Are you familiar with the metric called the “Total Fertility Rate (TFR)”? Very simply, it is the average number of children a woman would have if she survives all her childbearing years (between 15-49 years old). For a nation to maintain its population, it needs a TFR of 2.0. But in most of the developed world today, that number is below 2.0. Apparently, because of how messed-up our world is, many people are choosing not to have children these days. All I know is… I’m sure glad that when God looked down upon this messed-up world, He still chose to have a child. And this Sunday, we’ll ask and answer the questions about what difference it makes that Jesus was born… God with us.