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I am really curious as to why many don't hold a Christmas Day Service. I know almost everone has a Christmas Eve service.
I just really find it odd.
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It isn't that we ignore Christmas. We have a service celebrating Christmas usually the Sunday before. And we don't cancel church if it falls on a Sunday. But the thought that you must, and if you don't there's something wrong with you, is a legalistic mentality. There is nothing in the bible that commands it.
What would happen if your church decided not to this year? What would be everyone's attitude?
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No Jesus, no salvation.
His birth brought about the salvation and redemption of all Creation.
I have to worship to commemorate such a principally holy day.
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4th November 2009, 01:22 PM
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Reps: 279,069,845,945,896,992 (power: 279,069,845,945,920) | | Originally Posted by Hammster What would happen if your church decided not to this year? What would be everyone's attitude?
It is required that there is one by canon law. That couldn't happen.
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4th November 2009, 01:24 PM
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Right. Legalism.
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4th November 2009, 01:26 PM
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His birth brought about the salvation and redemption of all Creation.
I have to worship to commemorate such a principally holy day.
I celebrate it. But it doesn't always have to be on "the" day. More than likely, Jesus wasn't even born on December 25.
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4th November 2009, 01:28 PM
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Yep  Originally Posted by Hammster I celebrate it. But it doesn't always have to be on "the" day. More than likely, Jesus wasn't even born on December 25.
Was it January 7?
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4th November 2009, 01:31 PM
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Was it January 7?
Could be. But nobody knows for sure.
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Reps: 177,116,452,243,484,384 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Hammster It isn't that we ignore Christmas. We have a service celebrating Christmas usually the Sunday before. And we don't cancel church if it falls on a Sunday. But the thought that you must, and if you don't there's something wrong with you, is a legalistic mentality. There is nothing in the bible that commands it.
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You clearly don't know what legalism is and isn't.
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4th November 2009, 02:17 PM
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