Series Guide
Overview
This four-week series examines the different characters in the Christmas story to see how the birth of Jesus was good news of great joy for all of them—whether an elderly couple like Zechariah and Elizabeth, a poor young couple like Joseph and Mary, the marginalized shepherds, or even cosmic beings (angels).
Weekly Previews
The Characters of Christmas - Week 1
The birth of Jesus is good news for the elderly Zechariah and Elizabeth, who have spent their lives bearing disgrace.
The Characters of Christmas - Week 2
God uses the weak to shame the strong; he does this by choosing the young Mary for the important task of bearing his Son.
The Characters of Christmas - Week 3
God uses outcasts to announce Jesus’s birth.
The Characters of Christmas - Week 4
The birth of Jesus shows the cosmic scope of God’s salvation plan; even heaven was excited about Jesus’s birth.