born. The
apostle Paul years later said to young Timothy Christ, Jesus
(06:48):
came into.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
The world to save sinners.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
The central message of Christmas to me is that Jesus Christ,
by his death and resurrection, can transform both in individuals
and society. Almost everyone, at some time or another senses
that he's a moral failure and suffers.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Some form of guilt.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Almost every newspaper a magazine that we pick up in
almost every newscast we watch show hate, lust, greed, prejudice,
and corruption manifesting themselves in a thousand ways every day.
The fact that we have policemen, jails, and military forces
indicates that something is radically wrong.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
With human nature.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Every time I bought an airplane, they search my luggage,
my briefcase, and sometimes even my clothes. Then I'm made
aware again of the disease of human nature. You see,
man is actually a paradox. On the one hand, there
is futility and sin. On the other hand, there's goodness, kindness, gentleness,
(07:52):
and love. On the one hand, he's a moral failure,
but on the other hand, he has capacities that would
relate him to God.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
No wonder.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Paul spoke of man's disease as the mystery of iniquity.
The Bible teaches that the human race is moralist sick.
The disease has affected every phase of man's life and society.
The Bible calls this disease sin. The Bible teaches that
we are sinners and that the only cure for sin
(08:23):
is the blood of Christ that was shed on that cross.
At this Christmas season, many churches will be celebrating communion,
and when we put the wine into grape juice to
our lips, it is a symbol of that blood that
was shed. One of the most important aspects of the
worship of ancient Judaism was the shedding of blood to
(08:46):
make atonement for sin.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
The word blood symbolized in the.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
Old Antony of Testament a life that has been given.
Christ became the lamb slain from the foundation of the
world for the sins of mankind. The Cross and the
Resurrection stand as man's only hope. It was on Good
Friday and Easter that God did for man what man
could not do for himself. From these two momentous events,
(09:15):
God is saying to sinful man, I love you, but
he is also saying I can forgive you. This is
the good news of Christmas. But you must also do something.
You must humble yourself and admit your sin and your
moral failure, and then by faith turned to Him as
Lord and savior. You must say, as the publican, did
(09:39):
God be merciful to me?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
A sinner?
Speaker 3 (09:43):
The scripture says, a broken and a contrite heart. God
will not despise. This is the good news that the
world is morally, psychologically, and spiritually looking for right now.
Some of you may dismiss it as ridiculous and idiotic.
The Apostle Paul himself said, the preaching of the cross
is I know, nonsense to those who are involved in
(10:06):
this dying world, But to us who are being saved
from that debt, it is nothing less than the power
of God. We all admit that we need some sweeping
social reforms, and in true repentance, we must determine to do.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Something about it.
Speaker 3 (10:22):
But our greatest need is a change in the heart.
That is why Jesus said you must be born again.
That is why he said unless you repent, you will perish.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
The Apostle Paul.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
And his famous sermon in Athens, said God now commanded
all men everywhere to repent, because he hath the point
of a day in which he will judge the world
who should repent everybody. This is what the Cross calls for.
(10:56):
The heart of the message of the Cross is simple, perish.
It's as simple as that, and it's also the message
of Christmas. Thirdly, there's that glorious hope. There is the
wonderful climax to human history. We're not wandering aimlessly about.
There is hope for us that there's going to be
(11:19):
a culmination to history as we know it. There's more
to Christmas than the birth and the death of Christ.
There's also the ultimate triumph of God's kingdom, you know.
Chiseled into the cornerstone of the United Nations building is
a quotation from the Bible that has never yet been fulfilled.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
It reads like this, They shall beat.
Speaker 3 (11:39):
Their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
They learn war anymore.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
That's a thrilling hope at this moment of history. It
has often been repeated by men who long for peace. However,
this quotation must not be taken out of context. The
passage speaks of the time when the Messiah will reign
over the whole earth.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
This is the.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
Era of which Jesus taught us to pray in the
Lord's prayer. Thy Kingdom Come, Thy will be done in earth.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
As it is in heaven.
Speaker 3 (12:17):
This is the time when he who came as a
baby at Bethlehem shall come as King of kings and
Lord of lords. The Bible teaches that there will be
a close to history as we know it.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Man will have his last armageddon.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
But when it seems that man is about to destroy himself,
God will intervene. Christ will return. At his birth, he
was in the stall of an animal. At his death
he wore a crown of thorns. But when he comes again,
it will be as the commander in chief of the
armies of Heaven. He will take control of this war
(12:55):
weary world and bring the permanent peace that we strive for.
In longfall, a new world will be formed, a new
social order will emerge in the midst of so much
gloom and pessimism in many parts of the world that
we've seen this year, or perhaps even in your own heart.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
We're not to wring our hands.
Speaker 3 (13:17):
The Angel said to the frightened shepherds two thousand years ago.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Fear not, Jesus says, let not your heart be troubled.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
If I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again. There's a fairly new gospel song entitled
the King Is Coming.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
I love it. The King is coming.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
And when he comes, sin will be eliminated, Tears will
be wiped from every eye, Disease shall be no more,
and even death, man's greatest.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Enemy will be eliminated from the human race.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, and wars
shall be no more. This is the promise of Christmas.
This is our hope. This is the Christmas Star that
lights our evening darkness. This is the assurance that a
new day is coming through the Messiah, whose name is
called by Isaiah, the Prophet, Wonderful counselor Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
(14:16):
and Prince of Peace.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
This is God's gift of Christmas. This is the message
that I've.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Had the privilege of preaching around the world on every continent,
and these my team members have joined me as we've
proclaimed it together in song and word to many different cultures,
and no matter where we've gone, it's the message of
this good news that meets the need of the human heart.
Perhaps until now you've been celebrating this Christmas and every
(14:47):
Christmas of your.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Life for the wrong reasons.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
How many Christmases have come and gone without your ever
really knowing Jesus Christ and the gift of new life
he brings. I'm going to ask you toda something on
this Christmas that we've just seen hundreds of thousands.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Do around the world. Whoever you are, wherever you are,
whether you're.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Alone or in a room somewhere, or surrounded by your
loved ones, I'm asking you, all of you, together, even
whole families, right now, to bow your heads and pray
this prayer with me. Oh God, I have sinned against thee.
I'm sorry for my sin. I'm willing to turn from
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my sins, and by faith I receive.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
In Jesus' name, Amen, and now on behalf of all
of us. May this Christmas mark the beginning of a
new life for you and your family, as you make
Jesus Christ the Lord and save you of your life.
Good Night and a blessed Christmas from our house to
(15:58):
your House.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
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tell one friend, and if you're so inclined, write a
nice review of our podcast. Comments, suggestions, questions, and interest
in being a corporate sponsor and partner can be communicated
directly to the show at our email address, Michael at
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Michael Berryshow dot com, or simply by clicking on our website,
Michael Berryshow dot com. The Michael Berry Show and Podcast
is produced by Ramon Roebliss, the King of Ding. Executive
producer is Chad Nakanishi. Jim Mudd is the creative director.
(16:46):
Voices Jingles, Tomfoolery and Shenanigans are provided by Chance McLain.
Director of Research is Sandy Peterson. Emily Bull is our
assistant listener and super fan. Contributions are appreciated and often
incorporated into our production. Where possible, we give credit. Where not,
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we take all the credit for ourselves. God bless the
memory of Rush Limbaugh. Long live Elvis, be a simple
man like Leonard Skinnard told you, and God bless America. Finally,
if you know a veteran suffering from PTSD, call Camp
Hope at eight seven seven seven one seven PTSD and
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a combat veteran will answer the phone to provide free
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