News of Great Joy

Each year, the Christmas double issue of the Church Times offers a feast of seasonal reading. News of Great Joy draws together the best Christmas writing by outstanding authors and poets over twenty years to create an ideal Christmas gift and a wealth of material for all who preach or lead worship at Christmas.Its many highlights include:• the eminent biblical scholar John Barton on how to understand the Old Testament prophecies of the nativity;• Barbara Brown Taylor on the prologue of John’s Go