Characters Around the Cradle by Tom Houston

Characters Around the Cradle by Tom Houston

Christmas makes people both happy and frustrated, especially Christian people. There is a tug-of-war between the secular Christmas with its tinsel, glitter and high spending on gifts, and the meaning it was supposed to have from the unusual birth of Jesus. Tom Houston looks at a great story with a great cast. The political forces of Caesar Augustus, Herod and the travellers from the east, the religious establishment in Zechariah, Elizabeth, Anna and Simeon, The outcast prophet - John the Baptist, the ordinary people - Mary, Joseph and the shepherds and also the Gospellers - Matthew and Luke.

'It's hard to put this book down, because the imagination is charged by the stark reality of the characters portrayedYet this is no mechanical exercise what he does is to give fresh insight and new understanding.'

-- Dr. Clive Calver (Senior Pastor, Walnut Hill Community Church, Bethel, Connecticut)

'Familiar with the Christmas story? Maybe. But we can miss the extraordinary human drama that surrounds the most remarkable event this world has yet witnessed.'

-- Jonathan Lamb, Langham Preaching international director.

"Read Characters Around the Cradle and Christmas will live for you in a new way. Perhaps as never before you will realize that the Christmas story was a real happening that can make a difference in your real life today!"

-- Leighton Ford, President, Leighton Ford Ministries (President, Leighton Ford Ministries, Charlotte, North Carolina)

'Christmas always stirs the imagination, but Tom Houston stirs the readers with reflections from the real biblical characters who surrounded the birth of Jesus ...A lively read that warms the heart.'

-- Chris Wright, Langham Partnership International (Langham Partnership and author of ‘The Mission of God’s People’)

Tom Houston is a retired Scot and lives with his wife Hazle in Oxford, England. He served as a pastor for 20 years in Scotland and Kenya and then went on to serve in leadership positions with the British and Foreign Bible Society, World Vision and the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation until his retirement in 1994.

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ISBN 13	9781857927559
ISBN 10	1857927559
Title	Characters Around the Cradle
Author	Tom Houston
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Christian Focus Publications Ltd
Year published	2002-07-21
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.