Christmas Scandal: The Scandal of the Incarnation!

It may come as a surprise to you…that the doctrine of the Incarnation, which is what we really celebrate at Christmas… was once occasioned a significant controversy in the Church. Today the Incarnation seems about as scandalous as peanut butter!  But in the fourth and fifth centuries, it was an issue that divided many Christians! Why? Because the incarnation is the understanding…the doctrine…God had come to earth to live as a human!