Matt Currey

The Christmas story – a gift for all

26 November 2018A prominent image that comes through any modern-day Nativity story is of Jesus being born in a stable. Luke 2:7 tells us that Mary wrapped her firstborn son and laid Him in a manger because, “there was no guest room available for them”. Essentially, Jesus’ young parents were turned away from everywhere, finding themselves with no choice but a straw-filled outhouse in which to have their baby. However, this out of the way location (the scene for the humble beginnings of Jesus’ life) didn’t…