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…all of it upon ourselves. Yes, Christmas should include some special food, some presents, and a tree. But we’ve turned Christmas into the Motherhood Olympics, and then we get mad…

…Lord’s Day falls on Christmas, why not every Sunday? The Word ‘Christmas’ Implies Church Service What makes this doubly odd is the legacy of Christmas-as-church-service that lives on in its…

…but as essential components of personal identity, and why the nature of Christian theology would require Christians to renounce their own faith identities to do so. In this final part,…

…is declared righteous on account of Christ’s work and stands righteous before God through Christ. The only subjective contribution is passive, receptive faith. Christ’s incarnation drives this extra nos (external,…

…a fireplace. The other day, our most enthusiastically apologetic daughter, 5, found herself arguing in school that Christ was the “spirit of Christmas” while Santa was “a mascot for Christmas,”…

…and as it were the vicar of the absent Christ. There Christ reproves this error of the apostles and teaches that there shall not be lordship or superiority among them,…

In the typical “Battle for Christmas” banter, we hear a lot about keeping Christ in Christmas, and preserving Christmas as a Christian “holy day.” Jesus is the reason for the…

…public school treatment of Christianity, including ignoring Christianity, is anti-Christian. It telegraphs to students that whether Christianity is true does not matter. What matters are its tangential effects upon society….

…Overzealous House Decorating Like “Christmas Vacation,” only not funny! 11. Lost Christmas Spirit Often paired with a Surprisingly Dark Backstory, a character has lost his or her Christmas spirit due…

…Francis writes that non-Christians “drink from other sources,” implying that salvation through Christ is merely one of many roads up the mountain. Yet Christ Himself repeatedly rejected the “liberal” heresy:…

…faith-themed party favors and the reminder that the birth of Christ is worth celebrating all year long! 7. Say ‘Merry Christmas!’ Saying “Merry Christmas” is a great reminder that Christ…

…Other Christians But all too often, celebrity Christians end up betraying our trust by caving to that anti-Christian culture the second any pressure is applied. Five seconds after Christian singer…

…be had. But if you are a Christian—and last time I checked Christmas was still a Christian holiday—it matters not whether your Christmas is simple or sumptuous as long as…

…all fiercely patriotic,” explained Bedford. “We don’t have that.” https://thefdrlst.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chris-.mp4 “How can people who hate a country run it?” asked Tucker. “I don’t think they can,” Bedford responded. Bedford foresees…

…visible religious institution founded by Christ that enjoys apostolic succession, meaning that its leadership can trace its authority directly to the apostles of Christ, who were given authority by Christ…

…are Christians? Christians’ beliefs motivate them to peacefully and lovingly serve and protect their neighbors regardless of their neighbors’ faith. First, calling Islamists what they are and their Christian targets…

…sense that it makes Christians, or more precisely authenticates and constitutes those Spirit-born Christians by baptizing and communing them, and sustains them in their Christian faith. Sometimes the church even…

…Christians’ proper priorities. What good will it do the cause of Christianity if Trump defeats Hillary, but in the process Christians undermine their most precious values? Perhaps Christians will still…

…flame.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhU2VyqI83c 4. Pete Seeger, “Masters in This Hall” on “Traditional Christmas Carols by Pete Seeger” There once was a time when even old lefties sang Christian Christmas songs. No…

…of Christopher Columbus, Philadelphia, PA Ordered dismantled by Mayor Phinney as a way of “reckoning with the legacy of systemic racism.” Statue of Christopher Columbus, New Haven, CT One hundred…

…a thoroughly post-Christian worldview that is best understood as the return of paganism, which, as the Romans well understood, is fundamentally incompatible with the Christian faith. Christianity after all does…

…Ross Douthat, also on the panel, suggested that it’s difficult for Christians to know exactly how to respond to the global persecution of Christians. “There is a slight tension in…

…Christian church. Christians rejected narratives of cosmic struggle, of metaphysical dependence on temporal events. Christian thinkers like St. Augustine and St. Athanasius had inoculated Christianity against this view with a…

…spirituality and way of life as a prescriptive template for all Christians. This includes such measures as: stable local living in small intentional Christian communities—“the Christian village”; cutting back on…

…Christian country. That in itself is interesting, because in other contexts they say it is not a Christian country and that it never was founded as a Christian country, so…

As a little girl, every Christmas season meant curling up next to the Christmas tree with a good book. I read “Aesop’s Fables,” “The Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales,”…

…we’re done with Thanksgiving, it’s Christmas time. As part of America’s Christmas tradition, our culture embraces quintessential Christmas films: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “White Christmas,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” and…

…to do for Christmas. It’s hard to celebrate Advent if December is a blur of pre-Christmas stress. Do you feel obligated to produce and perform at Christmas? To go over-budget?…

…Nigeria’s middle belt region (which serves as a de facto border region between its Christian and Muslim populations) has seen a running campaign of murder and intimidation against the Christian…

…idiom goes. After all, my ancestors are from Mosul, and are a mixture of Assyrian and Chaldean Christians dating back to who knows when. The Arab-Christian immigrants in America are…

…wish. Even as jumpy or perhaps as heretical as those two men were regarding official tenets of Christianity, they still involved themselves in calls to Christian prayer, support of Christian…

…Christianity to avoid being implicated. Eventually, Christianity itself melts into the “Christian nationalist” label entirely. Step 5: Bludgeon believers and terrify them with the specter of “Christian nationalism” until all…

…team. Christmas Wars in America “People are celebrating Christmas incorrectly,” explained my friend, by way of urging me not to support Christmas concerts that take place in Advent. “It’s easy…

…traditional Christians view these matters. Christian Perspectives On Sexual Morality The Christian perspective distinguishes between, on one hand, same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria as psychological states experienced by individuals, and,…

Christmas music is the best — everything from Mariah Carey’s legendary “All I Want For Christmas Is You” to Nat King Cole’s classic “The Christmas Song” to every rendition of…

…linked with the Christmas season (otherwise something like “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” would be considered a Christmas movie). So a Christmas movie is a movie specifically about Christmas and…