Emphasis Preaching Journal
Pious sentimantality obscures for us...
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Pious sentimantality obscures for us the historic significance of the Christmas story. This is not a bedtime story but an incident of such profound historical importance that from that night of stars the calendar changed and time was split into B.C./A.D. The ancient world was rocked with a constitutional crisis. A king is informed that he is about to be deposed in favor of another. Royal travellers from the East made claim that the stars had informed them of the birth of a new king. Royal councils were hurriedly convened. Would this king be another Caesar?