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Category: Christmas
Christmas Carols and the Message
I grew up celebrating Christmas and singing all the the familiar Christmas carols. It has been many, many years since those days, however, while shopping recently I heard two and the familiar words made me stop and pause. Selah
Christmas is Not My Holiday & They’re Just Fine
Christmas is not our holiday. It just isn’t. It hasn’t been for over 30 years. It’s just that simple. Every year when one of my adult children says to someone who celebrates Christmas that they don’t, they are invariably asked, “How has that affected you?” making them feel like they have been deprived of something grandiose or that their parents are mean green ogres.
Christmas Myths and Idols
Those who say, “God knows our hearts,” should be well aware that He does know our hearts and He knows when our hearts are behaving in ignorance or rebellion. We have no excuse. “God knows our hearts,” should bring ‘fear to our hearts’ because as the prophet Jeremiah says, “The heart is more deceitful than anything else and mortally sick. Who can fathom it?” (Jeremiah 17:9).