Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

Here are some “sound bites” from yesterday’s sermon, “How Bethlehem Missed Christmas”:

• Bethlehem knew that the Savior would be born there.
• Bethlehem saw the star.
• Bethlehem didn’t put two and two together.
• Bethlehem was distracted by the census and all it entailed.
• The shepherds received the word from the Angel of God and went straight-away into town to see it for themselves.
• The shepherds praised God at seeing the babe as the angel had described.
• Even after the shepherds left, none of the other folks around went to notify the temple.
• We, too, are so busy with the wrappings and entrappings of Christmas that we miss the birth of the Savior.
• America will miss Christmas again this year.