I wanted to personally thank you for walking with In Touch Ministries this year. Early in my Christian walk, I was shaped by Dr. Stanley’s teaching. I’m sure many of you remember the first time you heard Dr. Stanley when the Holy Spirit spoke directly to a need in your heart. Maybe you were hurting, maybe you were searching, but in that moment, God used His Word to bring hope, peace, or direction.
Today someone else is hearing for the first time, and God is using that moment to speak life, just like He did with you. Dr. Stanley was fond of saying, “The best is yet to come,” and as we look towards the future, we believe that promise still holds true. God is still speaking, people are still listening, and together we’ll keep sharing His truth quickly, clearly, and irresistibly.
We’re humbled to continue Dr. Stanley’s work and blessed to have you with us. Thank you for making In Touch Ministries possible. male announcer: “In Touch,” the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley. Next on “In Touch,” “The Real Meaning of Christmas.” Dr.
Stanley: If you had to state the meaning of Christmas in one sentence, what would you say? How would you describe what Christmas means to you in just one sentence? Would you say that Christmas is the birthday of Jesus? That’s probably what most people would say, or it is the birthday of the Son of God or it may be many other things, but more than likely, most people would define what Christmas means to them by how they celebrate it.
And so if a person’s celebration is primarily parties and so forth, they would think in terms of this is what Christmas is all about. But if you’ll think about something we have been celebrating all these years and how many people really and truly understand “What is this I’m celebrating?” especially if you have never trusted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, and God is somebody who’s sort of foreign in your life.
