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Christmas, what if it really happened?

Is the Christmas story unbelievable
Thu 6 Dec 2018
Al Stewart

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The Bible
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Bible reference(s): Matthew 2

Santa, Stockings and Scrooge... they're nice stories that are told at Christmas to remind us of values we think are important however in the end they are completely fictitious. Many would say that the Christmas story, as told by the Bible, is basically the same.

In our final instalment of Bible Shots in 2018 Al Stewart helps us consider the historical evidence to answer the questions:
Did the Christmas story, as told by the Bible, actually happen?
What would it mean if it did?

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Sam Chan

Russ Matthews

Justine Toh

Robert Martin

Caroline Spencer

Andrew Laird

Amy Isham

Aaron Johnstone

Emma Wilkins

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Al Stewart

Al Stewart is one of Third Space's National Communicators. Al Studied Commerce at UNSW and worked in the business world before studying for Christian ministry. He’s been speaking to various business groups around Australia for 30 years. He has also worked as CEO of the not-for-profit organisation ‘Youthworks’ and been Chairman of the Board of other not-for-profits. He is married to Kathy and they have four grown children.