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Tag Archives: Caesar Augustus
The Telescoping Reality (Luke 2:1-14)
Have you seen a telescoping spyglass? There is a wide cylinder in which a narrower cylinder rests, in which a yet narrower cylinder rests, and perhaps several more. I think our view of reality is likewise telescoping. We live in the narrow end and view our world through the lens of our own experiences. But we and our experiences are contained within a family circle, and our family circle exists within a community, and our community exists within a nation, and our nation exists within a world. Continue reading
Wide Angle: Operation Bethlehem
If you remove the Christmas story from the larger narrative that surrounds it, from the promises of God to rescue and renew his people, you still have a nice story but you may just miss the point. This little child … Continue reading
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Tagged Bethlehem, Caesar Augustus, Christmas, Cleopatra, Herod, Herod the Great, Julius Caesar, Slaughter of the Innocents
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