Christmas is often wrapped in nostalgia, warmth and familiarity—but what if the real story is far more disruptive than we remember?

In this episode of Uncommon Sense in Current Times, I sit down with author and theologian Dan Darling to uncover the subversive power of the Christmas story through the lens of his book, The Characters of Christmas. Far from a sentimental backdrop, the Nativity is a declaration that God has entered a broken, violent world—not to affirm earthly power, but to overturn it.

By examining the lives of Joseph, Zachariah and Elizabeth, the shepherds, the Magi, and even King Herod, this conversation reveals a consistent pattern: God works through ordinary, faithful people—often on the margins—while worldly power reacts with fear.

Christmas doesn't ignore pain. It confronts it with hope.

💭 A different way to reflect this week:

• What if the Christmas story isn't meant to comfort our routines—but to disrupt them?
  
  
  
• Where might God be working quietly in your ordinary faithfulness right now?
  
  
  

📌 In this episode, we explore:

✅ Why Christmas is a deeply subversive and world-changing event

✅ How familiarity can numb us to the power of the Incarnation

✅ Joseph as a model of quiet, immediate obedience

✅ What Zachariah and Elizabeth teach us about faith during long silence

✅ Why shepherds—not kings—received the first announcement

✅ How the Magi model genuine truth-seeking and humility

✅ King Herod as the timeless picture of fear-driven worldly power

✅ Why Christmas offers hope without denying brokenness

✅ How God still works through ordinary people today

📢 TAKE ACTION:

📖 Re-read the Christmas story slowly and intentionally this season.

🕯️ Resist autopilot faith—lean back into awe and wonder.

🙏 Bring both your joy and your grief to Christ this Christmas.

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