{"id":302878,"date":"2013-12-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/honoring-the-sacred-hymns\/"},"modified":"2013-12-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T17:00:00","slug":"honoring-the-sacred-hymns","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/honoring-the-sacred-hymns\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring the Sacred Hymns"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Ace Collins also tells us about one of his favorite carols,&#8221;O Holy Night.&#8221;<\/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\/fl2013-12-11.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:","filesize":"20.94M","filesize_raw":"21954279","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2816],"tags":[4642,2639],"podcast_series":[7987],"cwp_profile":[8927,3052],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-302878","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","tag-christmas","tag-sharing-your-faith","podcast_series-stories-behind-the-great-songs-and-traditions-of-christmas","cwp_profile-ace-collins","cwp_profile-barbara-rainey","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\/302878\/honoring-the-sacred-hymns","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/302878\/honoring-the-sacred-hymns","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=\"xiPzfl1t7R\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/honoring-the-sacred-hymns\/\">Honoring the Sacred Hymns<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/honoring-the-sacred-hymns\/embed\/#?secret=xiPzfl1t7R\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Honoring the Sacred Hymns&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"xiPzfl1t7R\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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Most of us sing along or listen carefully, without thinking much about the man who wrote <em>The Messiah<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Excerpt of \u201cHallelujah Chorus\u201d from <em>The Messiah<\/em>]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>He was in his early 70s, having nightmares. He really couldn\u2019t sleep because he was afraid he was going to die in a debtor\u2019s prison. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAn eccentric man sent him a letter. This man was so eccentric that no one paid any attention to him that knew him, but he looked at this man\u2019s idea for an oratorio. It was based on the Old Testament Scripture predicting the coming of Christ and what that would be like. Handel spent the next eight days writing what we, now, know as Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, December 11<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019re going to hear more about Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> today and some of the other best-loved songs of the Christmas season. Stay tuned.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Wednesday edition\u2014\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>I know you\u2019re going to like today\u2019s broadcast. In fact, I wish you listeners could have heard him a few moments ago. He broke out in a voice that I don\u2019t know\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014I don\u2019t know that I\u2019ve ever---\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Should I go ahead and ratchet it up here?\u00a0 Here\u2019s the deal\u2014I was looking at the ornaments that your wife Barbara has created.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It does cause one to break out in music\u2014\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>Bob: <\/strong>It does. Because, in addition\u2014our listeners have heard us talking about the names of Christ\u2014the Adorenaments<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u2014that Barbara has developed. By the way, Barbara is back again. Welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And there are two sets of them\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>There are the Christmas names\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\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>She\u2019s got a whole collection designed. If she lives long enough, they are going to\u2014Rockefeller Plaza is going to have---\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You will not be able to see green any more on your tree\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You won\u2019t!\u00a0 You won\u2019t\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It will be solid\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>--and it will proclaim Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We have the Christmas names; and this year, we have the royal names. But then, there are these hymn ornaments. You call them Adore Hymns. They are\u2014I call them pine cones\u2014they are flat, laser-cut\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s just the shape they\u2019re in.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That is insulting to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No! It\u2019s\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s gold. It\u2019s laser-cut, and it\u2019s in the shape of an oval. I can tell\u2014you can put that in front of 1,000 people\u2014<em>none<\/em> would identify that as a pine cone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Go to FamilyLifeToday.com and see if they don\u2019t look like pine cones to you: 1-800\u2014Go to vote\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We\u2019re going to have a straw poll on this\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, you all are hilarious!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We\u2019ll have a straw poll.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was looking at the different hymns that you\u2019ve made an ornament out of. One of them is the old spiritual, <em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I broke out into that. [Bob begins singing loudly]\u00a0 \u201cSweet little Jesus boy\u201d\u2014Huh?\u00a0 What do you think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I was impressed!\u00a0 I really was!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If our listeners are interested\u2014and by the way\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I don\u2019t think they\u2019re interested in getting your tape; no.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No. But if they do get the ornaments, you\u2019ve also put together music for many of these hymns\u2014that can be downloaded\u2014and you can sing along.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. You can listen to them while you put them on your tree or, if you\u2019re musically inclined, you can sing with them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Man, oh man, oh man.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There are eight of them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>In fact, pick up the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong><em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>?\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><em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>\u2014the Adore Hymn\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>[Singing]\u00a0 \u201cSweet little Jesus boy\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and read what\u2019s on the back because, on the back of these Adore Hymn ornaments, is the history of the song.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> [Singing] \u201clittle manger\u201d\u2014Go ahead.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Shall I read it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Please do. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Excuse us for interrupting you, Bob. He\u2019s pretending he\u2019s in the shower.