{"id":302414,"date":"2011-11-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/celebrate-the-christmas-story\/"},"modified":"2011-11-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T17:00:00","slug":"celebrate-the-christmas-story","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/celebrate-the-christmas-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Christmas Story"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for an easy way to teach your children the real meaning of Christmas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/web.familylifetoday.com\/fl2011-11-30.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"22.74M","filesize_raw":"23841015","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2816],"tags":[4645,5184,5183],"podcast_series":[7416],"cwp_profile":[9249,2801],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-302414","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","tag-advent","tag-family-christmas","tag-ornaments","podcast_series-what-god-wants-for-christmas","cwp_profile-baden-breitenstein","cwp_profile-janel-breitenstein","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/302414\/celebrate-the-christmas-story","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/302414\/celebrate-the-christmas-story","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DvJX0nZYaU\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/celebrate-the-christmas-story\/\">Celebrate the Christmas Story<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/celebrate-the-christmas-story\/embed\/#?secret=DvJX0nZYaU\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Celebrate the Christmas Story&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"DvJX0nZYaU\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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came here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHas your heart ever had a big secret to share? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA surprise no one knew that you planned with much care?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDid it tickle your tummy?\u00a0 Were you so excited?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod, too, has a mystery; and we\u2019re each invited.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFrom long, long ago our God knew what we\u2019d need;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn the Garden of Eden, He planted the seed.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLike a scavenger hunt, He left hints through the years\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHow to find His great gift, Who was soon to be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Thanks for joining us on the Wednesday edition.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got a treat for listeners today.\u00a0 We\u2019re kind of focusing this week on the Christmas season and getting ready\u2014and making it a spiritual focus in your home, having the right priority as you head into the holiday season\u2014and using it as a discipleship tool for your children and for your whole family.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to unveil a poem today; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>By my favorite person on the planet.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Not just your favorite poet?\u2014but your favorite person.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Favorite poet, favorite person, favorite mate; I have only one.\u00a0 (Laughter)\u00a0 Barbara joins us on <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em><em>\u00a0 <\/em>I\u2019d better introduce her before I get into trouble here.\u00a0 Welcome back to the broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 Thank you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And you feel that way about her, even when you\u2019re hauling boxes in from the storage unit to get ready for Christmas?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I still feel that way.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 Including the red tinsel thing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Well\u2014I still feel that way.\u00a0 Let me tell you what we\u2019re talking about.\u00a0 We\u2019re talking about a Christmas tradition here, a way of communicating what Christmas is all about.\u00a0 This is really close to Barbara\u2019s heart.\u00a0 She has a great vision and desire to equip moms and dads, grandparents, aunts and uncles to be able to take the message of Christmas and to do it in a creative way for grandchildren or for children.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 My greatest desire is that this poem would be read over, and over, and over again, so that it becomes a part of every family\u2019s Christmas tradition, and it becomes memorized, much in the same way that our generation grew up hearing \u201cThe Night Before Christmas\u201d over and over.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m hoping that the children of this generation will grow up with these words in their ears about why Christmas came, and what Jesus came to do, and the people that were involved in that momentous occasion on the first Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And you tied the poem that you\u2019ve written, which is called \u201cWhat God Wants for Christmas\u201d<em>\u2014<\/em>you\u2019ve tied it to a resource that FamilyLife put together a number of years ago, which is an interactive Nativity set for children\u2014six figures:\u00a0 an angel, Joseph, Mary, and the baby, a shepherd, and a wise man\u2014all in a pop-up manger scene. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis Nativity set was designed so that kids would have an opportunity to see, and to touch, and for the story of Christmas to come alive.\u00a0 Now with the poem added to it, the goal, really, is to make them aware of the story but also have them apply the story to their own lives.\u00a0 That\u2019s what is in box number seven.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 In box number seven, there\u2019s an opportunity for a child to answer the question, \u201cWhat does God want for Christmas?\u201d\u00a0 When you open the box\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh\u2013h\u2013p!\u00a0 I just did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And you see there what God wants for Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m not telling.\u00a0 I\u2019m not telling.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 It is a little surprise, and we build some anticipation for it throughout \u201cWhat God Wants for Christmas\u201d.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, and I think what Barbara\u2014Bob\u2014and the team here at FamilyLife have done is take what was already a great idea and a great resource, for moms and dads or grandparents, and we\u2019ve really increased the quality.\u00a0 I believe the poem is a huge part of that.\u00a0 Obviously, the figurines are much larger and better.\u00a0 It really is first-class.\u00a0 This is a high-quality product that won\u2019t just last one Christmas and have to be replaced.\u00a0 This will be around for a long time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the poem\u2014I\u2019m with Barbara.\u00a0 I hope this poem becomes central to families, not only here in America, but around the world, celebrating our Savior\u2019s birth.\u00a0 Personally, I think Barbara did a great job on this; and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s wishful thinking.