“Are You the One?”

Read Matthew 11.1-3 Advent 3, December 11, 2022 A man called Thomas Flynn, a once author, journalist and executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism, who has now passed away used to explain to rational, freethinking people why they shouldn’t celebrate Christmas. As a secular humanist, Flynn urges other non-believers to ignore Christmas altogether: “If Jesus is not your Saviour, Christmas is not your holiday.” Flynn had a point, after all Christians believe that over 2000 years ago something happened. Something supernatural. Something totally out of the ordinary. Something humanly unexplainable. We believe God invaded our world in the form of a tiny baby boy. Now that’s a stunning thought. Something happened that had never happened before. Something happened that has never happened since.