Each Christmas season, many of us secretly long for the excitement of our childhood. “This year,” we vow, “Christmas will be different! It will be good again.” Yet the old magic remains elusive.

Robert Solomon understands this. As a medical doctor, author, speaker, and pastor he knows that life is a blend of wonder and disappointment, joy and pain, triumph and tragedy. Such complexity mirrors the story of Christmas. The angelic announcement of the birth of Mary’s baby boy was followed by an unthinkable atrocity against other baby boys. And when the child grew to manhood, His miracles and ministry seemed to meet an abrupt end with His crucifixion.

But all of that was mere prologue to the reason we celebrate Christmas. All along, the manger was pointed to the resurrection.

Christmas is not magic. Yet Christmas is majestic! God in the stable. God with us! That is the promise of Christmas.

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