\u00a0 It really has been our prayer, though.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re hoping that parents will read the poem to younger children or that older brothers and sisters will read it to their younger brothers and sisters.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Each stanza, or each section of the poem, addresses the different characters that are in the interactive Nativity set.\u00a0 So we start with box number one:\u00a0 You open box number one.\u00a0 Gabriel, the angel, is in box number one; and that\u2019s where the poem begins.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve also included a CD where the poem is dramatized and read.\u00a0 I want our listeners just to hear how the poem sounds on the CD and to see how it would work with the interactive Nativity scene.\u00a0 So when a child opens box number one and pulls out Gabriel, then Mom or Dad could read this section of the poem or they could just press \u201cplay\u201d on the CD player and hear this:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[recorded message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Gabriel:<\/strong>\u00a0 In the fullness of time, the Almighty called me.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI am Gabriel, an angel, sent to tell His decree.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod\u2019s true message I speak, and His words do not waver.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI obeyed, then departed to her who found favor.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo Nazareth I flew, before this girl to appear.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBecause I am from heaven, I knew she would fear.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cDo not be afraid, for the Lord is with you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA Son you will bear, Eden\u2019s promise come true.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cMighty God chose this day from before time began\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo reveal His Messiah, Redeemer of man.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy announcement delivered, my mission complete,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI dashed back to Heaven to await my next feat.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Narrator:<\/strong>\u00a0 God\u2019s astonishing love gave us all such a treasure,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat first Christmas gift was of worth beyond measure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGabriel answered God\u2019s call and fulfilled his good part.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen God invites you, will you bring Him your heart?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 What we\u2019ve been listening to there is the first stanza\u2014the first section, actually, of the poem, \u201cWhat God Wants for Christmas\u201d<em>, <\/em>that is now part of the interactive Nativity scene that FamilyLife has put together.\u00a0 This is designed as a discipleship tool for families.\u00a0 It is fun to hear it read by those voices; isn\u2019t it Barbara?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s really fun to hear those voices.\u00a0 It does make it come alive in a way that a single voice reading it can\u2019t quite do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s fun until Dennis tries to mimic the voices, and then it gets a little\u2014\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(In high voice with English accent) I heard you doing this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I was trying.\u00a0 I was trying.\u00a0 But you know, as I was listening again to your poem, Barbara, you did a great job of bringing a lot of very important theology\u2014teachings of the Old Testament that told about the coming Messiah.\u00a0 You\u2019ve really anchored this poem.\u00a0 It\u2019s not just a feel-good poem; it really is anchored in the Bible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 I tried very hard to make this as biblical as I could make it.\u00a0 In fact, I tried very hard to use words directly from Scripture as much as possible.\u00a0 However, in some places we had to make some changes because of the rhyming and the meter.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut overall, it is pretty directly taken from the Word of God.\u00a0 What you just heard about Gabriel\u2014some of that is the conversation that actually happened.\u00a0 That\u2019s exactly what he said to Mary when he showed up in her room and made that grand announcement that she was going to have a baby, and she wasn\u2019t even married yet.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 But you made sure we went all the way back to the Garden of Eden and the seed that was planted in the Garden of Eden.\u00a0 Of course, the first announcement of the birth of Jesus comes in Genesis 3:15 when God says that there will be a Seed, Who will crush the head of the serpent.\u00a0 There aren\u2019t a whole lot of Christmas stories for kids that bring in that kind of comprehensive approach to looking at God\u2019s redemptive plan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think what has happened, in many instances, is we\u2019re so familiar with the story itself\u2014the big picture of the story that Jesus was born at Christmas, and everybody kind of yawns.\u00a0 I wanted to put it in the larger context of God\u2019s grand design to send Jesus and that this was thought up in eternity past.\u00a0 There\u2019s so much more to it than what we typically hear about at Christmas.\u00a0 I wanted to set it in that context.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, you picked up one of my favorite phrases in this first section, Bob.\u00a0 It was Gabriel\u2019s statement to Mary, \u201cDo not be afraid, for the Lord is with you.\u00a0 A son you will bear, Eden\u2019s promise come true.\u201d\u00a0 Going all the way back to the Garden, to know that Jesus was promised there, but to now be thinking about celebrating Him and His first coming at Christmas.\u00a0 It just brings a smile to my face every time I read that little stanza right there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And Barbara, a four-year-old or a five-year-old may not understand \u201cEden\u2019s promise come true,\u201d or, \u201cThe Seed that was planted years ago,\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014but by the time a child is seven, eight, or nine years old, they\u2019re beginning to get some of these bigger concepts; aren\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 And if they aren\u2019t, they will.\u00a0 That\u2019s part of what I intended in this\u2014was to write a poem that would be so musical and would have such a great meter and a rhythm to it that a child who was four or five could pay attention because it was just interesting and it had a nice sing-song to it; so they would listen even if they didn\u2019t understand it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I wanted it to be a poem that would grow with kids so that when they\u2019d become 12,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t13, and 14, it\u2019s not a kiddie poem; it\u2019s a poem that will grow with them into their teen years and even into adulthood.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Once they\u2019ve opened box number one and Gabriel is out, and you\u2019ve read through Gabriel\u2019s part of the poem, then it\u2019s time for box number two\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014which you might do the next day or you might decide to just do it all in one day.