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019ll just be over here. [Singing]\u00a0 \u201cSweet little Jesus boy\u201d \u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>[Laughing]\u00a0 He is going to make background music\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tbut I might laugh instead of reading. So, maybe we better stop\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Keep reading; keep reading.\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>Bob: <\/strong>Okay,I\u2019ll stop.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>So, <em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>\u2014here\u2019s the story: Music was life-giving to generations of slaves in the American South. As they learned about a Savior, who came to deliver and redeem, their hearts clung to their faith to see them through the awful days of their labor. One of the most famous songs arising from that era was <em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>.\u00a0 Its lyrics tell of a people who understood the soul of the gospel.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s interesting. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I dare you to look at that ornament the rest of this Christmas season without hearing me singing in the background. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Without hearing you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I just imagine that\u2019s going to haunt you now! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>But do you know all the words?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No; I don\u2019t.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>[Laughter] That is an admission!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s a surprise!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It is!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Next time you sing it, you need to get the words because they\u2019re <em>really<\/em> great words.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>They are great words. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve had our friend, Ace Collins, who has been joining us this week\u2014who knows a thing or two about Christmas hymns and where they came from. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe wrote a book called <em>Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas<\/em> and another one about the traditions of Christmas. Ace, I\u2019m curious about your favorite. Do you have a favorite Christmas-time hymn?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>I think, <em>O Holy Night<\/em>\u2014the old French carol. I loved it my entire life. I love it more, now, after knowing the stories behind it. I say <em>stories<\/em> behind it because there are multiple stories of <em>O Holy Night<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo back to the early 1800\u2019s\u2014a priest in France was having a Christmas Eve Mass in his church and asked the commissioner of wines\u2014which was a very important position in this little town\u2014to write a poem for the service. That man wrote that poem on a carriage ride to Paris. When he got to Paris, he liked the poem so much, he turned it over to a friend of his who was one of the great composers in France. He composed mainly operatic work and wrote the music that we know now today\u2014<em>Cantique de No\u00ebl<\/em>\u2014or however it is said in French. I have never taken French\u2014I don\u2019t know exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was performed that Christmas Eve at the Mass and became so popular the next ten years\u2014it really swept through churches throughout France in the early 1800\u2019s. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the man who wrote the lyrics left the Catholic Church for the Protestant movement, which upset a number of the priests there. Then, they found out that his friend, who had written the music, was Jewish. The song was tossed out of the Catholic Church in France. Now, picture this\u2014<em>O Holy Night<\/em> was tossed out of the church for being too secular\u2014and was considered a <em>secular<\/em> song\u2014not a sacred song.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe French people continued to sing it. In the Franco-Prussian war, a man jumped out of a foxhole\u2014a French soldier did\u2014on Christmas Eve\u2014and sang that song on Christmas Eve. The war stopped for that day. The French and the German soldiers got together and had Christmas together for 24 hours. There really was peace on earth brought to the world by <em>O Holy Night<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, <em>O Holy Night<\/em> came to America in the Civil War. Now, it was not brought here as a Christmas song, though. I think that\u2019s one of the most interesting things about this. It was brought here as an Abolitionist tune. It was used to fight slavery. You\u2019re thinking, \u201cHow could a song like <em>O Holy Night<\/em> be used to fight slavery?\u201d Well, listen to this verse\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cTruly He taught us to love one another\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cHis law is love, and His gospel is peace. Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother; and in His name, all oppression shall cease.\u201d\u00a0 That is why it was brought to the United States. That makes the second interesting story\u2014is the fact that it was used as a song during the Abolitionist Movement. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe third most interesting story about this\u2014and it sets up our entire use of music and how we learn it. It took place in 1906.\u00a0 A man named Fessenden was attempting to do what they said was impossible\u2014and that was create or invent a transformer that was powerful enough to carry the human voice. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEveryone said it would never be done. Fessenden did it, and he finished that in late to mid-December of 1906. Christmas Eve, in 1906, he decided to test it on the east coast. Now, there were people on ships listening to Morse code\u2014broadcast people in newsrooms and weather bureaus. Suddenly, his voice, Fessenden\u2019s voice broke out, reading the Gospel of Luke. Once he finished the Gospel of Luke, he picked up his violin and played <em>O Holy Night<\/em>.\u00a0 <em>O Holy Night<\/em> was the first song ever played on the radio.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, the third story, in this wonderful tune, is the fact that we are introduced now, today, to most music via the radio; and <em>O Holy Night<\/em> was the first song ever played on the radio.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know, Bob, our radio listening audience has to recognize that our guest, Ace Collins, has a little bit more than an average knowledge of some songs. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And our listeners have also heard, throughout this week, Mr. Know-it-All\u2014a caller who has challenged Ace\u2019s understanding of where some of these songs and these traditions came from. With regard to <em>O Holy Night<\/em>, I\u2019m not even going to ask Mr. Know-it-All. I don\u2019t even want to hear what he would make up or what kind of thing he would come up with on that one.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I don\u2019t either; but I would like to know, \u201cMr. Know-it-All, what\u2019s your favorite?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>Well, I have always liked <em>Up on the Rooftop<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong><em>Up on the Housetop<\/em> you mean? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>That\u2019s it, yes\u2014<em>Up on the Housetop<\/em>. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cReindeer pause; out jumps good ole\u2019 Santa Claus.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You like it for the spiritual significance.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>Very spiritual\u2014deep. There\u2019s a lot of significance to that song.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Can you tell us the story behind <em>Up on the Housetop<\/em>?