1 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,000 S1: It's Christmas Eve. Can you believe it? We made it 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,440 S1: to Christmas Eve. Welcome, friend. Come on over to my 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,960 S1: radio backyard fence. Have a seat here by the fire. 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,639 S1: We have some wassail for you. Hot chocolate. We might 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:20,840 S1: make a little popcorn later on if I can find 6 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:23,960 S1: the butter in the salt. We have four segments in 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,920 S1: this best of broadcast that we aired. I think the 8 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,240 S1: last time was five years ago. And here's my game plan. 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,680 S1: Everybody needs a game plan. First segment Saila. Second segment 10 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:39,800 S1: Steven Curtis Chapman, third segment, Lindsay McCaul, and then Andrew 11 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,159 S1: Greer and Cindy Morgan will join us. I think you're 12 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,960 S1: going to enjoy the conversation and the music from the 13 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,000 S1: radio backyard fence, Chris Fabry here thanking Ryan McConaughey for 14 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,880 S1: doing all things technical. Tricia is our producer. You don't 15 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,840 S1: hear them often on this program, but my voice would 16 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,240 S1: not get from my lips to your ears without them 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,640 S1: so big. Tip of the hat. And Merry Christmas to 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,920 S1: Ryan and Tricia. And also to those who are my 19 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,560 S1: back fence friends and partners. When you go to Chris, 20 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,039 S1: you're still going to see the fantastic. Thank you. We 21 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,600 S1: have for a few more days, about a week left 22 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,520 S1: in our offer of this hardcover book. Hosanna in Excelsis. 23 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,680 S1: Put something in the back fence stocking and we will 24 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,160 S1: send it your way. Can't get it to you by Christmas, 25 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,640 S1: but you will enjoy the 43 hymn stories for years 26 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,240 S1: and years to come. Songs like O Little Town of 27 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,479 S1: Bethlehem and Joy to the world. Even Ding Dong Merrily 28 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:41,120 S1: on High is in this book. Do you know the 29 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,160 S1: story behind that one? The best way to give would 30 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,600 S1: be to go to the website right now. Go to Chris. 31 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,600 S1: Scroll down. You'll see how to support us with a 32 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,120 S1: year end gift. And I know you're busy. I know 33 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,080 S1: that your budget is probably stretched with all the spending 34 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,570 S1: here at Christmas, But if you could help us out 35 00:01:59,570 --> 00:02:04,370 S1: before 2026 comes around in the calendar, we would greatly 36 00:02:04,370 --> 00:02:06,810 S1: appreciate it. And thank you. For those of you who've 37 00:02:06,810 --> 00:02:13,570 S1: already given in December. Again, go to Chris. Now you 38 00:02:13,610 --> 00:02:16,410 S1: will hear me say that studio B is where this 39 00:02:16,410 --> 00:02:19,930 S1: program is originating. This was before we moved out of 40 00:02:19,970 --> 00:02:24,250 S1: that historic studio. Oh, I miss the Steinway. Todd and 41 00:02:24,250 --> 00:02:27,730 S1: Alan and Amy were with us in 2014. In September, 42 00:02:27,770 --> 00:02:31,169 S1: they sang with George Beverly Shea a rendition of I'd 43 00:02:31,169 --> 00:02:34,530 S1: Rather Have Jesus. Here is Selah. 44 00:02:34,930 --> 00:02:36,329 S2: Merry Christmas to everybody. 45 00:02:36,610 --> 00:02:39,170 S1: Well, Merry Christmas to you. This is one of my 46 00:02:39,169 --> 00:02:41,050 S1: favorite times of the year. I have a lot of 47 00:02:41,050 --> 00:02:44,690 S1: kids and they are always excited about Christmas, the season, 48 00:02:44,690 --> 00:02:47,650 S1: the joy, the presents. Is this one of your favorite 49 00:02:47,690 --> 00:02:49,570 S1: times of the year? We'll start with you, Todd. You 50 00:02:49,610 --> 00:02:52,410 S1: grew up overseas on the mission field, right? 51 00:02:52,450 --> 00:02:56,250 S2: Yeah, I lived in Congo, Africa and spent about eight 52 00:02:56,250 --> 00:02:59,489 S2: years out there, and my parents are still missionaries out there, 53 00:02:59,490 --> 00:03:02,930 S2: and I've got four girls of my own. Ellie and 54 00:03:02,930 --> 00:03:06,610 S2: Abby are 12 and Kate is nine, and Charlotte is four, 55 00:03:06,810 --> 00:03:10,410 S2: and they love Christmas. And so it's always a big 56 00:03:10,410 --> 00:03:11,850 S2: time with our whole family. 57 00:03:12,810 --> 00:03:15,490 S1: What about you, Amy? Any memories of Christmas you want 58 00:03:15,490 --> 00:03:16,290 S1: to share with us? 59 00:03:16,690 --> 00:03:19,530 S3: Well, I have a toddler, so he doesn't quite understand. 60 00:03:19,530 --> 00:03:23,890 S3: He just likes the presents. Um, but I'm not a huge, like, 61 00:03:23,889 --> 00:03:26,930 S3: Holly Jolly Christmas fan. I kind of. I just finally 62 00:03:26,930 --> 00:03:29,330 S3: got a Christmas tree last year because everyone forced me to. 63 00:03:29,370 --> 00:03:32,010 S3: Because I had a child. Um, and I don't know, 64 00:03:32,010 --> 00:03:34,570 S3: because we have great childhood memories of Christmas. We used to. 65 00:03:34,810 --> 00:03:36,890 S3: I mean, the decorating of the tree was like this 66 00:03:36,930 --> 00:03:39,050 S3: event that we scheduled. You know, when my dad got 67 00:03:39,050 --> 00:03:41,610 S3: home from work and it was always lots of family. 