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Come Follow Me 2019: Christmas

Scripture Block
Christmas
December 16-22. “Good Tidings of Great Joy”
KnoWhys
December 21, 2016
September 15, 2016
September 14, 2016
Reading Materials
The Condescension of Christ
- D. Todd Christofferson, “The Condescension of God and of Man,” 2014 Christmas Devotional.
Christ’s Mission and the Gift Eternal Life
- Brent J. Schmidt and John W. Welch, “Graceful Christmas: Of Receiving and Giving,” Special Feature, December 21, 2017.
- D. Todd Christofferson, “A Message at Christmas,” BYU Speeches December 2017.
- Russell M. Nelson, “Christ the Savior is Born,” BYU Speeches December 2002.
When Was Christ Born?
- Jeffrey R. Chadwick, “Dating the Birth of Christ,” BYU Studies 49, no. 4 (2010): 4-38.
- Eric D. Huntsman, “How Christmas Came to Be on December 25,” New Testament Commentary, December 2013.
The Gospel’s Account
- John W. Welch, “Are the Christmas Stories in Matthew and Luke Reconcilable?” BYU New Testament Commentary, December 2013.
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Can We See the Christ in Christmas?” First Presidency Christmas Devotional 2009.
Keeping Christ in Christmas
- Boyd K. Packer, “Keeping Christmas,” BYU Speeches, December 1962.
- Bonnie L. Oscarson, “Christmas Is Christlike Love,” 2014 Christmas Devotional.
Videos
Images
Charts

John W. Welch, “Taxes in Judea,” Charting the New Testament, 2-6.
John W. Welch, “Dating the Birth of Christ,” Charting the New Testament, 8-4.
John W. Welch, “The Birth of Jesus,” Charting the New Testament, 8-5.
John W. Welch, “Lineages of Joseph,” Charting the New Testament, 8-6.