{"id":23637,"date":"2022-12-25T15:33:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T15:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=23637"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T15:37:35","slug":"christmas-its-all-in-the-telling","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/?ctc_sermon=christmas-its-all-in-the-telling","title":{"rendered":"Christmas &#8211; it&#8217;s all in the telling!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dropdown-display-text\">John 1:1-14<\/div>\n<div class=\"passage-text\">\n<div class=\"passage-content passage-class-0\">\n<div class=\"version-NIV result-text-style-normal text-html\">\n<div class=\"std-text\">\n<p class=\"chapter-1\"><span class=\"text John-1-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">1&nbsp;<\/span>In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26047\" class=\"text John-1-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2&nbsp;<\/sup>He was with God in the beginning.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26048\" class=\"text John-1-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3&nbsp;<\/sup>Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26049\" class=\"text John-1-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4&nbsp;<\/sup>In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26050\" class=\"text John-1-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup>The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome<sup class=\"footnote\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-26050a\" data-link=\"[<a href=&quot;#fen-NIV-26050a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;>a<\/a>]&#8221;>[<a title=\"See footnote a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+1%3A1-14&amp;version=NIV;KJV#fen-NIV-26050a\">a<\/a>]<\/sup> it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-26051\" class=\"text John-1-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>There was a man sent from God whose name was John.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26052\" class=\"text John-1-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26053\" class=\"text John-1-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-26054\" class=\"text John-1-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup>The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26055\" class=\"text John-1-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10&nbsp;<\/sup>He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26056\" class=\"text John-1-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11&nbsp;<\/sup>He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26057\" class=\"text John-1-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12&nbsp;<\/sup>Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God\u2014<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-26058\" class=\"text John-1-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13&nbsp;<\/sup>children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband\u2019s will, but born of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-26059\" class=\"text John-1-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14&nbsp;<\/sup>The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. 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