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conversations.value: What could be a title for a book about Annabelle, Red, Rock with the genre: Children's Books?
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conversations.value: A title for this book could be 'C is for Christmas'
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conversations.value: Do you know the first five paragraphs for this book?
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conversations.value: C is for Christmas
  The X (or chi) is intended as an honorable shorthand way to say Christ, and Xmas is shorthand for Christmas (originally the service of worship centered on the birth of Jesus Christ, but eventually referring to the season as well).
  The truth about the origin of "Xmas" will probably not cure the misbelief that "Xmas" is an attempt to remove Christ from Christmas. So if you're going to use "Xmas," do so with friends who understand the etymology of words and who will not doubt your reverence for Christ.
  The word Yule is from Old English (before the twelfth century), borrowed from Old Norse (jul), and means the feast of the nativity of Jesus Christ, or Christmas Day (December 25). Yuletide is the season from Christmas Eve until New Year's Day (or to Epiphany in the UK). Christmastide is a synonym, in use since 1626. A Yule log is a large log put on the hearth on Christmas Eve.
  There are at least thirty-one men in the Bible named Zechariah (meaning "Jehovah has remembered"), but this one is special. He was the father of John the Baptist, the man about whom Jesus said, "I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John" (7:28). No matter how old you are, the more you meditate on Luke's account of Zechariah, the more encouragement it should give you.
  What he was not prepared for was the sudden appearance of an angel and the answer to a lifelong prayer. Each day before the morning and evening sacrifices, the priests burned incense at the golden altar in the holy place (Exod. 30:1–8). The fragrant burning incense was a picture of devout prayer ascending to God from His worshiping people (Ps. 141:1–2). Zechariah and Elizabeth had been praying for a son all their married life, and now they were too old to have a family. But as Zechariah was ministering in the temple, the angel appeared to him and announced that they would have a son, and not just any son; their son would be the prophet that would go before the Messiah and prepare Israel for His arrival. This is the angel who would later say, "Nothing is impossible with God" (Luke 1:37).
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conversations.value: Do you know another paragraph?
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conversations.value: You would expect an old priest to be a man of great faith, but Zechariah must have forgotten about Abraham and Sarah and the miraculous birth of their son, Isaac, in their old age (Genesis 17; 21). His heart was happy at the good news but his voice was muted by his unbelief. He questioned God's word, so the Lord silenced Zechariah's words. 4:13, quoted from Ps. 116:10); but Zechariah did not believe, so temporarily he lost the power to speak.
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conversations.value: Add another sentence about Bible, Cor.
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conversations.value: You would expect an old priest to be a man of great faith, but Zechariah must have forgotten about Abraham and Sarah and the miraculous birth of their son, Isaac, in their old age (Genesis 17; 21). His heart was happy at the good news but his voice was muted by his unbelief. He questioned God's word, so the Lord silenced Zechariah's words. The Bible pattern is "I believed, therefore I have spoken" (2 Cor. 4:13, quoted from Ps. 116:10); but Zechariah did not believe, so temporarily he lost the power to speak.
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conversations.value: Do you know the last three paragraphs?
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conversations.value: First, the meditative silence, then the song of praise (Luke 1:68–79). Zechariah did not think of himself but of the Lord and His people. He praised God for the salvation that Mary's Son would accomplish. Because of His sacrifice on the cross, He would release us from bondage (v. 68), defeat our enemies (vv. 69, 71, 74), cancel the debt of our sin (vv. 76–77), and usher in the dawning of a new day (vv. 78–79). Zechariah and Elizabeth may never have seen Jesus as an adult, but they rejoiced at what He would do for the sinful world.
  It is unfortunate that many of the songs used during the Christmas season are not biblical, and some of them are just plain juvenile. Let's not criticize Zechariah because of his unbelief. Let's give thanks to God that this elderly man used his months of silence for the kind of meditation and prayer that produced the magnificent song (the Benedictus) recorded in Luke's Gospel.
  We are silent that we might listen to God. Then we speak and praise Him that we might glorify God. Blessed are the balanced!