If I’m being honest, most of the time I think “inside the box.” But occasionally in order to come up with a solution, I have to think “outside the box.” Well 2000 years ago, after the Law and the Prophets had not achieved their desired purposes, God came up with a solution for mankind’s redemption that was outside the box. And His miraculous solution – with the help of an amazing teenage girl – is what we get to look at together this Sunday. I’m excited to share the story with you then. Merry Christmas, beloved!

Have you ever been to a museum of some kind and gazed intently at a work of art – just sitting there for a little while and pondering it? The biblical word for “gazing intently” is behold. And, while works of art are often truly amazing and worthy of beholding, nothing is more worthy to behold than the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ (John 1:19-29).