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Podcast: West End UMC Podcast Audio Podcast
Episode: In the Beginning
Description: In the Beginning – Today’s scripture is the familiar passage opening the Fourth Gospel: “In the beginning was the Word . . .” With those words we are celebrating Christmas in July to focus on the meaning of the birth of Jesus, the mystery of the incarnation. For Christmas proper we always rehearse the story of Mary, Joseph, and the birth of the baby from Luke. But in this prologue to the Fourth Gospel, there’s no “how” with Mary and Joseph, but more a “why” for the incarnation of God into the world. This account is high and lofty in its Christology – God who was, is, and...