Although it's a little early to be talking about Christmas I thought this quote from N.T. Wright was very sobering.
"For many, Christianity is just a beautiful dream. It's a world in which everyday reality goes a bit blurred. It's nostalgic, cosy, and comforting. But real Christianity isn't like that at all. Take Christmas, for instance: a season of nostalgia, of carols and candles and firelight and happy children. But that misses the point completely. Christmas in not a reminder that the world is really quite a nice old place. It reminds us that the world is a shockingly bad old place, where wickedness flourishes unchecked, where children are murdered, where civilized countries make a lot of money by selling weapons to uncivilized ones so they can blow each other apart. Christmas is God lighting a candle; and you don't light a candle in a room that's already full of sunlight. You light a candle in a room that's so murky that the candle, when lit, reveals just how bad things really are. The light shines in the darkness...and the darkness has not overcome it" (Quoted from For All God's Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church, Eerdman's 1997).
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Little late getting to your article but now is a good time to read it. Thanks for your comments. I hope you have a Blessed Christmas.
Pure Bombast! A real Christian knows that the Bible did not teach this. Their is no such teaching or holiday such as Christmas! If their was, it wouldn't be on December 25th? The catholic church is full of false doctrine, pagan holidays, and lies, which were turned supposedly into true Christian beliefs to please the order of men. This in turn provokes the LORD to anger, and wrath becomes the order of souls who practice this! I adjure you, and all who read this comment to search the Holy Scriptures, Gospel, and New Testament to study and apply to what is written for the sake of your souls and to know what pleases The Lord God, and His Son Jesus Christ! All of these teachings hinder truth, and (The Church Of GOD).
Pure Bombast! A real Christian knows that the Bible does not teach this. Their is no such teaching or holiday such as Christmas! If their was, it wouldn't be on December 25th? The catholic church is full of false doctrine, pagan holidays, and lies, which were turned supposedly into true Christian beliefs to please the order of men. This in turn provokes the LORD to anger, and wrath becomes the order of souls who practice this! I adjure you, and all who read this comment to search the Holy Scriptures,The Gospel, and The New Testament to study and apply to what is written for the sake of your souls and to know what pleases The Lord God, and His Son Jesus Christ! All of these teachings hinder truth, and (The Church Of GOD). I too am a catholic, and also guilty for these false practices, which I am slowly weaning away from.
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