Author explains how God used ordinary people to bring Jesus to the world

As the world prepares to celebrate Jesus' birth, one author is inspiring us to look deeper and more introspectively at the Christmas story.

Daniel Darling, author of "The Characters of Christmas: The Unlikely People Caught Up in the Story of Jesus" recently told "The Pure Flix Podcast" why he finds the story of Jesus' birth so incredible.

"When we think about the Christmas story you think about all those people around the Nativities that are in our homes [and Christmas plays]," he said. "These were ordinary people in the first century who were swept up in the story of God sending his son to Earth."

So, Darling set out on a mission to tell these peoples' stories, noting that each of the biblical figures involved in Christ's birth helps show the "kind of people" who make up God's kingdom.