{"id":4224,"date":"2025-12-24T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/?p=4224"},"modified":"2025-12-21T18:06:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:06:39","slug":"christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/2025\/12\/24\/christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>December 24, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/Recordings\/2025\/Trinity_20251224.mp3\">Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>                             Christmas Eve\n                           Luke 2:1-20 (KJV)\n                              12\/24\/2025\n\n\n        The waiting is over, this evening, let the celebration\n   begin.\n\n             And it came to pass in those days, that there went\n        out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world\n        should be taxde.  (And this taxing was first made when\n        Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)  And all went to be\n        taxed, every one into his own city.  And Joseph also\n        went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into\n        Judea, unto the city of David, which is called\n        Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of\n        David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being\n        great with child.  And so it was, that, while they were\n        there, the days were accomplished that she should be\n        delivered.  And she brought forth her firstborn son,\n        and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a\n        manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.\n\n             And there were in the same country shepherds\n        abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by\n        night.  And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them,\n        and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and\n        they were sore afraid.  And the angel said unto them,\n        ``Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of\n        great joy, which shall be to all people.  For unto you\n        is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which\n        is Christ the Lord.  And this shall be a sign unto you;\n        Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,\n        lying in a manger.''  And suddenly there was with the\n        angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God,\n        and saying, ``Glory to God in the highest, and on earth\n        peace, good will toward men.''\n\n             And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away\n        from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to\n        another, ``Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see\n        this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath\n        made known unto us.''  And they came with haste, and\n        found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.\n        And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the\n        saying which was told them concerning this child.  And\n        all they that heard it wondered at those things which\n        were told them by the shepherds.  But Mary kept all\n        these things, and pondered them in her heart.  And the\n        shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all\n        the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told\n        unto them.\n\n\n        From Trinity Lutheran Church to you and your families, may\n   our Lord grant you a blessed Christmas.  Our Savior is born. Amen.                                <\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 24, 2025 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4225,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4224\/revisions\/4225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}