\u00a0 But you open box number two and that\u2019s where Mary\u2019s part of the poem picks up.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to hear what you wrote about her right now.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[recorded message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong>\u00a0 We whispered and giggled, my girlfriends and me,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs we talked about marriage and husbands to be.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI am Mary, betrothed, as my parents instructed,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut all of their dreams were to be interrupted.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJust a young Jewish girl, I was jolted with fright,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen an angel burst forth, quite dazzling and bright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHello, chosen one, the Most High is with you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy God has a plan.\u00a0 Here is what He will do.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe told me my future, that I\u2019d have a Son\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWho would be Prince of Peace, the long-prophesied One.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe High King forever, He\u2019ll reign without end.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAn astounding decree I could not comprehend.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen able to speak, just one question I asked,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHow can this truly be, this impossible task?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m a virgin, unmarried; I\u2019m not yet a bride.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cBut all things are possible with God,\u201d he replied.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe Almighty will form this rare miracle in you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere is nothing His limitless power can\u2019t do.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen Gabriel vanished, like a candle snuffed out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThough still awed by his words, I believed without doubt.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Narrator:<\/strong>\u00a0 Favored Mary was astonished to carry God\u2019s treasure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat first Christmas gift was of worth beyond measure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo pleased God would use her, she welcomed her part.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWill you be like Mary and say, \u201cYes,\u201d from your heart?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Again, we\u2019ve been listening to the second portion of the \u201cWhat God Wants for Christmas\u201dpoem that comes with the interactive Nativity set that FamilyLife has put together, a poem written by Barbara Rainey.\u00a0 It was fun to hear a young teenage girl reading the part of Mary because, again, so often we get a picture of a 20-year-old woman; and Mary was likely a 13- or 14-year-old girl when this happened to her; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, she was pretty young, by our standards, to be having a baby.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 And think about her response.\u00a0 It was\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, her response is really quite stunning when you think about it\u2014that she responded the way she did to an angel who showed up in her room.\u00a0 I mean, just think how you would feel if an angel showed up in your room.\u00a0 You would be afraid, you would not know what to do or say; and yet after the announcement, she said, \u201cI want Your will, God.\u201d\u00a0 She believed.\u00a0 She said, \u201cYes, let it be done unto me, according to Your word.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 One of the nice things that we\u2019ve done by matching the poem with the storybook\u2014the storybook has pictures, and it has some beautiful artwork in it\u2014but a child can listen to the CD and can read along with the words.\u00a0 Even if they\u2019re not where they can pronounce or understand some of the bigger words, they can follow along and learn to read in the process.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 There\u2019s a pause in there where they turn the page.\u00a0 I do think the pictures really keep a young person going and also start to communicate where the whole story is going\u2014about trusting God with your heart\u2014because that really is the whole point of Christmas.\u00a0 God came near to express God\u2019s heart to us\u2014His expression of love to us\u2014that He came to pursue us and have a relationship with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And it\u2019s one of the things that makes this Nativity scene unique because it doesn\u2019t just tell the story, but there is a final box that has no character in it.\u00a0 Inside that box is what God wants for Christmas.\u00a0 It\u2019s a surprise\u2014that there\u2019s some anticipation built\u2014and children are looking forward to opening that box and finding out what the surprise is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Do we have time for another part of the poem?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Actually, I was hoping we would because the next actor in the poem is a friend of mine.\u00a0 Let\u2019s listen to Joseph\u2019s story; okay?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[recorded message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joseph:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m a carpenter named Joseph, and I was confused\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I talked to my Mary and heard her strange news.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, kindly, God sent a good angel to speak \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo me, in my dreams, as I lay fast asleep.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d said he.\u00a0 \u201c'Tis God\u2019s will for your life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTake Mary, with baby inside her, as wife.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHis name must be Jesus; His people He\u2019ll save.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe\u2019s Immanuel, God with us.\u00a0 Will you now be brave?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tQuite startled, I woke.\u00a0 Then I did as commanded,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTook Mary as wife, knowing we were not stranded.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod\u2019s plans are prepared, He knows each step ahead.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFrom the dawning of time He has never misled.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBe a father to God\u2019s Son?\u00a0 I could not envision,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd to raise this pure Lamb will bring complex decisions.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShow Him carpentry, yes, but what will I teach?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis child made the world, every cliff, hill and beach.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Narrator:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cAstonishing,\u201d thought Joseph.