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    40 Days of Christmas: Celebrating the Glory of Our Savior
    40 Days of Christmas: Celebrating the Glory of Our Savior
    40 Days of Christmas: Celebrating the Glory of Our Savior
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    40 Days of Christmas: Celebrating the Glory of Our Savior

    By Joseph Castleberry

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    Who wants Christmas just one day a year?


    Celebrate for forty days!


     


    Do you find your attention consumed by the pressures of the Christmas season—capturing the perfect Christmas card photo, finding the perfect gift, serving the perfect meal, or creating the perfect experience for your family? It's all too easy to lose sight of what is important.


    With daily Scriptures, inspirational readings, and uplifting prayers, 40 Days of Christmas is a devotional designed to help you enjoy three of the traditional church calendar seasons. Prepare your heart during Advent, rejoice in His birth at Christmas, and reveal the light of Christ on Epiphany.


    Focus on the richness of God's presence during this period of fuss and feasting as you celebrate the glory of the Savior. Every good thing you associate with Christmas flows from God's Spirit, and the Spirit of Christmas can remain with you and your family all year long.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBroadStreet Publishing Group, LLC
    Release dateOct 2, 2018
    ISBN9781424557585
    40 Days of Christmas: Celebrating the Glory of Our Savior
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    Joseph Castleberry

    Joseph Castleberry is president of Northwest University, a Christian college in Kirkland, Washington. He and his wife, Kathleen, have three daughters and two grandchildren who love to celebrate Christmas with their families.

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      40 Days of Christmas - Joseph Castleberry

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      MUSIC AT CHRISTMAS

      Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.

      —Luke 2:13–14

      Christmas and music are inseparable. We all know that the angel chorus sang the announcement of the birth of the Messiah to Galilean shepherds, even though the biblical text does not say that they sang. Similarly, in the New International Version, Mary’s Magnificat in Luke 1:46 carries the translator’s heading Mary’s Song, while Zechariah’s response to the promised Messiah in Luke 1:67 is labeled as Zechariah’s Song. In neither case does the original text specify that they sang, but their utterances came in the form of lyrical poetry that matches the genre of first-century hymns. Simeon also bursts out in poetic praise in Luke 2:29 as Mary and Joseph present the baby Jesus in the temple in Jerusalem. Still, the biblical text never explicitly mentions music or singing in connection to the nativity and infancy of the

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