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong><em>Up on the Housetop<\/em>\u2014that was written\u2014it was about the same time that aircraft were being used to deliver airmail. There was a very kindly aircraft pilot who was dropping packages to children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Just\u2014out of the airplane?\u00a0 Dropping packages like bombs?\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>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. It didn\u2019t last very long.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I guess not. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>It didn\u2019t last very long.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>But the sound of the packages landing on the rooftop made the children come outside. Of course, they all thought it was Santa Claus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m hoping, Ace, that you didn\u2019t even research <em>Up on the Housetop<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>I somehow missed that one\u2014and the <em>Christmas Polka<\/em>\u2014I didn\u2019t do that one either. So, if Mr. Know-it-all knows the story behind the <em>Christmas Polka<\/em>, he can share that with us later on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I think <em>Hark! the Herald Angels Sing<\/em> may be the most theological Christmas song. So, I\u2019m kind of partial to it because, I mean, it\u2019s just packed. Every line is just imbued with theological meaning and richness. But, also, I like <em>O Little Town of Bethlehem<\/em> because I like\u2014at the end of the song\u2014see I\u2019m a stickler for singing all of the verses of all of the songs. You don\u2019t just quit with the first verse. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn the end:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cO Holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us we pray. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hear the Christmas angels, their great glad tidings tell,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOh come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>Phillips Brooks wrote the song. Phillips Brooks was a very, very famous pastor in Baltimore. He was such a well-known pastor that he was a man that Abraham Lincoln turned to a number of times, during the Civil War. When Lincoln died, Brooks was the man called upon to do the service. Brooks was so overwhelmed by the loss of the President, whom he considered a friend\u2014that he left the ministry and left America. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe went to Europe, searching for the reason for his life. He could not find it in Europe. Then, in December\u2014went to the Holy Land. Now, I don\u2019t know what the company was\u2014it was Hertz or Avis\u2014[Laughter]\u2014but he rented a horse in Jerusalem\u2014and actually rode a horse into Bethlehem, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\ton the night of Christmas Eve, and was overcome by the emotion and spirituality of the feeling. Now, in 1865 and 1866, Bethlehem was still a little-bitty town, that probably looked the very same way it did when Christ was there. So, he really connected with the moment. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe came back to America, once again\u2014took to the pulpit, and began to preach; but he was attempting to tell the story, and he could not do it\u2014of that feeling of going in that night. Three years later, wrote a poem, that he considered a children\u2019s poem, and had his choir director set that to music. Brooks\u2019 song, of course, is <em>O Little Town of Bethlehem<\/em>, which he intended just for the children in his church to hear. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Share with our listeners the history of Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>Well, most people think of Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> as just another great work by a great composer because Handel was, when he was in his 30s and 40s, the Elvis of his time. He had grown up in Germany\u2014he had migrated to England. He was lionized as the greatest composer ever. Then, he fell out of favor. Suddenly\u2014the man who was having lunch with the king and the queen\u2014suddenly, found himself moving to smaller and smaller houses. He started to become ill, as well\u2014gout and other things were plaguing him. He was losing his vision. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFinally, he was so out of favor, nobody knew who he was. It was kind of like one of those things, \u201cDidn\u2019t you used to be George Handel?\u201d Well, what happened was\u2014he was in his early 70s, having nightmares. He really couldn\u2019t sleep because he was afraid he was going to die in a debtor\u2019s prison. An eccentric man sent him a letter. This man was so eccentric that no one paid any attention to him that knew him; but Handel was so desperate\u2014to come up with something to write about\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tthat he looked at this man\u2019s idea for an oratorio. It was based on the Old Testament Scripture predicting the coming of Christ and what that would be like.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHandel spent the next eight days and nights writing\u2014what we, now, know as Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>. Then, he got an offer, at that same time, to go to Ireland to lead an orchestra and a choir for a charity hospital event. He took it to escape the bill collectors and took this new music with him. The music was such a great success that they heard about it in London, and he was asked to perform it in London. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe old man, who could barely see, got up to perform Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> in his adopted country for the first time. The second night of the performance, King James was there. King James was so overwhelmed\u2014that when they started singing the Messiah part of it\u2014he stood. The tradition of standing has been part of <em>The Messiah<\/em> ever since. For the first hundred years or so\u2014hundred and fifty years\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tit was used, more than anything else, as an Easter cantata\u2014but so many people loved <em>The Messiah<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere was such a great need in England to raise money for the poor orphans and widows\u2014that they moved it to Christmas and used it as a fund-raiser. Probably, <em>The Messiah <\/em>has raised more money for charitable Christmas causes than any other\u2014not just song\u2014but any other organization in the history of Christmas. Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> saved a man who was starving to death. Also, Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> has reached out and touched \u201cthe least of these,\u201d time and time again, over the last hundred years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And, Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> touches our hearts every time it is sung.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>It\u2019s as powerful today as it ever has been.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>All you have to hear is that \u201cdum-dum-dum-dum, dum-dum-dum-dum\u201d\u2014and it just kind of starts right there; doesn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Opening strains of \u201cThe Hallelujah Chorus\u201d from Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It does. <strong>\u201c<\/strong>The Hallelujah Chorus\u201d is one of those moments when I wish I had a great voice\u2014you know? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>But realize\u2014I mean\u2014to our older folks out there, listening right now, here\u2019s a man who was written off as a has-been. Here is a man who was written off\u2014\u201cMaybe, he\u2019ll never write anything again.\u201d Here\u2019s a man who feared he would die in debt. Here is a man who was in very, very poor health\u2014a man who could barely see. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, if you\u2019re out there, and you\u2019re 70 years old, and you think life has passed you\u2014you\u2019ll never touch anybody; you\u2019ll never do anything\u2014that\u2019s wrong!\u00a0 I mean, God uses people of all ages; and God can touch you with inspiration, no matter what age you are.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And he can use a very dark moment\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>When you look at <em>O Little Town of Bethlehem<\/em> and Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>\u2014born out of incredibly dark, depressing moments\u2014and yet, the stories behind them are as uplifting as the songs themselves.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Did Handel ever realize what he had done?\u00a0 Did he live long enough to understand he had written\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>He lived long enough to realize he had written something very, very special.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I think, if Handel had been around in our day, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll bet he would have decorated his tree with the names of Jesus because you\u2019ve got to believe\u2014\u201cKing of kings and Lord of lords\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes, I think he would have put that on the tree. Those are two of the ornaments; right Barbara? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They are. I think he might have had them on his tree.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Barbara has designed crowns that bear these names. The last two that she writes about in a devotional book\u2014that goes with each of these seven crown Adorenaments, each bearing a name of Christ\u2014is \u201cKing of Kings\u201d is one\u2014and \u201cLord of Lords\u201d is another. She writes in her book that these two were designed to go together. I love them because you quote First Timothy 6:15, \u201cHe who is the blessed and only sovereign,<em> the<\/em> King of kings, and Lord of lords.\u201d\u00a0 Think about the concept of sovereignty\u2014He is the King\u2014He is the one who controls all. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe picture that I talked about last week, Bob, in my message about this\u2014is that in Revelation, Chapter 19, verses 11-15, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tthe curtains of heaven are pulled back to let the church in\u2014true followers of Christ. They see a rider on a white horse. It is the King of kings and Lord of lords. It says, \u201cOn his head are many diadems\u201d\u2014many crowns\u2014multiple crowns. It is speculated that He may have the crowns of all the kings who have ever lived. How that works, I don\u2019t know. But you know what? I\u2019ve got a feeling He could wear those crowns if He wants to.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cKing of Kings\u201d; \u201cLord of Lords\u201d\u2014is \u201cMessiah\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No. \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>Bob: <\/strong>Do you have plans for that one?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes; next year, in Savior names.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s the collection.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, the third set comes out next year\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>The third set will be His Savior names. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, if folks are interested in His Christmas names and in His royal names, you can look and see what those look like, right now, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Or order from us if you\u2019d like to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think our listeners ought to know that the proceeds from Adorenaments are being directed in a very special direction; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. We\u2019re taking a portion of the proceeds of every sale and we\u2019re helping to fund a ministry that works with orphans, and adoption, and foster care. It\u2019s Hope For Orphans<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. They are doing great work in helping the helpless\u2014helping children who are abandoned and who need families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you buy the Adorenaments, and you\u2019re helping orphans at the same time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>A lot of folks are buying these and giving them as Christmas gifts to friends and neighbors, as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, it\u2019s really a pretty inexpensive gift. You can get seven of these. If you start pricing high-quality ornaments, they are expensive!\u00a0 But we have priced these at something that\u2019s going to invite people to be able to give them as gifts and say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to folks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, I was talking to a lady who decorates her home in crowns. She was so excited to hear that, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tthis Christmas, she\u2019s going to be able to hang several sets of these on her Christmas tree so that she can continue the decorating motif of crowns. She\u2014last year, she bought seven sets\u2014and told me she\u2019d already bought them this year. My encouragement to folks: \u201cIf you want this, you\u2019d better get a hold of it quickly because we ordered a limited quantity of these. We don\u2019t want people angry at us, like they were last year.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. You can see what these ornaments look like, online\u2014again, FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order from us, online, as well. Or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you\u2019d like to order over the phone. Of course, we can still get them to you in time for them to be prominently positioned on your Christmas tree.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe also have the three-book set from Ace Collins\u2014on the stories behind the best-loved songs and the great traditions of Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can order that three-book set from us, as well, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Each of these stories is short enough to read at a family meal and, maybe, sing a Christmas carol after dinner. Again\u2014order at FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014or call: 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in \u201cfamily\u201d, \u201cL\u201d as in \u201clife\u201d, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d. Ask about the books by Ace Collins.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to take a minute and just say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners. You know, our first program was in November of 1992. It\u2019s been 21-plus years since that first Christmas on <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>And our listeners have always\u2014at the end of the year\u2014been very generous with us. We\u2019ve seen listeners call, or go online, or mail a check to us in December\u2014just to say, \u201cThank you for the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt has been very humbling to see the generosity of <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>listeners. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe recently had some generous friends come to us with a special offer, here, at the end of 2013. They have offered to match every donation we receive this month\u2014not just dollar for dollar\u2014they are going to match it with $3 for every $1 we receive from a listener. So, if you go online and make a $25 donation, we get to unlock an additional $75 from the matching-gift grant. Your $25 donation becomes $100-worth of benefit to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. We\u2019re hoping to take full advantage of their generosity. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey have offered to do this, up to a total of $500,000 donated. That would mean $2 million to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> if we\u2019re able to take advantage of this. We\u2019re asking you to help us make that happen. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the button that says, \u201cI CARE,\u201d and make an online donation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr call to make a donation over the phone at 1-800-FL-TODAY. And you can also mail a check to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Our mailing address is P O Box 7111, Little Rock, AR. Our zip code is 72223. Whatever you\u2019re able to do\u2014\u201cThanks,\u201d in advance. Also, please pray for us\u2014that we will be able to end the year strong and be in a position to advance the work of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> in the year to come. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd, be sure to join us back again tomorrow. Barbara Rainey is going to be here again, along with Ace Collins. We\u2019ve got a lot more Christmas to talk about. I hope you can tune in for that. \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. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \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. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. 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. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. 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Most of us sing along or listen carefully, without thinking much about the man who wrote <em>The Messiah<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Excerpt of \u201cHallelujah Chorus\u201d from <em>The Messiah<\/em>]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>He was in his early 70s, having nightmares. He really couldn\u2019t sleep because he was afraid he was going to die in a debtor\u2019s prison. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAn eccentric man sent him a letter. This man was so eccentric that no one paid any attention to him that knew him, but he looked at this man\u2019s idea for an oratorio. It was based on the Old Testament Scripture predicting the coming of Christ and what that would be like. Handel spent the next eight days writing what we, now, know as Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, December 11<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. We\u2019re going to hear more about Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> today and some of the other best-loved songs of the Christmas season. Stay tuned.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us on the Wednesday edition\u2014\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>I know you\u2019re going to like today\u2019s broadcast. In fact, I wish you listeners could have heard him a few moments ago. He broke out in a voice that I don\u2019t know\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014I don\u2019t know that I\u2019ve ever---\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Should I go ahead and ratchet it up here?\u00a0 Here\u2019s the deal\u2014I was looking at the ornaments that your wife Barbara has created.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It does cause one to break out in music\u2014\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>Bob: <\/strong>It does. Because, in addition\u2014our listeners have heard us talking about the names of Christ\u2014the Adorenaments<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u2014that Barbara has developed. By the way, Barbara is back again. Welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And there are two sets of them\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>There are the Christmas names\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\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>She\u2019s got a whole collection designed. If she lives long enough, they are going to\u2014Rockefeller Plaza is going to have---\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You will not be able to see green any more on your tree\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You won\u2019t!\u00a0 You won\u2019t\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>It will be solid\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>--and it will proclaim Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We have the Christmas names; and this year, we have the royal names. But then, there are these hymn ornaments. You call them Adore Hymns. They are\u2014I call them pine cones\u2014they are flat, laser-cut\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014Bob. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s just the shape they\u2019re in.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That is insulting to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No! It\u2019s\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s gold. It\u2019s laser-cut, and it\u2019s in the shape of an oval. I can tell\u2014you can put that in front of 1,000 people\u2014<em>none<\/em> would identify that as a pine cone. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Go to FamilyLifeToday.com and see if they don\u2019t look like pine cones to you: 1-800\u2014Go to vote\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We\u2019re going to have a straw poll on this\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Oh, you all are hilarious!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We\u2019ll have a straw poll.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I was looking at the different hymns that you\u2019ve made an ornament out of. One of them is the old spiritual, <em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>It is.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I broke out into that. [Bob begins singing loudly]\u00a0 \u201cSweet little Jesus boy\u201d\u2014Huh?\u00a0 What do you think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I was impressed!\u00a0 I really was!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If our listeners are interested\u2014and by the way\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I don\u2019t think they\u2019re interested in getting your tape; no.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No. But if they do get the ornaments, you\u2019ve also put together music for many of these hymns\u2014that can be downloaded\u2014and you can sing along.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. You can listen to them while you put them on your tree or, if you\u2019re musically inclined, you can sing with them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Man, oh man, oh man.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>There are eight of them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>In fact, pick up the\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong><em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>?\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><em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>\u2014the Adore Hymn\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>[Singing]\u00a0 \u201cSweet little Jesus boy\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and read what\u2019s on the back because, on the back of these Adore Hymn ornaments, is the history of the song.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> [Singing] \u201clittle manger\u201d\u2014Go ahead.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Shall I read it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Please do. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Excuse us for interrupting you, Bob. He\u2019s pretending he\u2019s in the shower.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019ll just be over here. [Singing]\u00a0 \u201cSweet little Jesus boy\u201d \u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>[Laughing]\u00a0 He is going to make background music\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tbut I might laugh instead of reading. So, maybe we better stop\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Keep reading; keep reading.