A recent, puerile National Geographic special on Jesus portrayed him as a forerunner of Che Guevara, and one Baptist black man among the experts said His teachings were akin to the Olympics black power salute. They also dragged in comparisons to Mithras. He wasn’t born in a stable...if born at all, it was probably in a cave. And on and on. Really. It doesn’t matter. He was born, crucified, and died for our sins. He arose to Heaven and sits at the right Hand of God who forgives all our sins.
“As for Christian beliefs and trends in general, I was instructed to avoid controversy with it and just get along.”
Is that as in ‘go along’ to get along????
My husband and I do not celebrate the ‘popular’ Miracle on 34th Street type Holiday. We do not send cards or exchange gifts. Every day we Praise God through the Grace of our Lord Jesus - the only way to the Father.
Store clerks bubbling, Merry Christmas, sound pathetic. I can see the anticipation of gifts in their eyes. We (the population in general) have been infected with the Greed of Christmas. Training the youngsters to expect gifts galore. Just because they look cute running down the hall towards the tree does not mean it produces ‘good fruit.’ It produces a life time of memories that cause us all to expect gifts at Christmas, even if we do not get them.
I would prefer we train the young to look for Jesus return and fill them with a longing to be with Him.
****He wasn’t born in a stable...if born at all, it was probably in a cave. And on and on. ****
I’ve seen dry caves used for animal shelter. A stable could easily be in just such a cave. Some people are just looking for loopholes to enforce their own doubt.