Perhaps this wonderful exhaustive post read out of season may make better sense to those who are OK with mixing the holy with the profane…? I pray that it does.
“Perhaps we should contemplate the words of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, delivered in a Lord’s Day sermon on December 24, 1871:
“We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: first, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be said or sung in Latin or in English; and secondly, because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Saviour; and consequently, its observance is a superstition, because [it’s] not of divine authority. Superstition has fixed most positively the day of our Saviour’s birth, although there is no possibility of discovering when it occurred. …
“It was not till the middle of the third century that any part of the church celebrated the nativity of our Lord; and it was not till very long…
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The X Mass Blog 
“Note from Kari: I would never judge a brother or sister who does celebrate Christmas, but I have to admit, I have received more words of judgement and condemnation from other Christians about my decision to opt out than I have on any other issue. This makes me sad, but the thought of dishonoring Our Lord makes me even sadder.”
-Well said!
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well said, Beth!
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Great article! I quoted that from the writer~Kari 🙂
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That statement was the reason I reblogged. We know what that is like.
Have a blessed day, ladies! \o/
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Sherry, plan to print out to read. Thank you! Lord bless you!!
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