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And remember, it's all about Jesus.

If you've got a Bible, we're spending a few months going through the opening chapters of the

Gospel of Luke looking at the birth of Jesus Christ, the most important significant birth in the

history of the world. If you've got your Bible, go to Luke chapter 1 starting in verse

36 and as you're finding your way there let me ask you a question

think for a moment of the most famous well-known popular young women in our

culture this can be teens, early 20s, who comes to mind? You don't

need to shout their name, but you see their face or you know their name. Let me ask you this

question, are they godly? Are they exemplary? Are they

amazing? Have they made a life-changing contribution to the world? In 2,000 years

we will be putting them on Christmas cards and just singing their praises

because of the difference they made likely no.

We live in a world that has absolutely lost its way,

and here's how it works.

We're in the celebrity culture

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