\u00a0 To God, such a treasure\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat first Christmas gift was of worth beyond measure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tStill Joseph obeyed, though perplexed by his part.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWill you be like him, and trust God with your heart?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Did you recognize Joseph there?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 That was James Lepine, who has been on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> before; but if we were to go back and play the tape, his voice was about three octaves higher the last time he was on <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em><em>\u00a0 <\/em>(Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 The apple didn\u2019t fall far from the tree, though.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 No, it did not.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And once again, the poem makes the emotion of the moment come alive.\u00a0 That is what\u2019s fun about it, Barbara.\u00a0 You can get out a Nativity scene, and you can put the people in places where they belong, and have something that looks real pretty; but this brings the story to life\u2014and not just the story\u2014but the feelings that were there.\u00a0 It was a remarkable event.\u00a0 I think we sometimes lose a sense of just how remarkable it was.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 I totally agree with you\u2014that we lose that sense of what it was like because it was so long ago.\u00a0 The story is so familiar that we are very distant from it.\u00a0 I wanted to take readers, especially children, into what Mary might have felt, and what Joseph might have felt, and what that was like to be them\u2014to be who they were in that time period.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo be chosen by God for this great task is pretty remarkable.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s going to come across to kids\u2014that they\u2019ll be able to engage and feel some of what these people felt when they lived the story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I like the fact that the CD is so well produced that if Mom wanted to, or Dad, at the dinner table, you could set a little CD player up on the table, push the \u201cplay\u201d button and finish dinner as the kids are following along.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 As you listen to the story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 And look at the pages and then begin to interact around it.\u00a0 What can happen at that point, over dinner, is you can begin to talk about what you just heard.\u00a0 Bob, you mentioned earlier, whether you open all seven boxes and read the entire poem at one sitting.\u00a0 I think you can do that with the CD, or I think you can break it up into seven different nights in a week, or seven different days over the four or five weeks of Christmas and the holidays, and really look forward to the next section of the poem and also the next box.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s interesting.\u00a0 We\u2019ve started to hear from some folks who are ordering, not just one or two of these for themselves or for their children, but we\u2019re hearing from folks who are deciding to get a number of these sets to give to neighbors as a Christmas gift or to give to co-workers, people in the office.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is a great evangelistic tool, and the great thing about Christmas is, you can give something like this, that is rich with biblical meaning; and nobody takes offense because it\u2019s Christmas time.\u00a0 It\u2019s what the story is all about.\u00a0 They\u2019re happy to get a Nativity scene; aren\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think that\u2019s exactly right, and I think it\u2019s a great opportunity for those of us who know the story and those of us who believe to share that good news.\u00a0 That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about\u2014sharing the good news of Christ, and this is a great way to do it.\u00a0 Give it as a gift to family members, friends, neighbors, use it at your church, and perhaps your children\u2019s school even, because it\u2019s a very easy-to-use resource.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I want to underscore about taking it to a Sunday school class at church, or perhaps, if your kids are in a Christian school, maybe taking it to one of the classrooms there and having the teacher, again, play the CD or read the poem aloud and go through all seven of the boxes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I am guessing there are some public schools where the teacher would be just fine with you coming into the second or third grade classroom and going through <em>What God Wants for Christmas\u00ae<\/em> because, again, it\u2019s an historical story; and you\u2019re really teaching them what Christians celebrate at Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great idea.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think it fits the guidelines.\u00a0 The point is\u2014we\u2019ve got <em>What God Wants for Christmas <\/em>in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center.\u00a0 You can find out how to get a copy, or multiple copies if you\u2019d like, by going online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou may want to give several of these interactive Nativity sets as gifts to family, friends, relatives, or people you know.\u00a0 You can share this with folks in the neighborhood or folks at work\u2014a great way to get the Gospel out at Christmas time, in a way that\u2019s going to be appreciated by those who receive the Nativity set.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, go to FamilyLifeToday.com for more information about how to order; or call us toll-free at 1-800-FL-TODAY, 1-800-358-6329, that\u2019s 1-800 \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\u00a0 Ask about <em>What God Wants for Christmas<\/em> when you get in touch with us, and we\u2019ll get it sent out to you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want to make sure we say a quick, \u201cThank you,\u201d to those of you who help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>with an occasional gift.\u00a0 As we approach the month of December, you just need to know that this is a critical month for us, and for most ministries.\u00a0 It\u2019s in this last month of the year that we will receive between 35 and \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t40 percent of the donations that we receive throughout the year.\u00a0 So we want to ask you to pray for us as we enter the month of December.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we want to ask you to consider making a year-end contribution in support of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Your donations help cover the cost of producing and syndicating this daily radio program through our network of stations all across the country and around the world on the internet.\u00a0 We appreciate your financial partnership and your support.