Summary

SummaryI’m Jim, and I never expected a simple invitation to a Christmas concert on December 10, 1978 would turn my life upside-downβ€”and in the best way! I was an agnostic rebel, more at home with bell-bottoms, roller coasters, and beer-branded T-shirts than with church pews. But when Gail invited me to her choir’s β€œold-fashioned Christmas” at a local church, I got more than holly-and-ivyβ€”it was the free gift of salvation explained so simply that it shattered my Boy Scout theology overnight. Two weeks later, I found myself at a Word of Life youth rally at 2 AM, tears in the pew, finally saying β€œyes” to Jesus. πŸŽ„βœ¨ Gail watched me soak it all in, curious, hopeful, maybe even a little worried about the β€œunequally yoked” thingβ€”yet she never pulled away. From that snowy night through college at Calvary Bible College in Kansas City, we’ve been on the greatest roller coaster ever: faith, friendship, and now 40 years of marriage, two kids, and three grandkids. I serve today as a professor at Moody Bible Institute, and every Christmas I’m reminded how one bold invitation changed everything! πŸ™β€οΈ

Gayle was a Christian. Jim was not, but on December 10th 1978, a simple invitation to a Christmas concert at a local church changed everything. In this Snapshot Testimony Christmas Special, hear how a high school crush turned 40 year marriage finds its beginnings in the true story of Christmas.

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Time Chapters
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01:01 High School Choir Encounter
04:56 Christmas Concert Invitation
07:28 Gospel Message Insight
12:00 Decision at Youth Rally
17:00 College & Relationship Start
20:00 Celebrating 40 Years