Steve DeNeff - Isaiah 11:1-5; Luke 1:26-33, 46-55. To understand the message of Christmas, we must view it through another lens, a place rooted in the past, in the struggle of waiting, in the loss and frustration of those who were caught in the political, economic and social pressures of that day. Against the backdrop of that “night,” the birth of a child - a new king with a new kingdom - is “good news (gospel) of great joy.”