68 00:03:41,610 --> 00:03:44,410 S3: I have six siblings. And so there was just lots 69 00:03:44,410 --> 00:03:47,130 S3: of people everywhere all the time. So it was always 70 00:03:47,130 --> 00:03:49,290 S3: a great experience growing up. But I think as I've 71 00:03:49,330 --> 00:03:52,610 S3: gotten older, I think the whole shopping and and decorating 72 00:03:52,610 --> 00:03:56,810 S3: and holly jolly jingle, it just is. It's stressful for me. 73 00:03:56,810 --> 00:03:59,610 S3: So I shop online in November. I ship the presents 74 00:03:59,610 --> 00:04:01,610 S3: to all the family out of state, and I tell them, 75 00:04:01,610 --> 00:04:04,490 S3: wrap your presents and put it under the tree on Christmas. 76 00:04:04,850 --> 00:04:06,730 S3: I'm just not a huge gift person, and so I'd 77 00:04:06,730 --> 00:04:10,290 S3: rather just spend time with people, you know, just hang out. 78 00:04:10,330 --> 00:04:13,530 S1: Yeah. Isn't that what it's about anyway? Well, it's about 79 00:04:13,570 --> 00:04:17,089 S1: obviously the Savior's birth, but the way that we celebrate 80 00:04:17,089 --> 00:04:20,289 S1: it should be with other people. Which takes us to. Alan. Alan, 81 00:04:20,290 --> 00:04:22,489 S1: let me ask you a question. Do you have any 82 00:04:22,690 --> 00:04:27,570 S1: specific Christmas toy or present that you remember from your childhood? 83 00:04:27,730 --> 00:04:28,130 S2: Hmm. 84 00:04:28,890 --> 00:04:30,330 S4: Oh, man. Let me think back. 85 00:04:30,890 --> 00:04:32,410 S1: Sprung that one on you, didn't I? 86 00:04:32,450 --> 00:04:34,930 S4: Yeah, I do remember. I'm a I'm a 70s, 80s kid. 87 00:04:34,930 --> 00:04:37,530 S4: I was born in 1970. So I do remember the 88 00:04:37,529 --> 00:04:40,530 S4: year my brother and I were thrilled. We got a 89 00:04:40,690 --> 00:04:44,650 S4: remember the Atari VCs, the first kind of first generation 90 00:04:44,690 --> 00:04:47,170 S4: old video game. We got it in 19, I think 91 00:04:47,170 --> 00:04:50,290 S4: I was seven, 7 or 8, 77 or 78, and 92 00:04:50,330 --> 00:04:53,130 S4: we could play Space Invaders and Asteroids at home and 93 00:04:53,130 --> 00:04:56,130 S4: all that stuff. So I remember we were thrilled about that. 94 00:04:56,170 --> 00:04:59,130 S1: Yeah, some of those things, the memories that come back, 95 00:04:59,170 --> 00:05:01,450 S1: you say that one thing and I'll get five, ten 96 00:05:01,490 --> 00:05:03,930 S1: calls from people who had the same thing, you know, 97 00:05:04,170 --> 00:05:08,010 S1: in different part of the country. Well, we wanted you to, to, uh, perform. 98 00:05:08,050 --> 00:05:11,770 S1: Quote unquote, for us. Just sing something from your heart. Todd, 99 00:05:11,770 --> 00:05:13,690 S1: what are you going to do, sing for us today? 100 00:05:13,690 --> 00:05:16,650 S2: We are going to do a holy night. And, uh, 101 00:05:16,690 --> 00:05:19,450 S2: Amy is going to just blast this one away. And 102 00:05:19,450 --> 00:05:22,130 S2: if I can say this, we'll be we'll be on tour, uh, 103 00:05:22,130 --> 00:05:24,650 S2: at Christmas time so people can go to our website. 104 00:05:24,650 --> 00:05:27,450 S2: It's Salah Online.com, and they can see where we're going 105 00:05:27,490 --> 00:05:30,050 S2: to be. We're all over the nation. But this is 106 00:05:30,089 --> 00:05:30,969 S2: O holy night. 107 00:05:36,050 --> 00:05:52,930 S5: O holy night. The stars are brightly shining. It is 108 00:05:53,060 --> 00:06:07,500 S5: the night of our deep. Sleep. Your birth. Long lay 109 00:06:07,540 --> 00:06:18,500 S5: the world in sin and error pining. Till he appeared 110 00:06:18,740 --> 00:06:26,219 S5: and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope. 111 00:06:26,540 --> 00:06:35,180 S5: The weary world rejoices. For yonder breaks a new and 112 00:06:35,180 --> 00:06:47,860 S5: glorious morn fall. On your knees. O hear the angel 113 00:06:47,860 --> 00:07:03,380 S5: voices sits O night. Divine. O night when Christ was born. 114 00:07:05,220 --> 00:07:30,180 S5: O night. To. Night. All night. True. He taught us 115 00:07:30,180 --> 00:07:37,140 S5: to love one another. His law is love. And his 116 00:07:37,140 --> 00:07:46,220 S5: gospel is peace. Change shall he break. For the slave 117 00:07:46,620 --> 00:07:54,700 S5: is our brother. And in his name all oppression shall cease. 118 00:07:56,500 --> 00:08:03,860 S5: Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus. Raise we let 119 00:08:03,860 --> 00:08:16,860 S5: all within us praise his holy name. Christ is the Lord. Oh, 120 00:08:16,860 --> 00:08:33,980 S5: praise his name forever. His power. And glory. Evermore. Proclaim 121 00:08:35,660 --> 00:08:54,270 S5: his power. And glory. Ever more proclaim. Home. On your knees, 122 00:08:56,030 --> 00:09:10,790 S5: O hear the angel voices. O night. Divine. O night 123 00:09:12,110 --> 00:09:36,230 S5: when Christ was born. Oh, no. Oh! No. Oh. Night deep. 124 00:09:42,910 --> 00:09:47,150 S1: Selah. On Chris Fabry live. We'll continue with our special 125 00:09:47,150 --> 00:09:50,790 S1: Christmas music edition of the program after these messages on 126 00:09:50,830 --> 00:09:51,670 S1: Moody Radio. 127 00:10:08,230 --> 00:10:12,750 S6: Christmas time is here. Time to celebrate the best time 128 00:10:12,790 --> 00:10:16,630 S6: of the year. The jingle bells are ringing and the 129 00:10:16,630 --> 00:10:23,750 S6: carolers are singing the Christmas song. Christmas time has come. 130 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:27,349 S6: Can you hear the little drummer boy playing his drum? 131 00:10:28,230 --> 00:10:35,470 S6: And everywhere you look somebody's wishing you a merry Christmas. Mr. 132 00:10:35,470 --> 00:10:39,350 S6: Connelly singing it's just not song. While we decorate the 133 00:10:39,350 --> 00:10:45,110 S6: Christmas tree. And I'm still hoping that a snowy white Christmas. 134 00:10:45,270 --> 00:10:49,309 S6: Just might make it down to Tennessee. And it's Christmas 135 00:10:49,350 --> 00:10:54,429 S6: time again. Time to gather with your family and your friends. 136 00:10:55,070 --> 00:11:00,910 S6: And thank God for his gift of love on Christmas. A. 137 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:13,870 S1: Merry Christmas and thanks for spending Christmas Eve with us 138 00:11:13,870 --> 00:11:16,950 S1: here at the Radio Backyard Fence. We're listening to some 139 00:11:16,950 --> 00:11:21,030 S1: Christmas music from artists that have stopped by through the years, 140 00:11:21,270 --> 00:11:24,830 S1: and now I want to go back to 2017, when 141 00:11:24,830 --> 00:11:28,309 S1: Steven Curtis Chapman came by the studio and he sings 142 00:11:28,350 --> 00:11:32,390 S1: a song in this segment. That's not a Christmas song necessarily, 143 00:11:32,590 --> 00:11:36,270 S1: but it has that heart to it, the heart of worship. 144 00:11:36,270 --> 00:11:38,510 S1: So we're going to hear that today. And of course, 145 00:11:38,510 --> 00:11:41,750 S1: I get my my questions in about all things Steven 146 00:11:41,750 --> 00:11:44,550 S1: Curtis Chapman. The way that I started this segment was 147 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,760 S1: What happened to the mullet? 