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, this week we\u2019d love to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d when you make a contribution by sending you a gift book that Barbara Rainey wrote a few years ago called <em>When Christmas Came, <\/em>where Barbara took John 3:16, that very familiar Bible verse, and talked about the coming of Christ, the incarnation of Christ, and what John 3:16 teaches us about that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe book is our thank-you gift to you this week when you make a donation to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, and you can do that online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 There\u2019s a button there that says, \u201cI Care\u201d; and if you click that button and fill out the form, we\u2019ll know to send you a copy of Barbara\u2019s book as our way of saying, \u201cThank you,\u201d for your financial support.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY, make your donation by phone, and just mention that you\u2019d like Barbara\u2019s book, <em>When Christmas Came<\/em>.\u00a0 We\u2019re happy to send it out to you.\u00a0 And again, thanks for your support; and we do hope you\u2019ll pray for us here in the last month of the year, that God will supply our needs for the coming year.\u00a0 We trust Him to do that, and we appreciate your prayers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we want to encourage you to be back with us tomorrow.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to have a seminary professor joining us, a professor of theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Bruce Ware.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to talk about how we can teach deep truth about God to little kids.\u00a0 He\u2019s got some thoughts on that and got a tool he\u2019s developed for us, as well.\u00a0 That\u2019s coming up tomorrow.\u00a0 I hope you can join us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team.\u00a0 On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine.\u00a0 We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today.\u00a0 Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these 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way.\u00a0 Let me tell you what we\u2019re talking about.\u00a0 We\u2019re talking about a Christmas tradition here, a way of communicating what Christmas is all about.\u00a0 This is really close to Barbara\u2019s heart.\u00a0 She has a great vision and desire to equip moms and dads, grandparents, aunts and uncles to be able to take the message of Christmas and to do it in a creative way for grandchildren or for children.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 My greatest desire is that this poem would be read over, and over, and over again, so that it becomes a part of every family\u2019s Christmas tradition, and it becomes memorized, much in the same way that our generation grew up hearing \u201cThe Night Before Christmas\u201d over and over.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m hoping that the children of this generation will grow up with these words in their ears about why Christmas came, and what Jesus came to do, and the people that were involved in that momentous occasion on the first Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And you tied the poem that you\u2019ve written, which is called \u201cWhat God Wants for Christmas\u201d<em>\u2014<\/em>you\u2019ve tied it to a resource that FamilyLife put together a number of years ago, which is an interactive Nativity set for children\u2014six figures:\u00a0 an angel, Joseph, Mary, and the baby, a shepherd, and a wise man\u2014all in a pop-up manger scene. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis Nativity set was designed so that kids would have an opportunity to see, and to touch, and for the story of Christmas to come alive.\u00a0 Now with the poem added to it, the goal, really, is to make them aware of the story but also have them apply the story to their own lives.\u00a0 That\u2019s what is in box number seven.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 In box number seven, there\u2019s an opportunity for a child to answer the question, \u201cWhat does God want for Christmas?\u201d\u00a0 When you open the box\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oh\u2013h\u2013p!\u00a0 I just did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And you see there what God wants for Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m not telling.\u00a0 I\u2019m not telling.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 It is a little surprise, and we build some anticipation for it throughout \u201cWhat God Wants for Christmas\u201d.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, and I think what Barbara\u2014Bob\u2014and the team here at FamilyLife have done is take what was already a great idea and a great resource, for moms and dads or grandparents, and we\u2019ve really increased the quality.\u00a0 I believe the poem is a huge part of that.\u00a0 Obviously, the figurines are much larger and better.\u00a0 It really is first-class.\u00a0 This is a high-quality product that won\u2019t just last one Christmas and have to be replaced.\u00a0 This will be around for a long time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut the poem\u2014I\u2019m with Barbara.\u00a0 I hope this poem becomes central to families, not only here in America, but around the world, celebrating our Savior\u2019s birth.\u00a0 Personally, I think Barbara did a great job on this; and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s wishful thinking.\u00a0 It really has been our prayer, though.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 You\u2019re hoping that parents will read the poem to younger children or that older brothers and sisters will read it to their younger brothers and sisters.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Each stanza, or each section of the poem, addresses the different characters that are in the interactive Nativity set.\u00a0 So we start with box number one:\u00a0 You open box number one.\u00a0 Gabriel, the angel, is in box number one; and that\u2019s where the poem begins.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve also included a CD where the poem is dramatized and read.\u00a0 I want our listeners just to hear how the poem sounds on the CD and to see how it would work with the interactive Nativity scene.\u00a0 So when a child opens box number one and pulls out Gabriel, then Mom or Dad could read this section of the poem or they could just press \u201cplay\u201d on the CD player and hear this:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[recorded message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Gabriel:<\/strong>\u00a0 In the fullness of time, the Almighty called me.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI am Gabriel, an angel, sent to tell His decree.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod\u2019s true message I speak, and His words do not waver.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI obeyed, then departed to her who found favor.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo Nazareth I flew, before this girl to appear.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBecause I am from heaven, I knew she would fear.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cDo not be afraid, for the Lord is with you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tA Son you will bear, Eden\u2019s promise come true.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cMighty God chose this day from before time began\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo reveal His Messiah, Redeemer of man.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy announcement delivered, my mission complete,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI dashed back to Heaven to await my next feat.