… better that we go on a spending fast from the sponsors of such bile—while yet praying for their souls
God bless you for your excellent ‘turn the other cheek, but don’t line their pockets’ philosophy!
Even though Christmas is not about material things, I believe that one of the most effective ways of expressing our anger over the fact that many businesses have chosen the politically correct route is precisely the way you have mentioned here.
My family now scrupulously avoids shopping at any store whose personnel are instructed to avoid the mention of ‘Christmas’. We also avoid stores whose decorations are obviously aimed at a ‘winter’ theme rather than a Christmas one. And we make it a point to patronize businesses that still allow the Salvation Army to set up their buckets outside.
Attempting to stay faithful to those stipulations becomes more difficult every year, but it can be done.
My husband and I have also been taking special note this year of television commercials of all kinds, and it is extremely disheartening to see how many of them have replaced ‘Christmas’ with ‘holiday’ or ‘season’. It is very rare to hear the mention of ‘Christmas’ in advertising anymore. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of television commercials we have seen that dared to even hint at the real reason for our celebration.
Several weeks ago, we attended a Christmas concert performed by a young southern gospel group that is a favorite of ours, the Booth Brothers. During their concerts, they often relate personal experiences – of both the uplifting and discouraging sort. This time they mentioned the fact that they had been scheduled to perform at a very large church in Minnesota. Shortly before the concert, a representative of the church called them to inform them that, during the concert, they were not to reference scripture or give personal Christian testimony of any kind.
When Michael Booth inquired as to why that would be required of them, he was told that the church did not want to offend any non-Christian concert attendees.
When a ‘Christian’ church attempts to become so politically correct, and so ‘inclusive’, as to disallow any reference to scripture at a concert performed within its walls the gruesome tentacles of the humanist left have reached much farther than the rational mind can comprehend.
The Booth Brothers refunded all ticket money for that Minnesota concert and cancelled their engagement.
~ joanie
Allegiance and Duty Betrayed
Isn't that amazing? I went through the same thing as a prayer leader on the day after 9/11 as I organized an open prayer meeting for 9/12 — one of the members huffed off, backed up by the pastor, because she insisted we shouldn't "offend" Jews or Muslims by praying to Jesus on such an occasion. I have since left the Methodist Church, which is so corrupted in the North and Mid-Atlantic as to be unrecognizable as the church of the Wesleys.