148 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,480 S7: My grandmother's prayers were answered. That's what happened to it. 149 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,600 S7: After many years, grandma just kept praying. Lord, let him 150 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,480 S7: cut his hair and it's just awful. I went on 151 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,840 S7: Billy Graham the first time, and I was so excited 152 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,760 S7: to tell my grandma and my grandpa about, you know, 153 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:04,640 S7: I'm going to get to sing on stage with Billy 154 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:06,680 S7: Graham and be a part of one of his Billy 155 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,120 S7: Graham crusades. And they both, you know, were just so excited. 156 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,839 S7: And they said, now, now you're going to get your 157 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,600 S7: hair cut, right? Because you're going to be with Billy Graham. 158 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,800 S7: And I didn't, I didn't I wore a suit and 159 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:20,840 S7: a tie, which I hadn't done that. I'm like ever 160 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,720 S7: before and, uh, but but I didn't get my hair cut. 161 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:24,439 S1: On your shirt collar. 162 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:28,720 S7: Yeah, I know, but eventually my my grandmother's prayers prevailed, 163 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,319 S7: and and it was just time. It was just time. So, 164 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,840 S7: I don't know, it ended up just on the floor, 165 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,840 S7: swept up and, and, uh, you know, discarded never to 166 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:38,960 S7: be grown back. 167 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,600 S1: I was at the farmers market the other day, and 168 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,960 S1: there was a guy playing guitar. He's got a I 169 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:49,600 S1: think it's an 18 string guitar. I've never seen one. Whoa! Yeah. And, uh, 170 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,360 S1: it's special. Made by him. And somebody asked him. I 171 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,480 S1: totally guessed this the other day. Somebody asked him, uh, 172 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,840 S1: play play a Christmas song. Johnny, play a Christmas song. 173 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,280 S1: He looked at him hard and said, uh, I don't 174 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,479 S1: like Christmas songs. They're sad. 175 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:05,079 S7: Wow. 176 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,600 S1: And and he, you know, he went on from there. 177 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,160 S1: Christmas is the hardest time of year. And I just 178 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,959 S1: don't like, you know. Yeah. And it's that a lot 179 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,000 S1: of people identify with that, don't they. 180 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,520 S7: Yeah. Yeah. For sure. I mean, you look at it's 181 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:24,080 S7: very sad and startling statistics, but you know, you look 182 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,680 S7: at even just when people are most hopeless, desperate, do 183 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:32,319 S7: desperate things. Um, you know, it's often during the holidays 184 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,480 S7: and around Christmas time. And yet the songs, so many 185 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,200 S7: of them, and I love them. I mean, I'm not, I'm, 186 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:42,320 S7: I'm opposite of of the maybe it's because I only 187 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,280 S7: have six strings on my guitar. But I love Christmas 188 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,679 S7: songs and I love to play all of them. But 189 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,120 S7: the truth is, sometimes they can be. And I remember 190 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:57,040 S7: very specifically, uh, one Christmas and at times many Christmases where, 191 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,560 S7: you know, it's the most wonderful time of the year. 192 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,840 S7: One of my favorite Christmas songs, actually, is like pouring 193 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,240 S7: salt in an open wound, uh, or even joy to 194 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,600 S7: the world, you know, because you're thinking, well, there may 195 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,559 S7: be joy for the world, but joy, there is no 196 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,760 S7: joy for me. Because if you knew my story and 197 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:16,520 S7: now it's Christmas, which means I just have to. Everything 198 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,680 S7: slows down and all these songs are going to be 199 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,800 S7: screaming at me how messed up I am, how messed 200 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,000 S7: up my world is. Because I don't feel happy and 201 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:30,720 S7: Christmassy and jingle bells, you know? I feel just really broken. And, 202 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:34,520 S7: you know, that's that's what Christmas. The truth is, you know, 203 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,840 S7: that is the message of Christmas. That God came to 204 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,120 S7: our brokenness, to our world to be with us. Um, 205 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,960 S7: not to say cheer up, you know. Everything's. Everything's great. 206 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,960 S7: He came to say, you know, I've come because it's. 207 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,200 S7: You're a mess and you need a savior. And I 208 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,960 S7: have come to rescue you. And so that's the the message. 