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All right, good times.

If you got a Bible, go to Luke Chapter 1.

Today we're going to meet the girl who raised God.

We're going to meet Mary and Joseph,

and they are such an interesting part of our culture.

How many of you put up a manger scene somewhere at your house, and there's Mary and Joseph?

How many of you, your Christmas cards include at least some in the stack, Mary and Joseph, they're on television, they're in movies, they're part of the cultural narrative, and what's interesting is that we know a little about them but we

oftentimes don't delve deep into their story to really understand from them and

their story might be one that is more timely than ever. I was talking to a guy he works in data he's he's a

guy with more degrees than Fahrenheit super smart guy and he works in something called

mega data and they pull this will freak you, they pull all the information they can on you, so his

firm has purchased 5,000 data points, all your social media posts, your purchasing habits, your frequent shopper cards, your travel,

any purchase of real estate, your internet surfing, and they try and get a psychographic profile,

who are you, what motivates you you what products would be interesting for you little

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