December 21, 2025

Richard White, Pastor

Luke 2:1-20                           

And So This is Christmas: This Son is Christmas

1. 1. What are the inflatable joys of this season/life? How do you respond when they deflate?  Why is mega joy truly only in Jesus?
   2. What in this passage is of human action? What is of divine action (think Micah 5:2ff)? What does this tell us about how God works in the world?  How do you see God working through ordinary events in your life?
   3. What do the circumstances of Jesus’ birth tell you about God?  What does this tell you about how God relates to us?
   4. Why do you think God chose to announce Jesus’ birth first to shepherds – men considered nobodies in that society? What does this say about God’s character and priorities?
   5. The shepherds went immediately to find Jesus after the angels left them.  What does their response tell us about responding to God’s word, his invitations, his nudges?   Describe a time when you responded to one of God’s nudges.
   6. What is being expressed by Jesus’ titles from vs11? How does Caesar stack up against these titles (which he also claimed)? (“Christ” means “anointed one”).
   7. Mary “treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” What do you think she might have pondered the most? What do you ponder most in Jesus’ birth story?  What stands out that amazes you? What take away will you carry beyond a Christmas day moment?