209 00:14:55,960 --> 00:15:00,440 S7: But it is it's an interesting thing. And especially, I mean, 210 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,600 S7: this year, a friend of mine and I were talking 211 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,800 S7: the other day, actually, on this tour I'm on right now, uh, 212 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:09,640 S7: this Christmas tour. And we were talking about, you know, 213 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:13,680 S7: this year, so much devastation and loss and heartache and 214 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:18,400 S7: hurricanes and, you know, fires even right now, destroying people's 215 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,239 S7: homes and lives and histories, you know, and and then obviously, 216 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:26,040 S7: politics is crazy like never before and fighting and arguing 217 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,040 S7: and back and forth. And then, you know, the terrible, 218 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,360 S7: terrible acts of violence that have devastated the lives of 219 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,920 S7: hundreds of people this year, you know, very publicly. And so, man, 220 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,760 S7: it's a this is a year, I think, coming to 221 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,130 S7: the end of it, I know as a whole, I 222 00:15:42,130 --> 00:15:44,290 S7: don't know if there's ever been a year that I 223 00:15:44,330 --> 00:15:47,730 S7: think of more people who are experiencing that ache and 224 00:15:47,730 --> 00:15:51,930 S7: that hurt and need to know what Christmas really represents, 225 00:15:51,970 --> 00:15:55,530 S7: not just the Jingle Bells and that, but the, the, 226 00:15:55,530 --> 00:15:57,410 S7: the impact of God being with us. 227 00:15:57,410 --> 00:15:59,570 S1: What do you say then? What do you sing to them? 228 00:15:59,970 --> 00:16:03,730 S7: Well, I wrote this song with my friend Matt Maher, and, um, 229 00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:07,290 S7: I shared our story with him one one afternoon and said, 230 00:16:07,650 --> 00:16:11,130 S7: I want to write this song. Um, and and as 231 00:16:11,130 --> 00:16:14,490 S7: I wept and we wept together, he was taking notes 232 00:16:14,490 --> 00:16:16,810 S7: as I was just telling our journey of the last 233 00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:19,490 S7: few years. And, uh, and so we wrote this song 234 00:16:19,530 --> 00:16:23,050 S7: together and it wasn't intended to be a Christmas song, but, uh, 235 00:16:23,050 --> 00:16:25,930 S7: I feel like it is a very important song and 236 00:16:25,930 --> 00:16:28,570 S7: does communicate that God is with us at a time 237 00:16:28,570 --> 00:16:30,570 S7: when we desperately need it, because it came out of 238 00:16:30,570 --> 00:16:33,050 S7: a time when I was most desperate for it. It's 239 00:16:33,050 --> 00:16:34,450 S7: called Hallelujah. You are good. 240 00:16:40,970 --> 00:16:50,130 S6: We are standing in between hope and despair, believing in 241 00:16:50,130 --> 00:17:02,850 S6: your grace and the faith to declare you are with us. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 242 00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:16,050 S6: You are good. In the ashes and the dust. The 243 00:17:16,050 --> 00:17:22,609 S6: sorrow and pain lies the promise of your word. And 244 00:17:22,609 --> 00:17:33,410 S6: the power of your name. You are with us. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. 245 00:17:34,609 --> 00:17:43,649 S6: You are good. And when faith gives way to fear, 246 00:17:45,650 --> 00:17:51,530 S6: I will trust your heart. I will trust your heart 247 00:17:52,210 --> 00:18:01,570 S6: when I cannot feel you near. I will trust your heart. 248 00:18:02,170 --> 00:18:15,330 S6: I will trust your heart. There's a message being written 249 00:18:16,010 --> 00:18:22,409 S6: with the morning sun. And a new song for the broken. 250 00:18:22,810 --> 00:18:34,410 S6: Death is lost. Love is won and you are with us. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 251 00:18:35,420 --> 00:18:49,980 S6: You are good. You are with us. Hallelujah! Hallelujah. You 252 00:18:50,420 --> 00:19:08,580 S6: are good. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. You are good. God is 253 00:19:08,619 --> 00:19:20,660 S6: with us. You are with us. Hallelujah. You are good. 254 00:19:24,859 --> 00:19:28,580 S1: Steven Curtis Chapman is with us today. The line in there, 255 00:19:28,580 --> 00:19:32,140 S1: I will trust your heart. That's a choice right there. 256 00:19:32,940 --> 00:19:36,460 S1: And somebody listening, Listen, probably today who's lost a job 257 00:19:36,460 --> 00:19:39,180 S1: or lost a spouse, or lost a child or lost 258 00:19:39,180 --> 00:19:43,300 S1: their way. And to say you are good to a 259 00:19:43,340 --> 00:19:46,740 S1: God who has given you or allowed something in your 260 00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:51,180 S1: life like that, you're hanging on to the God who 261 00:19:51,180 --> 00:19:54,300 S1: is there, rather than the God that you've made in 262 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:56,340 S1: your own image, aren't you? 263 00:19:56,380 --> 00:20:01,620 S7: Mhm. Yeah, yeah. And it is a, it's a declaration 264 00:20:01,619 --> 00:20:05,620 S7: by faith, um, that you have to choose. I mean 265 00:20:05,660 --> 00:20:10,340 S7: for me the, the song, there was a song from 266 00:20:10,340 --> 00:20:14,860 S7: job that my friend Matt Redman wrote that was a 267 00:20:14,859 --> 00:20:18,540 S7: lifeline for me. It literally, I think saved my probably 268 00:20:18,540 --> 00:20:21,380 S7: my life. I know my heart and my faith in 269 00:20:21,380 --> 00:20:24,619 S7: the darkest moments when nothing else made sense, and the 270 00:20:24,619 --> 00:20:27,620 S7: only thing I could squeak out was just, God, I'm 271 00:20:27,619 --> 00:20:30,820 S7: going to, I'm going to bless your name when you 272 00:20:30,820 --> 00:20:33,739 S7: give and when you take away, I'm going to trust you. 273 00:20:33,740 --> 00:20:36,820 S7: I'm going to trust that you're good. And as I 274 00:20:36,820 --> 00:20:39,020 S7: was able to do that, and only as I was 275 00:20:39,020 --> 00:20:41,659 S7: able to do that did I find I had the 276 00:20:41,660 --> 00:20:44,980 S7: next breath, I could take the next breath, and I 277 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:47,300 S7: so I would say it again. And then I was 278 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:50,100 S7: able to take another breath. And there were many, many 279 00:20:50,140 --> 00:20:53,340 S7: days and many times like that. And, and my family 280 00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:55,900 S7: and I, you know, held on to Psalm 34 eight, 281 00:20:55,980 --> 00:20:58,540 S7: taste and see. The Lord is good. Even though life 282 00:20:58,540 --> 00:21:02,500 S7: was anything but good in those moments, believing somehow God, 283 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:05,739 S7: if you are good, that even this, we'll never understand it. 284 00:21:05,740 --> 00:21:08,380 S7: This side of heaven we still got tons of questions. 