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Narrator:<\/strong>\u00a0 God\u2019s astonishing love gave us all such a treasure,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat first Christmas gift was of worth beyond measure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGabriel answered God\u2019s call and fulfilled his good part.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen God invites you, will you bring Him your heart?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 What we\u2019ve been listening to there is the first stanza\u2014the first section, actually, of the poem, \u201cWhat God Wants for Christmas\u201d<em>, <\/em>that is now part of the interactive Nativity scene that FamilyLife has put together.\u00a0 This is designed as a discipleship tool for families.\u00a0 It is fun to hear it read by those voices; isn\u2019t it Barbara?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s really fun to hear those voices.\u00a0 It does make it come alive in a way that a single voice reading it can\u2019t quite do.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s fun until Dennis tries to mimic the voices, and then it gets a little\u2014\u00a0 (Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t(In high voice with English accent) I heard you doing this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I was trying.\u00a0 I was trying.\u00a0 But you know, as I was listening again to your poem, Barbara, you did a great job of bringing a lot of very important theology\u2014teachings of the Old Testament that told about the coming Messiah.\u00a0 You\u2019ve really anchored this poem.\u00a0 It\u2019s not just a feel-good poem; it really is anchored in the Bible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 I tried very hard to make this as biblical as I could make it.\u00a0 In fact, I tried very hard to use words directly from Scripture as much as possible.\u00a0 However, in some places we had to make some changes because of the rhyming and the meter.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut overall, it is pretty directly taken from the Word of God.\u00a0 What you just heard about Gabriel\u2014some of that is the conversation that actually happened.\u00a0 That\u2019s exactly what he said to Mary when he showed up in her room and made that grand announcement that she was going to have a baby, and she wasn\u2019t even married yet.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 But you made sure we went all the way back to the Garden of Eden and the seed that was planted in the Garden of Eden.\u00a0 Of course, the first announcement of the birth of Jesus comes in Genesis 3:15 when God says that there will be a Seed, Who will crush the head of the serpent.\u00a0 There aren\u2019t a whole lot of Christmas stories for kids that bring in that kind of comprehensive approach to looking at God\u2019s redemptive plan.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think what has happened, in many instances, is we\u2019re so familiar with the story itself\u2014the big picture of the story that Jesus was born at Christmas, and everybody kind of yawns.\u00a0 I wanted to put it in the larger context of God\u2019s grand design to send Jesus and that this was thought up in eternity past.\u00a0 There\u2019s so much more to it than what we typically hear about at Christmas.\u00a0 I wanted to set it in that context.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, you picked up one of my favorite phrases in this first section, Bob.\u00a0 It was Gabriel\u2019s statement to Mary, \u201cDo not be afraid, for the Lord is with you.\u00a0 A son you will bear, Eden\u2019s promise come true.\u201d\u00a0 Going all the way back to the Garden, to know that Jesus was promised there, but to now be thinking about celebrating Him and His first coming at Christmas.\u00a0 It just brings a smile to my face every time I read that little stanza right there.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And Barbara, a four-year-old or a five-year-old may not understand \u201cEden\u2019s promise come true,\u201d or, \u201cThe Seed that was planted years ago,\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014but by the time a child is seven, eight, or nine years old, they\u2019re beginning to get some of these bigger concepts; aren\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 And if they aren\u2019t, they will.\u00a0 That\u2019s part of what I intended in this\u2014was to write a poem that would be so musical and would have such a great meter and a rhythm to it that a child who was four or five could pay attention because it was just interesting and it had a nice sing-song to it; so they would listen even if they didn\u2019t understand it.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I wanted it to be a poem that would grow with kids so that when they\u2019d become 12,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t13, and 14, it\u2019s not a kiddie poem; it\u2019s a poem that will grow with them into their teen years and even into adulthood.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Once they\u2019ve opened box number one and Gabriel is out, and you\u2019ve read through Gabriel\u2019s part of the poem, then it\u2019s time for box number two\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014which you might do the next day or you might decide to just do it all in one day.\u00a0 But you open box number two and that\u2019s where Mary\u2019s part of the poem picks up.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to hear what you wrote about her right now.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[recorded message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mary:<\/strong>\u00a0 We whispered and giggled, my girlfriends and me,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs we talked about marriage and husbands to be.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI am Mary, betrothed, as my parents instructed,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut all of their dreams were to be interrupted.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tJust a young Jewish girl, I was jolted with fright,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen an angel burst forth, quite dazzling and bright.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHello, chosen one, the Most High is with you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMy God has a plan.\u00a0 Here is what He will do.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe told me my future, that I\u2019d have a Son\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWho would be Prince of Peace, the long-prophesied One.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe High King forever, He\u2019ll reign without end.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAn astounding decree I could not comprehend.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen able to speak, just one question I asked,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cHow can this truly be, this impossible task?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m a virgin, unmarried; I\u2019m not yet a bride.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cBut all things are possible with God,\u201d he replied.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe Almighty will form this rare miracle in you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere is nothing His limitless power can\u2019t do.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen Gabriel vanished, like a candle snuffed out.