Mary Did You Know

Ordained minister, Dr. Dennis Hall, entertains his special guests on this podcast. Two of his young adult granddaughters and their mother join him in this special Christmas podcast. The podcast begins with Dr. Hall reading from Luke 1 when the angel encountered the young Jewish teenage girl, Mary, and told her that she would conceive and give birth to a son. Astonished, Mary asked “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” The special guests and Dr. Hall then explored what it is like to be a teenage girl in the 21st century. The ladies on the panel discuss the violent mood changes that they experienced as teenagers and how these off the chart mood swings are complicated by PMS. The group also discussed society’s perverted interpretation of beauty that for many young teenage girls results in poor self-image, making them feel that they are “not pretty enough” or “not worthy enough.” The discussion then led into the consequences of a young girl in the first century claiming to be a virgin and becoming pregnant. In short, Deuteronomy 22 tells us that the law at that time required the young girl to be stoned to death. When Mary accepted the Angels proclamation that she would become pregnant with Jesus she was aware of these potential harsh consequences. The group explored how Mary must have felt during this time, and Joseph’s response to this situation. The podcast closes with a prayer thanking God for the supernatural gift of Jesus brought into this world by a poor virgin Jewish teenage girl. Can be heard on all podcast search engines and viewed on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/3Jb5mBPi3II.