285 00:21:08,380 --> 00:21:11,220 S7: We're still confused. There's still many days that we still 286 00:21:11,220 --> 00:21:12,940 S7: just go, God, we just don't get it. And we're 287 00:21:12,940 --> 00:21:16,660 S7: mad and we're confused. But we got a choice, and 288 00:21:16,660 --> 00:21:18,940 S7: we're going to choose to believe and trust that you 289 00:21:18,940 --> 00:21:21,460 S7: are good. And ultimately, you're going to wipe every tear 290 00:21:21,460 --> 00:21:23,179 S7: from our eyes. And we're going to we're going to 291 00:21:23,180 --> 00:21:26,260 S7: see your goodness fully. But even as we've done that, 292 00:21:26,260 --> 00:21:30,780 S7: we have seen and tasted God's goodness and God's faithfulness 293 00:21:30,820 --> 00:21:32,660 S7: in our in our lives and our journey. 294 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:36,140 S1: I had a time like that. I don't know what 295 00:21:36,140 --> 00:21:40,340 S1: the power of music is, but it was the tree. 63. Uh, 296 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:43,220 S1: blessed be your name that was popular at the time. 297 00:21:43,460 --> 00:21:45,660 S1: And I got that. And I just played it and 298 00:21:45,660 --> 00:21:48,620 S1: played it and played it again. So it would become 299 00:21:48,619 --> 00:21:52,500 S1: real to me in the darkness and the desert. You know, 300 00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:56,139 S1: while you're going through that, where there seems like there's 301 00:21:56,140 --> 00:22:00,420 S1: no water around at all. Right. That's what brought. And why, 302 00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:02,060 S1: why does music do that. 303 00:22:02,100 --> 00:22:05,020 S7: Mm. Well, I mean, you read the Old Testament. Of course. 304 00:22:05,020 --> 00:22:06,900 S7: I always thought this was a little bit of a 305 00:22:06,940 --> 00:22:09,899 S7: bummer of a deal, but it's the truth is that, 306 00:22:09,940 --> 00:22:12,780 S7: you know, God sent out the musicians, the choir on 307 00:22:12,780 --> 00:22:16,540 S7: the front line sometimes for the for the battles. And 308 00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:19,340 S7: all they did was sing praise to God, and it 309 00:22:19,340 --> 00:22:21,260 S7: would confuse the enemy, and the enemy would, you know, 310 00:22:21,300 --> 00:22:24,060 S7: end up turning on each other and there'd be these massive, 311 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:27,500 S7: you know, this massive victory for, you know, for God's people. 312 00:22:27,980 --> 00:22:31,429 S7: And all it took was singing. There is something powerful 313 00:22:31,430 --> 00:22:35,710 S7: and profound about music that I've seen it. I've experienced 314 00:22:35,710 --> 00:22:38,470 S7: it myself over and over again, and I've seen it 315 00:22:38,510 --> 00:22:43,109 S7: where it can take something deeper into the heart than 316 00:22:43,109 --> 00:22:46,270 S7: just a spoken word can. It just sort of opens 317 00:22:46,270 --> 00:22:48,389 S7: up the way it I don't know, it clears the 318 00:22:48,390 --> 00:22:52,950 S7: way for for encouragement, for comfort, uh, to, to make 319 00:22:52,950 --> 00:22:55,990 S7: its way deeper and then to have it to sing 320 00:22:56,190 --> 00:22:58,350 S7: when you just can't say anything else. I think it's 321 00:22:58,350 --> 00:23:01,109 S7: why I've written, continue to write songs, even out of 322 00:23:01,150 --> 00:23:03,550 S7: the heartache and the pain, because that's been the way 323 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:06,550 S7: so much healing has come, even to my own heart. 324 00:23:06,590 --> 00:23:08,910 S7: It's just to declare and to sing these things out. 325 00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:18,030 S6: In a one bedroom apartment on the humble side of town, 326 00:23:19,550 --> 00:23:24,470 S6: there stands a little Christmas tree. It looks a lot 327 00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:30,230 S6: like Charlie Brown's. And underneath there's one little gift for 328 00:23:30,230 --> 00:23:41,230 S6: him and one little gift for her. And after six 329 00:23:41,230 --> 00:23:46,270 S6: months on the new job, there's still barely getting by. 330 00:23:47,190 --> 00:23:52,830 S6: So in the way of decorations, there's nothing there to 331 00:23:52,869 --> 00:23:57,150 S6: catch your eye. But both of them would be the 332 00:23:57,150 --> 00:24:04,150 S6: first to say. We're together and we're going to have 333 00:24:04,150 --> 00:24:12,830 S6: a merry Christmas anyway, because Christmas is all in the heart. 334 00:24:13,510 --> 00:24:19,910 S6: That's where the feeling starts. And like a fire inside 335 00:24:20,790 --> 00:24:28,430 S6: it touches every part is Christmas is all in the heart. 336 00:24:29,590 --> 00:24:36,149 S6: And even if no white snow falls. Well, that's alright 337 00:24:36,150 --> 00:24:45,150 S6: because joy can still be found wherever you are. Because 338 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:54,430 S6: Christmas is on us in the heart. No, it's not 339 00:24:54,630 --> 00:25:00,670 S6: in the snow that may or may not fall. And 340 00:25:00,670 --> 00:25:07,710 S6: it's not in the gifts beneath our trees. It's in 341 00:25:07,710 --> 00:25:14,230 S6: the love. Heaven gave that night our Savior came. And 342 00:25:14,230 --> 00:25:19,310 S6: that same love can still be found wherever you are. 343 00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:27,600 S6: Because Christmas is all in the heart. And the joy 344 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:35,760 S6: can still be found wherever you are. Because Christmas is 345 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,840 S6: all over in the heart. 346 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,280 S8: The heart of Steven Curtis Chapman. And there's more music 347 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,960 S8: ahead here on Christmas Eve. Stay with us on Moody Radio. 348 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,240 S8: Welcome to a Christmas Eve celebration on Chris Fabry Live. Oh, 349 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,560 S8: thank you for coming over to the radio backyard fence 350 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,640 S8: to hear some music from Steven Curtis Chapman from Selah 351 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,480 S8: played in the studio at Moody Radio. And there's more 352 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:20,520 S8: coming up in this half. 353 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,440 S1: But why don't we turn now to that story, to 354 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:28,640 S1: what we really are celebrating God invading time and space. 