As we saw yesterday, Jesus is his Christmas gift to us. He was born in Bethlehem to solve our greatest problem: our alienation from God, each other, and ourselves. The last sin you and I committed was enough to separate us from a holy God and his perfect purpose for our lives. How can we restore this broken relationship?

Even more change is obvious when we compare today's holidays to the first Christmas--a feed trough for a throne, peasants for parents, field hands for worshipers. But one thing hasn't changed: the reason for the season.