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Spirit of Christmas
Every Christmas season we are told to believe in the Spirit of Christmas, and as Christians we try to personalize this spirit as the Holy Spirit. But it’s not. It’s make-believe. The pagan’s inform us: “Take the spirit of Christmas … Continue reading
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Little Known Origins of the “War on Christmas”
Who’s getting sick of the annual Christmas controversies? Raise your hand (and it’s only the first week in December). But if you were to bet that it’s a fairly new phenomenon (since the turn of the millennia), you’d be out … Continue reading
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