Welcome to Chapter 3 of Saints, Sinners, and Scandals
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Scripture: Luke 2:10
“The angel said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.’”
When Heaven Breaks into the Fields
If you were announcing the most important birth in human history, where would you begin?
Most of us would start with royalty. Or influencers. Or priests. Or powerful people in high places.
God started with night-shift shepherds.
They weren’t temple elite, or religious scholars, or city leaders. They were blue-collar workers on the bottom rung of the social ladder. Unshaven. Unbathed. Uninvited to most of polite society. Yet they became the first people to hear that the Messiah had arrived—and the first to tell others.
The story of the shepherds is one of divine reversal, social rejection, and radiant grace. And once you see what it really meant for them to be chosen, you’ll never look at a nativity scene the same way again.