The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son

and will call him Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14

Adoration of the Shepherds

Gerard vanHonthorst (1622)

Nativity

Lorezo Lotto(1523)

Bebe

Paul Gauguin(1896)

radical!

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about...

- A young, single teenage girl,visited by an angel, and responded

to his message, “I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to

your word.(Luke 1:38)

Matthew 1:18

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about...

- A “good man,” (Matthew 1:19)a craftsman, who encountered an angel

in a dream and “when he awoke...did as the angel of the Lord commanded.”

Matthew 1:18

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about...

- 3 academics (Matthew 2)

- Shepherds (Luke 2)

Matthew 1:18

...so that Christ may dwell inyour hearts through faith...

Ephesians 3:14-20

...being rooted and establishedin love, may have power, together

with all the saints...

...to grasp how:- Wide- Long- High- Deep

is the love of Christ...

Ephesians 3:14-20

...and to KNOW THIS LOVE thatSURPASSES KNOWLEDGE,that you may BE FILLED to the

measure of all thefullness of God.

Ephesians 3:14-20

...experience the love of Christ,though it is too great to

understand fully...

Ephesians 3:19 (nlt)

Jesus spent a good deal of His time crossing barriers erected by His society and its religious leaders, we must understand the nature of His crossings and follow his lead.

Bruce Main

radical

His love is

because it is poured out over all creation, poured out beyond all barriers, and keeps on pouring NO MATTER WHAT!

radical

His love is

because it is poured out over all creation, poured out beyond all barriers, and keeps on pouring NO MATTER WHAT!

The opposite of love is not hate,it’s indifference; the opposite of art is not ugliness; it’s indifference; the opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.And the opposite of life is not death,it’s indifference.

Elie Wiesel

It’s because it is ACTIVE!

God’s love is NOT indifferent!radical

Through His birth, life, teachings, death,resurrection, church & reign foreverand ever!

...that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven

and on earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

to the glory of God the father.

Philippians 2:10-11

I have set you an example thatyou should do as I have done

for you...Now that youknow these things, you will

be blessed if you do them.

John 13:14-17

Each of you should not only look to your own interests,

but also to the interests of others.Your attitude should be

the same as that ofChrist Jesus.

Philippians 2:4-5