355 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,920 S1: And for that we turn to Luke chapter two. And 356 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,640 S1: it came to pass in those days that there went 357 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,560 S1: out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world 358 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,720 S1: should be taxed. Hmm. Taxes. And this taxing was first 359 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:46,040 S1: made known when Cyrenius was governor of Syria, and all 360 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,840 S1: went to be taxed every one to his own city. 361 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,560 S1: And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the 362 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,320 S1: city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, 363 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,639 S1: which is called Bethlehem, because he was the house and 364 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,960 S1: lineage of David to be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, 365 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,640 S1: being great with child. Oh, there is so much in 366 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,520 S1: the middle of that story. And so it was that 367 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,680 S1: while they were there the days were accomplished that she 368 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,160 S1: should be delivered, and she brought forth her firstborn son, 369 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,560 S1: and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in 370 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,480 S1: a manger, because there was no room for them in 371 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:27,280 S1: the inn. You know what I picture in that? That 372 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:31,080 S1: maybe for the first time, Joseph, going back to the 373 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:36,120 S1: place where his family was from and the extended family 374 00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,280 S1: and the cousins and the second cousins and all the 375 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,080 S1: people who knew Joseph as a little boy and Al 376 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:47,760 S1: Joseph is coming back, Joseph and his wife to be 377 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:51,239 S1: who is pregnant. And the shame of that and the 378 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:55,600 S1: struggle of that. And how do you explain to them 379 00:27:56,200 --> 00:28:00,000 S1: what God had clearly shown Mary through the angel as 380 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,680 S1: well as Joseph? That's why he didn't decide to put 381 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,840 S1: her away or make a big deal about this. You know, 382 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,280 S1: he could have could have had her put to death, 383 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,120 S1: but instead he decided to do it quietly. And then 384 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:17,200 S1: God intervened, intervened in his life and told him, no, no, 385 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:22,199 S1: don't do this thing that she's she's pregnant with the 386 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,840 S1: very Son of God. Well, you know the story. You 387 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,959 S1: know what happened there. You also know that when you 388 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:31,840 S1: go back home at Christmas, things can be different, right? 389 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:36,320 S1: Maybe you've moved away from home and everything has changed. 390 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:37,920 S1: You go back to mom and dad, you feel like 391 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,200 S1: a little kid. And then there's all these people in 392 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:45,480 S1: the neighborhood who remember Johnny, who remember Mary and Jimmy 393 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:49,040 S1: and Joseph and everybody else. Oh, I know you when 394 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,520 S1: you were a little kid. And it's hard because they 395 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,960 S1: see you as somebody else. They see you as who 396 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,680 S1: you were and not who you are and who you've become. 397 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,000 S1: And everything that's happened in the intervening time, that can 398 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,480 S1: be really hard. And if you're going through that this week, 399 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,680 S1: my heart goes out to you. Uh, stay close to 400 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,240 S1: God in the middle of all of that. Stay close 401 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,440 S1: to who he wants you to be instead of who 402 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,880 S1: everybody else thinks you are or who they want you 403 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:21,240 S1: to be. We had an opportunity to have someone come 404 00:29:21,370 --> 00:29:24,890 S1: back to the hallowed halls of Moody Bible Institute, who 405 00:29:24,890 --> 00:29:27,970 S1: had been a student who started out as a freshman 406 00:29:27,970 --> 00:29:33,410 S1: at Moody and went through classes. And now she's singing 407 00:29:33,410 --> 00:29:39,010 S1: her songs and she's making a name for herself, and 408 00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:41,650 S1: she's doing it beautifully. She's doing it in a way 409 00:29:41,650 --> 00:29:44,930 S1: that honors her Lord and Savior. And it was a 410 00:29:44,930 --> 00:29:49,290 S1: real pleasure to get to talk with Lindsay McCaul. Lindsay, 411 00:29:49,290 --> 00:29:52,090 S1: you had never been in studio B to play before 412 00:29:52,250 --> 00:29:53,330 S1: as a student, right? 413 00:29:53,530 --> 00:29:56,410 S9: No, no, I had not I had not been. So 414 00:29:56,570 --> 00:29:58,170 S9: it was awesome. Such an honor. 415 00:29:58,210 --> 00:29:59,330 S1: It's so cool. 416 00:29:59,370 --> 00:30:00,330 S9: It's so cool. 417 00:30:00,530 --> 00:30:02,930 S1: To see what God has done in your life and the, 418 00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:06,090 S1: you know, the music that you're singing. And it really 419 00:30:06,090 --> 00:30:08,570 S1: is an expression from the heart of what God has 420 00:30:08,570 --> 00:30:10,450 S1: been doing in your own soul. Right? 