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThough still awed by his words, I believed without doubt.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Narrator:<\/strong>\u00a0 Favored Mary was astonished to carry God\u2019s treasure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat first Christmas gift was of worth beyond measure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo pleased God would use her, she welcomed her part.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWill you be like Mary and say, \u201cYes,\u201d from your heart?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Again, we\u2019ve been listening to the second portion of the \u201cWhat God Wants for Christmas\u201dpoem that comes with the interactive Nativity set that FamilyLife has put together, a poem written by Barbara Rainey.\u00a0 It was fun to hear a young teenage girl reading the part of Mary because, again, so often we get a picture of a 20-year-old woman; and Mary was likely a 13- or 14-year-old girl when this happened to her; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, she was pretty young, by our standards, to be having a baby.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 And think about her response.\u00a0 It was\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes, her response is really quite stunning when you think about it\u2014that she responded the way she did to an angel who showed up in her room.\u00a0 I mean, just think how you would feel if an angel showed up in your room.\u00a0 You would be afraid, you would not know what to do or say; and yet after the announcement, she said, \u201cI want Your will, God.\u201d\u00a0 She believed.\u00a0 She said, \u201cYes, let it be done unto me, according to Your word.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 One of the nice things that we\u2019ve done by matching the poem with the storybook\u2014the storybook has pictures, and it has some beautiful artwork in it\u2014but a child can listen to the CD and can read along with the words.\u00a0 Even if they\u2019re not where they can pronounce or understand some of the bigger words, they can follow along and learn to read in the process.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 There\u2019s a pause in there where they turn the page.\u00a0 I do think the pictures really keep a young person going and also start to communicate where the whole story is going\u2014about trusting God with your heart\u2014because that really is the whole point of Christmas.\u00a0 God came near to express God\u2019s heart to us\u2014His expression of love to us\u2014that He came to pursue us and have a relationship with us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And it\u2019s one of the things that makes this Nativity scene unique because it doesn\u2019t just tell the story, but there is a final box that has no character in it.\u00a0 Inside that box is what God wants for Christmas.\u00a0 It\u2019s a surprise\u2014that there\u2019s some anticipation built\u2014and children are looking forward to opening that box and finding out what the surprise is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Do we have time for another part of the poem?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Actually, I was hoping we would because the next actor in the poem is a friend of mine.\u00a0 Let\u2019s listen to Joseph\u2019s story; okay?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[recorded message]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Joseph:<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019m a carpenter named Joseph, and I was confused\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen I talked to my Mary and heard her strange news.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, kindly, God sent a good angel to speak \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo me, in my dreams, as I lay fast asleep.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d said he.\u00a0 \u201c'Tis God\u2019s will for your life.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTake Mary, with baby inside her, as wife.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHis name must be Jesus; His people He\u2019ll save.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe\u2019s Immanuel, God with us.\u00a0 Will you now be brave?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tQuite startled, I woke.\u00a0 Then I did as commanded,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTook Mary as wife, knowing we were not stranded.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod\u2019s plans are prepared, He knows each step ahead.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFrom the dawning of time He has never misled.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBe a father to God\u2019s Son?\u00a0 I could not envision,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd to raise this pure Lamb will bring complex decisions.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tShow Him carpentry, yes, but what will I teach?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis child made the world, every cliff, hill and beach.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Narrator:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cAstonishing,\u201d thought Joseph.\u00a0 To God, such a treasure\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat first Christmas gift was of worth beyond measure.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tStill Joseph obeyed, though perplexed by his part.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWill you be like him, and trust God with your heart?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[studio]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 Did you recognize Joseph there?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 That was James Lepine, who has been on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> before; but if we were to go back and play the tape, his voice was about three octaves higher the last time he was on <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em><em>\u00a0 <\/em>(Laughter)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 The apple didn\u2019t fall far from the tree, though.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 No, it did not.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 And once again, the poem makes the emotion of the moment come alive.\u00a0 That is what\u2019s fun about it, Barbara.\u00a0 You can get out a Nativity scene, and you can put the people in places where they belong, and have something that looks real pretty; but this brings the story to life\u2014and not just the story\u2014but the feelings that were there.\u00a0 It was a remarkable event.\u00a0 I think we sometimes lose a sense of just how remarkable it was.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 I totally agree with you\u2014that we lose that sense of what it was like because it was so long ago.\u00a0 The story is so familiar that we are very distant from it.\u00a0 I wanted to take readers, especially children, into what Mary might have felt, and what Joseph might have felt, and what that was like to be them\u2014to be who they were in that time period.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tTo be chosen by God for this great task is pretty remarkable.