What My Favorite Painting Tells Us About Christmas

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Luke mentions the shepherds, and Matthew the Magi, but when John begins his Gospel, he begins at the very beginning: “In the beginning was the Word….”And then John says something that is absolutely startling:"The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him” (John 1:9-10).In other words, the most important thing that has ever happened happened, and everyone missed it!It’s just like Pieter Bruegel painted it in his great masterpiece “Census at Bethlehem.”It’s my favorite painting ever, and on Christmas Eve 2024 I talked about why.

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