... simple Christmas film gave him hope. Hope is what Christmas is all about. That is what our Scripture Lessons for the day are all about hope. THE FIRST THING THAT CHRIST'S COMING INTO THE WORLD MEANS IS HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS. The George Baileys and the Robert McFarlanes of our world have a reason to go on. Christ has come into our world. John the Baptist was in prison. As one writer has noted, John was a wilderness wanderer, so imprisonment must have been especially hard on him. (2) When John heard in prison ...
