Pilgrim’s Progress Revisited ~ Christiana on the Narrow Way
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Reality
The assumption that Christmas is a Christian holiday is nearly universal.
It is an institution, an extraordinary cultural phenomenon, and it is promoted by both believers and those who don’t believe.
Rightly or wrongly, it is also seen as a time when people are more open to the Gospel, so that it has the vote of those whose chief desire is to reach the lost for Jesus Christ.
In other words, Christmas is HUGE, and while we need to warn other Christians about its origins and practices, we need to realize that nothing is going to change unless it is God’s good pleasure.
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Some thoughts and a little advice
Unless people are pressuring you to participate, you can pay almost no attention to it except at certain times.
If you don’t celebrate for reasons of conscience, your conscience will be at peace, and this is a good and happy thing when you’re innocent of any particular…
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