Halford E. Luccock on Christmas
1885–1960 United States
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To the faith that "God is love" and that love is the power that can save the world, many give the jaunty answer "What nonsense!"
The words "God is love" have this deep meaning: that everything that is against love is ultimately doomed and damned.
Keeping Life Out of Confusion (1938)
There is far-reaching appropriateness in the fact that the world's immortal baby story, that of Bethlehem, should be a story of turning things upside down — for that is a baby's chief business.
Fares, Please! (1915)
Christmas turns everything upside down. This is the central truth of the incarnation — "Immanuel, God with us." The upside of heaven come down to earth. "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, . . . full of grace and truth." Men miss the entire meaning of Jesus when they see in him the highest upreach of man; he is God reaching down and making common cause with man's struggle. The meaning of Christmas puts down the mighty things in men's minds from their seats — place, riches, talents — and exalts the things of low degree — humility, simplicity, and trust.
Fares, Please! (1915)