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s going to come across to kids\u2014that they\u2019ll be able to engage and feel some of what these people felt when they lived the story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I like the fact that the CD is so well produced that if Mom wanted to, or Dad, at the dinner table, you could set a little CD player up on the table, push the \u201cplay\u201d button and finish dinner as the kids are following along.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 As you listen to the story.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 And look at the pages and then begin to interact around it.\u00a0 What can happen at that point, over dinner, is you can begin to talk about what you just heard.\u00a0 Bob, you mentioned earlier, whether you open all seven boxes and read the entire poem at one sitting.\u00a0 I think you can do that with the CD, or I think you can break it up into seven different nights in a week, or seven different days over the four or five weeks of Christmas and the holidays, and really look forward to the next section of the poem and also the next box.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s interesting.\u00a0 We\u2019ve started to hear from some folks who are ordering, not just one or two of these for themselves or for their children, but we\u2019re hearing from folks who are deciding to get a number of these sets to give to neighbors as a Christmas gift or to give to co-workers, people in the office.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThis is a great evangelistic tool, and the great thing about Christmas is, you can give something like this, that is rich with biblical meaning; and nobody takes offense because it\u2019s Christmas time.\u00a0 It\u2019s what the story is all about.\u00a0 They\u2019re happy to get a Nativity scene; aren\u2019t they?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think that\u2019s exactly right, and I think it\u2019s a great opportunity for those of us who know the story and those of us who believe to share that good news.\u00a0 That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about\u2014sharing the good news of Christ, and this is a great way to do it.\u00a0 Give it as a gift to family members, friends, neighbors, use it at your church, and perhaps your children\u2019s school even, because it\u2019s a very easy-to-use resource.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 I want to underscore about taking it to a Sunday school class at church, or perhaps, if your kids are in a Christian school, maybe taking it to one of the classrooms there and having the teacher, again, play the CD or read the poem aloud and go through all seven of the boxes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I am guessing there are some public schools where the teacher would be just fine with you coming into the second or third grade classroom and going through <em>What God Wants for Christmas\u00ae<\/em> because, again, it\u2019s an historical story; and you\u2019re really teaching them what Christians celebrate at Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong>\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great idea.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong>\u00a0 I think it fits the guidelines.\u00a0 The point is\u2014we\u2019ve got <em>What God Wants for Christmas <\/em>in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center.\u00a0 You can find out how to get a copy, or multiple copies if you\u2019d like, by going online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou may want to give several of these interactive Nativity sets as gifts to family, friends, relatives, or people you know.\u00a0 You can share this with folks in the neighborhood or folks at work\u2014a great way to get the Gospel out at Christmas time, in a way that\u2019s going to be appreciated by those who receive the Nativity set.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, go to FamilyLifeToday.com for more information about how to order; or call us toll-free at 1-800-FL-TODAY, 1-800-358-6329, that\u2019s 1-800 \u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d.\u00a0 Ask about <em>What God Wants for Christmas<\/em> when you get in touch with us, and we\u2019ll get it sent out to you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe want to make sure we say a quick, \u201cThank you,\u201d to those of you who help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>with an occasional gift.\u00a0 As we approach the month of December, you just need to know that this is a critical month for us, and for most ministries.\u00a0 It\u2019s in this last month of the year that we will receive between 35 and \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t40 percent of the donations that we receive throughout the year.\u00a0 So we want to ask you to pray for us as we enter the month of December.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we want to ask you to consider making a year-end contribution in support of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 Your donations help cover the cost of producing and syndicating this daily radio program through our network of stations all across the country and around the world on the internet.\u00a0 We appreciate your financial partnership and your support.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, this week we\u2019d love to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d when you make a contribution by sending you a gift book that Barbara Rainey wrote a few years ago called <em>When Christmas Came, <\/em>where Barbara took John 3:16, that very familiar Bible verse, and talked about the coming of Christ, the incarnation of Christ, and what John 3:16 teaches us about that.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe book is our thank-you gift to you this week when you make a donation to support <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, and you can do that online at FamilyLifeToday.com.\u00a0 There\u2019s a button there that says, \u201cI Care\u201d; and if you click that button and fill out the form, we\u2019ll know to send you a copy of Barbara\u2019s book as our way of saying, \u201cThank you,\u201d for your financial support.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY, make your donation by phone, and just mention that you\u2019d like Barbara\u2019s book, <em>When Christmas Came<\/em>.\u00a0 We\u2019re happy to send it out to you.\u00a0 And again, thanks for your support; and we do hope you\u2019ll pray for us here in the last month of the year, that God will supply our needs for the coming year.\u00a0 We trust Him to do that, and we appreciate your prayers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we want to encourage you to be back with us tomorrow.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to have a seminary professor joining us, a professor of theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Bruce Ware.\u00a0 We\u2019re going to talk about how we can teach deep truth about God to little kids.\u00a0 He\u2019s got some thoughts on that and got a tool he\u2019s developed for us, as well.\u00a0 That\u2019s coming up tomorrow.\u00a0 I hope you can join us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, and our entire broadcast production team.\u00a0 On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine.\u00a0 We will see you back tomorrow for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today.\u00a0 Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you.\u00a0 However, there is a cost to produce them for our website.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a 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