We know very little about Jesus’s growing-up years, apart from Mary’s recollection of a frightening and amazing incident that took place in Jerusalem when he was twelve! David Ritchie introduces this episode by comparing his own experience of church as a twelve-year-old with Jesus' experience in the Temple.

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Follow the journey of the Magi (wise men) from the east as they follow a wandering star all the way to Bethlehem. In this episode, David Ritchie highlights the devotion of these wise guys. They honoured Jesus, not just with their gifts, but also with their lives.

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God’s ways are often surprising.

In the eyes of many in Jesus’ day, shepherds were unclean, uncouth, and unsophisticated ‘bogans’, to use an Australian slang. By the social standards of the time, they were uniquely unqualified to be the first to receive such monumental news, and to share it with others.

Yet it was to these humble shepherds that the angel appeared, heralding our Lord and Saviour’s arrival in Bethlehem.

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