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  1. Mark Corbett

    Christmas Should Change How We Relate to One Another

    When we celebrate Christmas, we are celebrating the wonder inspiring truth that God became flesh and lived among us. This glorious event was celebrated by angels singing on that first Christmas night, and is now celebrated around the world by billions of people each year. The theological term...
  2. afishamongmany

    Three Christmas Poems

    Cool cat sat on cold snow. Coal black cat, Cheshire Cat grin, Looking up to see within. White flakes floating down carpeting, covering all around. Snow can cover such a multitude of sins. Cool cat sat on the white mat, Softly he began to hum a song. He though of his lost love long gone Over...
  3. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Vocal and Instrumental) - La Sierra University - YouTube

    O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Vocal and Instrumental) - La Sierra University - YouTube

    La Sierra University’s music students recorded this beautiful hymn as a reminder of the true meaning of Christmas.
  4. L

    Curiosity about the Birth of Jesus and Mary's life in particular

    I have been wondering about this, but what role does Mary actually play as far as Christmas goes? Hear me out, Christmas has become more or less too secular and even though it is about the Birth of Christ, and even though Mary was the young woman who was highly favored and impregnated by the...
  5. Cheylynn

    The Affair We Have With Christmas

    God is jealous and commands our complete undivided worship. Worship’s very meaning is basically leaving Self out – in our devotion to Him. This is where you have the woman emptying out the very expensive perfume (her life savings) to use it upon Jesus; Matt 26:7. When Abraham went to the...
  6. Made2Worship89

    Operation Christmas Child

    How many of you participate in Operation Christmas Child?? :) Just curious! Our church was actually picked to be a drop off point this year, I'm super excited!!! I just wish I could go and see the faces of the kids when they open up their boxes!! ^_^
  7. J

    Leaving on my Winter Break

    I have decided to leave now, as I don't want to think about this in the morning. I had already planned on taking a break during Advent, but due to recent events I have decided to take my break now. I really feel betrayed by recent events, not as bad as what happened on Catholic Answers Forums...
  8. Ccm500

    A Road that Only Gets Tougher

    Hey everyone! My name is Chris. I have a link to a GoFundMe here, so the immediate info is there. I just wanted to go into more detail so that it's easier to understand how we got to this point. I was adopted to a non-spiritual and anti-religious family, I have always been spiritual and...
  9. Monksailor

    "Is This Mormon Representation of the Christmas Story More Accurate than the Traditional Protestant

    I intended for the title to be longer but would not fit: "Is This Mormon Representation of the Christmas Story More Accurate than the Traditional Protestant One, Esp. Regarding the Three Kings/Wisemen? Is such a deviation by Protestants harmless?" I am about find out if I messed up as I need to...
  10. AMM

    Meditation on the Magnificat and Nativity

    Hey folks. I was praying Vespers tonight and meditating on an Icon of the nativity and had some thoughts. I wrote them up and figured I'd share here. I pray some of you find it edifying, and if you find it heretical, let me know so I can be corrected of my errors! An Iconic Meditation on the...
  11. Fish and Bread

    Epiphany: Should Christmas decorations come down on 6 January?

    Link: www.bbc.com/news/uk-38527942 Just to add a little bit to the article: I think Candlemas (Aka the The Feast of the Presentation), which is on Feburary 2nd, should be included in these types of discussions. It was a huge holiday in the middle ages, and though it is long beyond the...
  12. Fish and Bread

    Christmas Then and Now

    Link: Christmas then and now
  13. BroIgnatius

    Merry Christ Mass

    Merry Christmas. Do not anyone bully you into saying "Happy Holidays"
  14. jamespyles

    If You Don't Celebrate Christmas, Why Not?

    I know this is an odd question to ask on a Christian forum, but I want to know if I'm the only one who does not observe Christmas in any manner. My wife and children are Jewish and non-believers. Thirty-three years ago when we got married, I knew she was Jewish but neither of us were religious...
  15. footballfanatic

    Christmas Is So Offensive

    The Washington Post gave audience to Ruth Everhart who said that the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, offended her. Why? Well her reason for being offended started off as a claim that the virgin part about Mary was offensive because rape victims could no longer obtain virgin status. But then...
  16. Christsfreeservant

    Pagan Revelry

    Tuesday, December 04, 2012, 8:09 a.m. – the Lord Jesus woke me with this song: Blessed Are You / An Original Work / August 29, 2012 Based off Luke 6:20-49 NIV 1984 “Blessed are you; Blessed are you who are poor For God’s kingdom is yours. Blessed are you; Blessed are you who are hungry...
  17. RC1970

    Favorite Christmas Hymns

    O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin and enter in, Be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell: Oh, come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Immanuel! O Little Town Of Bethlehem - 4th verse
  18. afishamongmany

    It's that time again

    Tinsel Time T'is tinsel time when midst the grime Of muddied minds shines, What can it be? Electro-lite silver gilding This gingerless bread of strife? Celebrating the survival of the fittest, The feel good factor? Forgetting for the festive moment The fate that awaits. Or, could it be the...
  19. BlessedDisciple

    Short video I made about the glory of the INCARNATION...

  20. nChrist

    Merry Christmas!

    Luke 2:4-20 (KJV) 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. 6 And so it was, that...