421 00:30:10,450 --> 00:30:13,330 S9: Yes. Oh my goodness, yes. He's done so much. It's 422 00:30:13,330 --> 00:30:15,250 S9: amazing to look back and just see all that he's 423 00:30:15,250 --> 00:30:18,930 S9: done and how faithful, so faithful he has been since 424 00:30:18,930 --> 00:30:21,330 S9: I've been since I was a student at Moody, so 425 00:30:21,330 --> 00:30:24,730 S9: it's incredible. And it makes me honored to to be 426 00:30:24,730 --> 00:30:27,530 S9: joining you today. It's just kind of surreal always. 427 00:30:27,530 --> 00:30:30,050 S1: So we're going to put a link on the website 428 00:30:30,050 --> 00:30:32,570 S1: to one of the songs that you sang back in 429 00:30:32,570 --> 00:30:35,090 S1: October was One More Step, and we got a lot 430 00:30:35,090 --> 00:30:38,050 S1: of response from that. And if you want to find 431 00:30:38,050 --> 00:30:40,810 S1: out more about Lindsey's music, we'll have the link right 432 00:30:40,810 --> 00:30:45,650 S1: there at Kris. Org but for our celebration of Christmas, 433 00:30:45,850 --> 00:30:48,010 S1: let's move to something a little bit different. What are 434 00:30:48,010 --> 00:30:49,090 S1: you going to play for us today? 435 00:30:49,170 --> 00:30:52,690 S9: I'm going to play a little Christmas medley. You know, um, 436 00:30:52,730 --> 00:30:56,610 S9: I grew up in the South in Texas and Florida. So, um, 437 00:30:57,010 --> 00:31:00,170 S9: before I moved to Chicago, I always thought it would 438 00:31:00,170 --> 00:31:02,210 S9: be funny to do a little play on. Um, I'm 439 00:31:02,210 --> 00:31:04,090 S9: dreaming of a white Christmas. And then I moved to 440 00:31:04,130 --> 00:31:07,209 S9: Chicago for school, and I got all the snow my 441 00:31:07,210 --> 00:31:10,090 S9: little heart ever desired. The Lord definitely has a sense 442 00:31:10,090 --> 00:31:14,170 S9: of humor. So I'm going to do a little Christmas medley. 443 00:31:14,690 --> 00:31:17,250 S1: Excellent. Here she is, Lindsay McCall. 444 00:31:30,570 --> 00:31:38,130 S10: I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. Just like the ones 445 00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:45,970 S10: I never used to know. Where the tree tops glisten. 446 00:31:46,610 --> 00:32:02,090 S10: And children listen to him. Sleigh bells in something called snow. Oh, 447 00:32:02,810 --> 00:32:18,540 S10: I'm dreaming of a white. Christmas with every Christmas card I. write. 448 00:32:21,380 --> 00:32:33,900 S10: May your days be merry and bright. And try to 449 00:32:35,340 --> 00:32:43,580 S10: have yourself a merry little Christmas. Let your heart be light. 450 00:32:47,180 --> 00:32:53,340 S10: From now on your troubles will be out of sight. 451 00:32:58,220 --> 00:33:07,940 S10: O have yourself a merry little Christmas. Make the Yuletide gay. 452 00:33:11,620 --> 00:33:24,580 S10: From now on your troubles will be miles away. Here 453 00:33:24,580 --> 00:33:32,820 S10: we are, as in olden days. Happy golden days of your. 454 00:33:35,420 --> 00:33:41,500 S10: Faithful friends who are dear to us. Gather near to 455 00:33:41,740 --> 00:33:55,300 S10: us once more. Through the years we all will be together. 456 00:33:56,580 --> 00:34:05,300 S10: If the Lord allows me so hang a shining star 457 00:34:05,860 --> 00:34:20,779 S10: upon the highest bough. And Have yourself a merry little Christmas. 458 00:34:21,620 --> 00:34:30,980 S10: Have yourself a merry little Christmas. And may all your 459 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:45,540 S10: Christmases be white. May. Be so. Why? Me. 460 00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:52,540 S1: And we echo that thought from Lindsay McCaul. We pray 461 00:34:52,540 --> 00:34:56,180 S1: you will have a merry Christmas and a meaningful one 462 00:34:56,420 --> 00:35:00,140 S1: as we celebrate what God has done for us. Now 463 00:35:00,140 --> 00:35:02,820 S1: we have a final segment to come on this Christmas Eve, 464 00:35:02,820 --> 00:35:06,380 S1: Andrew Greer and Cindy Morgan join us with their unique 465 00:35:06,420 --> 00:35:10,819 S1: style of songs to conclude our program. That's coming up 466 00:35:10,820 --> 00:35:31,069 S1: straight ahead on Moody Radio. It's a celebration here on 467 00:35:31,070 --> 00:35:35,150 S1: Christmas Eve on Chris Fabry Live. Thank you for joining us. 468 00:35:35,510 --> 00:35:40,790 S1: And now to conclude, two guests, Andrew Greer and Cindy Morgan. 469 00:35:43,870 --> 00:35:52,549 S11: I wonder as I wander out under the sky what 470 00:35:52,550 --> 00:36:01,509 S11: Jesus the Savior did come for to die for poor 471 00:36:01,750 --> 00:36:12,270 S11: on people like you. And like I wonder as I wonder. 472 00:36:15,190 --> 00:36:24,750 S11: Out under the sky. When mad bird Jesus was in 473 00:36:24,790 --> 00:36:33,150 S11: a cow stall. With wise men and farmers and shepherds 474 00:36:34,150 --> 00:36:42,110 S11: and all. And how in God's hand a stars light 475 00:36:42,310 --> 00:36:56,070 S11: did fall. The problem of angels. It then did recall me. 476 00:36:57,150 --> 00:37:07,710 S11: If Jesus had wanted for any thing a star in 477 00:37:07,750 --> 00:37:15,190 S11: the sky or a bird. on the wing for all 478 00:37:15,230 --> 00:37:25,710 S11: of God's angels in heaven sings. He surely could heaven. 479 00:37:28,550 --> 00:38:14,630 S11: Cause he was the king. I wonder as I wander 480 00:38:15,150 --> 00:38:24,549 S11: out under the sky, why Jesus the Savior did come 481 00:38:24,550 --> 00:38:34,270 S11: for to die for poor old people like you and like. 482 00:38:38,630 --> 00:38:48,989 S11: I wonder as I wander. Out under the sky. 483 00:39:04,430 --> 00:39:10,399 S1: Cindy Morgan I wonder as I wonder. During that same program, 484 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,719 S1: a little bit later, we had a call from a 485 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:17,560 S1: young woman who said, I play ukulele because Andrew Greer, 486 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,000 S1: you came to my area and she got to play 487 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,479 S1: in the band with her ukulele. And I said, you've 488 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:28,040 S1: got to do something along those same lines. Well, Andrew 489 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:32,000 S1: had come up with this song based on the passage 490 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:36,040 S1: that gives Mary's song. And that's what you're going to 491 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,080 S1: hear now, Andrew Greer and Cindy Morgan. 492 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:52,480 S12: My soul sings, my soul sings, my soul sings. Great 493 00:39:52,480 --> 00:40:05,120 S12: is our God. His favor on me. I have been blessed. 494 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:18,000 S12: The Mighty One has done great things. He's shown mercy 495 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:29,560 S12: to me. Holy. His name. Strength in his arm. He's 496 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:46,719 S12: brought me my soul. So my soul sings. My soul sings. 