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An Empty Christmas
Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 30, 2014 (message contributor)
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1. Christmas Without Christ
Contributed on Nov 30, 2014
A look at what Christmas would look like if we removed everything connected with the Christmas Story.
Have you noticed that every year people seem more intent on secularizing Christmas? They wish you a “Happy Holiday” or “Seasons Greetings” they have presentations at school that make no mention of the manger or the Wise Men let alone the Christ Child. Now I may be a ...read more
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2. A Christmas Without Miracles
Contributed on Dec 7, 2014
Some try to portray Christmas as just an event, but what happens when we take the miracles out of Christmas?
Have you ever heard the phrase “The Magic of Christmas”? Probably, if you google that phrase you get almost 29,000,000 hits. Everything ranging from albums of Christmas music to campaigns to provide toys to underprivileged children, to children’s books, to more inspirational ...read more
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3. A Christmas Without Grace
Contributed on Dec 21, 2014
Grace is evident throughout the Christmas story, what would Christmas look like without grace?
A Christmas without Grace If you think of Grace at all at Christmas it probably relates to the short prayer that you will say over the dead bird at Christmas Dinner and you probably wouldn’t necessarily think of Amazing Grace as a Christmas song but you can’t really celebrate the ...read more