Why a Manger?

December 22, 2023
Dr. John Neufeld

Do not watch this video unless you are willing to have your Sunday School Nativity pageant shook up! We are used to seeing shepherds in dad’s bath robe, angels with cardboard wings and wise men holding mom’s jewelry box. Dr. John works through the stereotypical handling of Jesus’ birth and explains the details of a swaddling cloth, a manger and the hard-hearted inn keeper. We find that the reality of Jesus’ birth is more wondrous than we imagined.

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