&quot;Greetings, favored one!&quot;What happens when you take a fresh look at a Christmas passage you&apos;ve heard dozens of times?This week, Kiri, Mason, Sarah and Chris discuss the angel Gabriel delivering the news of Mary&apos;s coming birth of the savior of the world to reveal there&apos;s more to the passage than we normally hear. Some of the questions they discussed:<ul><li>How are angels preachers?</li><li>What does &quot;Greetings, favored one,&quot; mean?</li><li>What are the differences between angels and demons?</li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.lutherhouseofstudy.org/donate">Support the Show.</a>Interested in sponsoring an episode of Scripture First? Email Sarah at sarah@lhos.org or visit our donation page: <a href='https://lutherhouseofstudy.org/donate/'>lutherhouseofstudy.org/donate</a>

Christmas Eve | Luke 2:1-20 with Dr. Chris Croghan & Sarah Stenson

Three millennials sit down with Lutheran theologians to understand how Scripture is working in our lives. God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, sin, faith, forgiveness, Luther, and more are on the table as Mason Van Essen, Kiri Haugen, and Adam Guthmiller discuss each week's upcoming lectionary Bible passage with Luther House of Study's theologians to hear the context in and around Scripture before it's preached in church.