\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>Bob: <\/strong>Okay,I\u2019ll stop.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>So, <em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>\u2014here\u2019s the story: Music was life-giving to generations of slaves in the American South. As they learned about a Savior, who came to deliver and redeem, their hearts clung to their faith to see them through the awful days of their labor. One of the most famous songs arising from that era was <em>Sweet Little Jesus Boy<\/em>.\u00a0 Its lyrics tell of a people who understood the soul of the gospel.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s interesting. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I dare you to look at that ornament the rest of this Christmas season without hearing me singing in the background. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Without hearing you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I just imagine that\u2019s going to haunt you now! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>But do you know all the words?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No; I don\u2019t.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>[Laughter] That is an admission!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s a surprise!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It is!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Next time you sing it, you need to get the words because they\u2019re <em>really<\/em> great words.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>They are great words. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve had our friend, Ace Collins, who has been joining us this week\u2014who knows a thing or two about Christmas hymns and where they came from. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe wrote a book called <em>Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas<\/em> and another one about the traditions of Christmas. Ace, I\u2019m curious about your favorite. Do you have a favorite Christmas-time hymn?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>I think, <em>O Holy Night<\/em>\u2014the old French carol. I loved it my entire life. I love it more, now, after knowing the stories behind it. I say <em>stories<\/em> behind it because there are multiple stories of <em>O Holy Night<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo back to the early 1800\u2019s\u2014a priest in France was having a Christmas Eve Mass in his church and asked the commissioner of wines\u2014which was a very important position in this little town\u2014to write a poem for the service. That man wrote that poem on a carriage ride to Paris. When he got to Paris, he liked the poem so much, he turned it over to a friend of his who was one of the great composers in France. He composed mainly operatic work and wrote the music that we know now today\u2014<em>Cantique de No\u00ebl<\/em>\u2014or however it is said in French. I have never taken French\u2014I don\u2019t know exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was performed that Christmas Eve at the Mass and became so popular the next ten years\u2014it really swept through churches throughout France in the early 1800\u2019s. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the man who wrote the lyrics left the Catholic Church for the Protestant movement, which upset a number of the priests there. Then, they found out that his friend, who had written the music, was Jewish. The song was tossed out of the Catholic Church in France. Now, picture this\u2014<em>O Holy Night<\/em> was tossed out of the church for being too secular\u2014and was considered a <em>secular<\/em> song\u2014not a sacred song.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe French people continued to sing it. In the Franco-Prussian war, a man jumped out of a foxhole\u2014a French soldier did\u2014on Christmas Eve\u2014and sang that song on Christmas Eve. The war stopped for that day. The French and the German soldiers got together and had Christmas together for 24 hours. There really was peace on earth brought to the world by <em>O Holy Night<\/em>.\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, <em>O Holy Night<\/em> came to America in the Civil War. Now, it was not brought here as a Christmas song, though. I think that\u2019s one of the most interesting things about this. It was brought here as an Abolitionist tune. It was used to fight slavery. You\u2019re thinking, \u201cHow could a song like <em>O Holy Night<\/em> be used to fight slavery?\u201d Well, listen to this verse\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cTruly He taught us to love one another\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cHis law is love, and His gospel is peace. Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother; and in His name, all oppression shall cease.\u201d\u00a0 That is why it was brought to the United States. That makes the second interesting story\u2014is the fact that it was used as a song during the Abolitionist Movement. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe third most interesting story about this\u2014and it sets up our entire use of music and how we learn it. It took place in 1906.\u00a0 A man named Fessenden was attempting to do what they said was impossible\u2014and that was create or invent a transformer that was powerful enough to carry the human voice. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEveryone said it would never be done. Fessenden did it, and he finished that in late to mid-December of 1906. Christmas Eve, in 1906, he decided to test it on the east coast. Now, there were people on ships listening to Morse code\u2014broadcast people in newsrooms and weather bureaus. Suddenly, his voice, Fessenden\u2019s voice broke out, reading the Gospel of Luke. Once he finished the Gospel of Luke, he picked up his violin and played <em>O Holy Night<\/em>.\u00a0 <em>O Holy Night<\/em> was the first song ever played on the radio.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, the third story, in this wonderful tune, is the fact that we are introduced now, today, to most music via the radio; and <em>O Holy Night<\/em> was the first song ever played on the radio.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You know, Bob, our radio listening audience has to recognize that our guest, Ace Collins, has a little bit more than an average knowledge of some songs. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And our listeners have also heard, throughout this week, Mr. Know-it-All\u2014a caller who has challenged Ace\u2019s understanding of where some of these songs and these traditions came from. With regard to <em>O Holy Night<\/em>, I\u2019m not even going to ask Mr. Know-it-All. I don\u2019t even want to hear what he would make up or what kind of thing he would come up with on that one.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I don\u2019t either; but I would like to know, \u201cMr. Know-it-All, what\u2019s your favorite?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>Well, I have always liked <em>Up on the Rooftop<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong><em>Up on the Housetop<\/em> you mean? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>That\u2019s it, yes\u2014<em>Up on the Housetop<\/em>. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cReindeer pause; out jumps good ole\u2019 Santa Claus.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You like it for the spiritual significance.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>Very spiritual\u2014deep. There\u2019s a lot of significance to that song.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Can you tell us the story behind <em>Up on the Housetop<\/em>?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong><em>Up on the Housetop<\/em>\u2014that was written\u2014it was about the same time that aircraft were being used to deliver airmail. There was a very kindly aircraft pilot who was dropping packages to children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Just\u2014out of the airplane?