December 23rd, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Beyond the tinsel, trees, and cookies, beyond the paper, presents, and pies – there lies the real meaning of the celebration of Christmas. For Christians, Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus, the Christ, who is more than a figure in a manger scene, according to Cumberland Community Church Pastor Ron Yost…

“The most pivotal person in the history of the world, but also the most controversial. He took on the religious people, and the religious people crucified him. They couldn’t do it so they got the Roman government to do it. He gave his life. The Bible says that he laid down his life for us so we could be forgiven. So that our sins could be forgiven, so we could receive God’s grace and God’s mercy. And had he not been born, that wouldn’t have happened.”