{"id":142203,"date":"2025-12-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142203"},"modified":"2025-12-26T07:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:05:02","slug":"more-ji-packer-on-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142203","title":{"rendered":"More JI Packer on Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The crucial significance of the cradle at Bethlehem lies in its place in the sequence of steps down that led the Son of God to the cross of Calvary, and we do not understand it till we see it in this context\u2026the taking of manhood by the Son is set before us in a way which shows us how we should ever view it\u2013not simply as a marvel of nature, but rather as a wonder of grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013J. I. Packer,&nbsp;<strong>Knowing God<\/strong>, (Downer\u2019s Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press; 20th Anniversary ed.), p.42<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hark the Herald Angels sing glory to the new-born King; pray for peace on earth and goodwill to all.<br><br>Christmas Blessings from all at York Minster. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bRvVNdnTkD\">pic.twitter.com\/bRvVNdnTkD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; York Minster (@York_Minster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/York_Minster\/status\/2004092285907063229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crucial significance of the cradle at Bethlehem lies in its place in the sequence of steps down that led the Son of God to the cross of Calvary, and we do not understand it till we see it in<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=142203\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[575,162,164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-christology","category-soteriology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142205,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142203\/revisions\/142205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}