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    An Uncensored Guide to the Christmas Stories
    An Uncensored Guide to the Christmas Stories
    An Uncensored Guide to the Christmas Stories
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    An Uncensored Guide to the Christmas Stories

    By Lucas Walker

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    This is a short book which retells the Bible's Christmas stories and investigates their similarities and differences. The stories are illustrated with cartoons that include scenes that are usually absent from children's books such as the circumcision of Jesus and a headless dove being prepared for a sacrifice. However, the illustration o

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLuke Wenke
    Release dateDec 17, 2017
    ISBN9780648232216
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      An Uncensored Guide to the Christmas Stories - Lucas Walker

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Overview of the Stories

      What's the Same...

      Matthew's Christmas Story - Kings, Wise Men & Dreams

      Luke's Christmas Story - Priests, Angels & Shepherds

      The Virgin Mary

      Birth in Bethlehem, Growing up in Nazareth

      The Genealogies

      The Lengthy Songs of Elizabeth, Mary & Zacharias

      When Was Jesus Born?

      Ruling Herods

      Lowly vs Regal Beginnings

      Jesus as the Messiah

      Why Were Things Left Out?

      Conclusion

      Introduction

      This book explores the similarities and differences in the Bible's two Christmas stories as told by Matthew and Luke.

      It retells the stories with cute, colorful and, sometimes, gory cartoons.

      It then investigates many themes such as the prophecies the stories fulfill including the virgin birth, the birth in Bethlehem, going to Nazareth and the genealogies.

      Here we go!

      Overview of the Stories

      Matthew's Christmas story is about kings, wise men and dreams. It involves a journey from Bethlehem to Egypt and then to Nazareth.

      Luke's Christmas story is about priests, angels and shepherds. The journey begins in Nazareth, includes a trip to Bethlehem for a census and after visiting Jerusalem, they return to Nazareth.

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