\u00a0 Dropping packages like bombs?\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>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. It didn\u2019t last very long.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I guess not. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>It didn\u2019t last very long.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Mr. Know-it-All: <\/strong>But the sound of the packages landing on the rooftop made the children come outside. Of course, they all thought it was Santa Claus.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m hoping, Ace, that you didn\u2019t even research <em>Up on the Housetop<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>I somehow missed that one\u2014and the <em>Christmas Polka<\/em>\u2014I didn\u2019t do that one either. So, if Mr. Know-it-all knows the story behind the <em>Christmas Polka<\/em>, he can share that with us later on.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I think <em>Hark! the Herald Angels Sing<\/em> may be the most theological Christmas song. So, I\u2019m kind of partial to it because, I mean, it\u2019s just packed. Every line is just imbued with theological meaning and richness. But, also, I like <em>O Little Town of Bethlehem<\/em> because I like\u2014at the end of the song\u2014see I\u2019m a stickler for singing all of the verses of all of the songs. You don\u2019t just quit with the first verse. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn the end:\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cO Holy Child of Bethlehem, descend to us we pray. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCast out our sin and enter in, be born in us today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hear the Christmas angels, their great glad tidings tell,\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOh come to us, abide with us, our Lord Emmanuel.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>Phillips Brooks wrote the song. Phillips Brooks was a very, very famous pastor in Baltimore. He was such a well-known pastor that he was a man that Abraham Lincoln turned to a number of times, during the Civil War. When Lincoln died, Brooks was the man called upon to do the service. Brooks was so overwhelmed by the loss of the President, whom he considered a friend\u2014that he left the ministry and left America. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe went to Europe, searching for the reason for his life. He could not find it in Europe. Then, in December\u2014went to the Holy Land. Now, I don\u2019t know what the company was\u2014it was Hertz or Avis\u2014[Laughter]\u2014but he rented a horse in Jerusalem\u2014and actually rode a horse into Bethlehem, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\ton the night of Christmas Eve, and was overcome by the emotion and spirituality of the feeling. Now, in 1865 and 1866, Bethlehem was still a little-bitty town, that probably looked the very same way it did when Christ was there. So, he really connected with the moment. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe came back to America, once again\u2014took to the pulpit, and began to preach; but he was attempting to tell the story, and he could not do it\u2014of that feeling of going in that night. Three years later, wrote a poem, that he considered a children\u2019s poem, and had his choir director set that to music. Brooks\u2019 song, of course, is <em>O Little Town of Bethlehem<\/em>, which he intended just for the children in his church to hear. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Share with our listeners the history of Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>Well, most people think of Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> as just another great work by a great composer because Handel was, when he was in his 30s and 40s, the Elvis of his time. He had grown up in Germany\u2014he had migrated to England. He was lionized as the greatest composer ever. Then, he fell out of favor. Suddenly\u2014the man who was having lunch with the king and the queen\u2014suddenly, found himself moving to smaller and smaller houses. He started to become ill, as well\u2014gout and other things were plaguing him. He was losing his vision. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFinally, he was so out of favor, nobody knew who he was. It was kind of like one of those things, \u201cDidn\u2019t you used to be George Handel?\u201d Well, what happened was\u2014he was in his early 70s, having nightmares. He really couldn\u2019t sleep because he was afraid he was going to die in a debtor\u2019s prison. An eccentric man sent him a letter. This man was so eccentric that no one paid any attention to him that knew him; but Handel was so desperate\u2014to come up with something to write about\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tthat he looked at this man\u2019s idea for an oratorio. It was based on the Old Testament Scripture predicting the coming of Christ and what that would be like.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHandel spent the next eight days and nights writing\u2014what we, now, know as Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>. Then, he got an offer, at that same time, to go to Ireland to lead an orchestra and a choir for a charity hospital event. He took it to escape the bill collectors and took this new music with him. The music was such a great success that they heard about it in London, and he was asked to perform it in London. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe old man, who could barely see, got up to perform Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> in his adopted country for the first time. The second night of the performance, King James was there. King James was so overwhelmed\u2014that when they started singing the Messiah part of it\u2014he stood. The tradition of standing has been part of <em>The Messiah<\/em> ever since. For the first hundred years or so\u2014hundred and fifty years\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tit was used, more than anything else, as an Easter cantata\u2014but so many people loved <em>The Messiah<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere was such a great need in England to raise money for the poor orphans and widows\u2014that they moved it to Christmas and used it as a fund-raiser. Probably, <em>The Messiah <\/em>has raised more money for charitable Christmas causes than any other\u2014not just song\u2014but any other organization in the history of Christmas. Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> saved a man who was starving to death. Also, Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> has reached out and touched \u201cthe least of these,\u201d time and time again, over the last hundred years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And, Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> touches our hearts every time it is sung.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>It\u2019s as powerful today as it ever has been.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>All you have to hear is that \u201cdum-dum-dum-dum, dum-dum-dum-dum\u201d\u2014and it just kind of starts right there; doesn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t[Opening strains of \u201cThe Hallelujah Chorus\u201d from Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It does. <strong>\u201c<\/strong>The Hallelujah Chorus\u201d is one of those moments when I wish I had a great voice\u2014you know? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>But realize\u2014I mean\u2014to our older folks out there, listening right now, here\u2019s a man who was written off as a has-been. Here is a man who was written off\u2014\u201cMaybe, he\u2019ll never write anything again.\u201d Here\u2019s a man who feared he would die in debt. Here is a man who was in very, very poor health\u2014a man who could barely see. