There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the…

Thomas Merton
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There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem. And it is the same today. ✨ Evangelical Sunday School Lesson Commentary 2013-2014. Book by Lance Colkmire, p. 164, January 5, 2012.
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There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem. And it is the same today. ✨ Evangelical Sunday School Lesson Commentary 2013-2014. Book by Lance Colkmire, p. 164, January 5, 2012.

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