497 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,640 S12: Great is our God. 498 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,839 S1: You can hear Mary's heart there, can't you? You know. 499 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,920 S1: And I've always heard that as more of a an 500 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,560 S1: operatic type thing, you know, or this but putting it 501 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:15,640 S1: in that, who's to say that she didn't just, you know, 502 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,840 S1: do do it in that kind of motif or, you know, 503 00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,440 S1: in the way that she sang and the way that 504 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:21,880 S1: she expressed it from her heart. 505 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,040 S13: Yeah. The Middle East, there was probably some kind of 506 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,560 S13: like foot stomping or, you know, like, yeah, I don't know. 507 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,680 S13: Is that accurate? Like, she. 508 00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:33,440 S14: Probably danced something like there's maybe in her living room. 509 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:34,560 S14: She danced around. 510 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:35,400 S1: Yeah. 511 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:37,640 S13: If you want it that way, Chris. I mean. 512 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:38,920 S15: This is a great. 513 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,720 S1: I love the celebratory, you know, I mean, we have 514 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,279 S1: a lot. So much fun. Christmas means so many different things, 515 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,399 S1: so many different people. But you're getting down to the 516 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,239 S1: real heart of it here. And the last song that 517 00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:55,800 S1: you had that I wanted you to play is Cradle 518 00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,879 S1: in Bethlehem. And you don't get any more real than this. Cindy. 519 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:01,160 S1: What the. What's this about? 520 00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,410 S14: Uh, this is a song from Andrews Christmas record. And 521 00:42:05,410 --> 00:42:09,609 S14: so Cradle in Bethlehem is just about a mother. Tonight 522 00:42:09,610 --> 00:42:13,210 S14: is rocking a, you know, a cradle in Bethlehem. Andrew 523 00:42:13,210 --> 00:42:14,689 S14: I'll let you pick it up. I know it's your song, 524 00:42:14,690 --> 00:42:17,450 S14: but he was asking what this song is about to you. 525 00:42:17,489 --> 00:42:21,169 S13: Yeah, well, and it's actually, it's this old Nat King 526 00:42:21,170 --> 00:42:23,529 S13: Cole originally recorded it, and no one really knows about it. 527 00:42:23,530 --> 00:42:25,850 S13: And a friend pointed it to me. And I have 528 00:42:25,850 --> 00:42:28,969 S13: to say, honestly, the first thing that that kind of 529 00:42:29,250 --> 00:42:33,290 S13: pulled at me was just this beautiful melody and the 530 00:42:33,290 --> 00:42:37,610 S13: way that it is kind of lyricized in his voice 531 00:42:37,610 --> 00:42:39,250 S13: and Nat's voice. And I looked it up and there 532 00:42:39,250 --> 00:42:41,210 S13: was just nobody else that was doing it. And so 533 00:42:41,489 --> 00:42:45,330 S13: then the lyrics stuck out to me. A mother tonight, 534 00:42:45,610 --> 00:42:49,410 S13: it's the first lyric is sing sweet and low a lullaby. 535 00:42:52,210 --> 00:42:57,450 S13: Well I can't. Wild angels, yeah. Angels say amen. And 536 00:42:57,489 --> 00:42:59,649 S13: I think just the personal nature. We've talked a lot 537 00:42:59,650 --> 00:43:02,810 S13: about Mary in the recent weeks at different places that 538 00:43:02,810 --> 00:43:05,930 S13: we've been on tour and how that's important, though as evangelicals, 539 00:43:05,930 --> 00:43:09,850 S13: we've kind of separate ourselves from maybe what we didn't 540 00:43:09,850 --> 00:43:14,330 S13: like or didn't agree with about how Catholicism treats Mary. 541 00:43:14,330 --> 00:43:17,170 S13: But actually, Mary is the most intimate example of a 542 00:43:17,170 --> 00:43:21,090 S13: relationship with God, with Jesus. And so there's as much 543 00:43:21,090 --> 00:43:25,890 S13: to be gleaned and observed in Mary's own relationship with 544 00:43:25,890 --> 00:43:29,410 S13: Jesus that mirrors the kind of relationship, the kind of 545 00:43:29,410 --> 00:43:31,850 S13: intimacy that Jesus wants to have with us. And I 546 00:43:31,850 --> 00:43:37,209 S13: think this song is very, um, calling. And for that intimacy. 547 00:43:37,969 --> 00:43:41,730 S1: It's called Cradle in Bethlehem. Andrew Greer and Cindy Morgan. 548 00:43:55,410 --> 00:44:07,970 S12: Singing sweet and low. The love Abide till angels say Amen. 549 00:44:10,410 --> 00:44:23,690 S12: A mother tonight is rocking. A cradle in Bethlehem. While 550 00:44:23,930 --> 00:44:34,450 S12: wise men follow through the dark. A star that back then. 551 00:44:36,890 --> 00:44:45,450 S12: A mother tonight is rocking King A cradle in bed. 552 00:44:49,770 --> 00:44:59,370 S12: A little child will lead them. The prophets said of old. 553 00:45:01,650 --> 00:45:11,810 S12: In stores and s he them until the bell is told. 554 00:45:13,969 --> 00:45:27,290 S12: Sing sweet and low a love abide till angels say amen. 555 00:45:29,890 --> 00:45:38,890 S12: A mother tonight is Rob King A cradle in bed. 556 00:45:53,250 --> 00:46:02,980 S12: A mother tonight is Rob King. a cradle in bed 557 00:46:03,900 --> 00:46:05,779 S12: left him. 558 00:46:12,180 --> 00:46:17,419 S1: Thinking about that manger, that stall. What an incredible, unbelievable 559 00:46:17,420 --> 00:46:21,219 S1: thing that we get to celebrate. That God, in his 560 00:46:21,219 --> 00:46:25,940 S1: kindness and his hesed, has given us his best gift, 561 00:46:25,940 --> 00:46:30,260 S1: his one and only son to live a perfect life 562 00:46:30,260 --> 00:46:33,020 S1: and give himself a ransom for us, to do for 563 00:46:33,020 --> 00:46:36,380 S1: us what we could not do for ourselves. That's something 564 00:46:36,420 --> 00:46:39,660 S1: to celebrate on this Christmas Eve, and come on back 565 00:46:39,660 --> 00:46:43,660 S1: tomorrow for a special Christmas Day broadcast here on Chris 566 00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:47,299 S1: Fabry Live. Thanks a lot for listening. Chris Fabry Live 567 00:46:47,300 --> 00:46:50,420 S1: is a production of Moody Radio, a ministry of Moody 568 00:46:50,420 --> 00:46:51,620 S1: Bible Institute.