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, if you\u2019re out there, and you\u2019re 70 years old, and you think life has passed you\u2014you\u2019ll never touch anybody; you\u2019ll never do anything\u2014that\u2019s wrong!\u00a0 I mean, God uses people of all ages; and God can touch you with inspiration, no matter what age you are.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And he can use a very dark moment\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>When you look at <em>O Little Town of Bethlehem<\/em> and Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em>\u2014born out of incredibly dark, depressing moments\u2014and yet, the stories behind them are as uplifting as the songs themselves.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Did Handel ever realize what he had done?\u00a0 Did he live long enough to understand he had written\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ace: <\/strong>He lived long enough to realize he had written something very, very special.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I think, if Handel had been around in our day, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll bet he would have decorated his tree with the names of Jesus because you\u2019ve got to believe\u2014\u201cKing of kings and Lord of lords\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You think?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes, I think he would have put that on the tree. Those are two of the ornaments; right Barbara? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>They are. I think he might have had them on his tree.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Barbara has designed crowns that bear these names. The last two that she writes about in a devotional book\u2014that goes with each of these seven crown Adorenaments, each bearing a name of Christ\u2014is \u201cKing of Kings\u201d is one\u2014and \u201cLord of Lords\u201d is another. She writes in her book that these two were designed to go together. I love them because you quote First Timothy 6:15, \u201cHe who is the blessed and only sovereign,<em> the<\/em> King of kings, and Lord of lords.\u201d\u00a0 Think about the concept of sovereignty\u2014He is the King\u2014He is the one who controls all. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe picture that I talked about last week, Bob, in my message about this\u2014is that in Revelation, Chapter 19, verses 11-15, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tthe curtains of heaven are pulled back to let the church in\u2014true followers of Christ. They see a rider on a white horse. It is the King of kings and Lord of lords. It says, \u201cOn his head are many diadems\u201d\u2014many crowns\u2014multiple crowns. It is speculated that He may have the crowns of all the kings who have ever lived. How that works, I don\u2019t know. But you know what? I\u2019ve got a feeling He could wear those crowns if He wants to.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u201cKing of Kings\u201d; \u201cLord of Lords\u201d\u2014is \u201cMessiah\u201d\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No. \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>Bob: <\/strong>Do you have plans for that one?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes; next year, in Savior names.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That\u2019s the collection.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, the third set comes out next year\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>The third set will be His Savior names. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, if folks are interested in His Christmas names and in His royal names, you can look and see what those look like, right now, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Or order from us if you\u2019d like to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think our listeners ought to know that the proceeds from Adorenaments are being directed in a very special direction; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. We\u2019re taking a portion of the proceeds of every sale and we\u2019re helping to fund a ministry that works with orphans, and adoption, and foster care. It\u2019s Hope For Orphans<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>. They are doing great work in helping the helpless\u2014helping children who are abandoned and who need families. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, you buy the Adorenaments, and you\u2019re helping orphans at the same time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>A lot of folks are buying these and giving them as Christmas gifts to friends and neighbors, as well.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Well, it\u2019s really a pretty inexpensive gift. You can get seven of these. If you start pricing high-quality ornaments, they are expensive!\u00a0 But we have priced these at something that\u2019s going to invite people to be able to give them as gifts and say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to folks. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIn fact, I was talking to a lady who decorates her home in crowns. She was so excited to hear that, \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tthis Christmas, she\u2019s going to be able to hang several sets of these on her Christmas tree so that she can continue the decorating motif of crowns. She\u2014last year, she bought seven sets\u2014and told me she\u2019d already bought them this year. My encouragement to folks: \u201cIf you want this, you\u2019d better get a hold of it quickly because we ordered a limited quantity of these. We don\u2019t want people angry at us, like they were last year.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. You can see what these ornaments look like, online\u2014again, FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order from us, online, as well. Or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY if you\u2019d like to order over the phone. Of course, we can still get them to you in time for them to be prominently positioned on your Christmas tree.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe also have the three-book set from Ace Collins\u2014on the stories behind the best-loved songs and the great traditions of Christmas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can order that three-book set from us, as well, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com. Or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY. Each of these stories is short enough to read at a family meal and, maybe, sing a Christmas carol after dinner. Again\u2014order at FamilyLifeToday.com\u2014or call: 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in \u201cfamily\u201d, \u201cL\u201d as in \u201clife\u201d, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY\u201d. Ask about the books by Ace Collins.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to take a minute and just say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners. You know, our first program was in November of 1992. It\u2019s been 21-plus years since that first Christmas on <em>FamilyLife Today. <\/em>And our listeners have always\u2014at the end of the year\u2014been very generous with us. We\u2019ve seen listeners call, or go online, or mail a check to us in December\u2014just to say, \u201cThank you for the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt has been very humbling to see the generosity of <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>listeners. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe recently had some generous friends come to us with a special offer, here, at the end of 2013. They have offered to match every donation we receive this month\u2014not just dollar for dollar\u2014they are going to match it with $3 for every $1 we receive from a listener. So, if you go online and make a $25 donation, we get to unlock an additional $75 from the matching-gift grant. 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