{"id":76160,"date":"2019-12-26T18:01:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T23:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=76160"},"modified":"2019-12-26T18:01:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T23:01:27","slug":"the-daily-gouge-archive-december-25th-christmas-day-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedailygouge.com\/?p=76160","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Gouge Archive, December 25th, Christmas Day 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s Wednesday, December 25th, 2019&#8230;and here&#8217;s our traditional Christmas edition of <em>The Gouge<\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For any Charlie Browns out there, <em>this<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eff0cqYefYY\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;truly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>is<\/em><\/span> what Christmas\u00a0is all about!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>So on December 25th, let&#8217;s remember it&#8217;s not about the presents or the food, and certainly not about tacky ties or heinous sweaters. \u00a0As John states in his Gospel&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;For God <em>so loved the world<\/em> that <em>He gave<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>His only begotten Son<\/em><\/span>, that whosoever <em>believeth on Him<\/em> shall not perish but <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>have everlasting life<\/em><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and Paul emphasizes in\u00a0his letter to the Phillipians&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"lang-en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8220;In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:\u00a0Who, being in very nature\u00a0God,\u00a0did not consider equality with God\u00a0something to be used to His own advantage;\u00a0rather, He made himself <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>nothing<\/em><\/span>\u00a0by taking the very nature\u00a0of a servant,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>being made in human likeness<\/em><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"lang-en\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself\u00a0by becoming obedient to death\u2014<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>even death on a cross<\/em><\/span>!<\/span>\u00a0Therefore God exalted Him\u00a0to the highest place\u00a0and gave Him the name that is above every name,<em>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">that at the name of Jesus<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">every knee should bow<\/span>,\u00a0in heaven and on earth and under the earth,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to the glory of God the Father<\/span><\/em>.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-29397\" class=\"text Phil-2-5\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Christmas<\/em><\/span> is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>all about<\/em><\/span> the child whose birth Isaiah foretold&#8230;<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8220;Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #008000;\">And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.<\/span>\u00a0 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>one and only<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Son of God.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And\u00a0<strong>though Christ indeed is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the <\/em><em>reason<\/em> <em>for the season<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>we<\/em><\/span>\u00a0are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the reason<\/em><\/span> He came!\u00a0 \u00a0Borrowing from the words of King David and Charles Wesley written millennia apart, &#8220;Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.\u00a0 Amazing love; how can it be, that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Thou<\/em><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>my God<\/em><\/span>, shouldst die for me?&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>So with this, we present two versions of our favorite song proclaiming the Savior&#8217;s birth&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v5mdybeyLVc\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wSwgnvHj45Y\" width=\"420\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"UH8R2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Gloria in excelsis Deo<\/em>: <em>Glory to God in the highest&#8230;and on earth, peace, goodwill toward men<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8230;and offer heartfelt wishes for a very blessed and Merry Christmas from our home to yours!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magoo<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Wednesday, December 25th, 2019&#8230;and here&#8217;s our traditional Christmas edition of The Gouge! For any Charlie Browns out there, this&#8230; \ufeff &#8230;truly is what Christmas\u00a0is all about! 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