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.READY FOR THE CHRISTMAS ?
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We are approaching that time of year dreaded and loved in different measure by one and all - Christmas. For some it is one big party and a social whirl of activity, for many it is all about making ends meet to ensure that Santa doesn't disappoint and for some Christmas can be the loneliest time of the year where difficult circumstances become accentuated. In all of these various reactions to Advent it is too easy to loose the original focus for the whole big shebang - the coming of Jesus to this earth. While church attendance declines and our attitude to an authoritarian structure that has let us down so badly in the past wavers, never has it been more important to distinguish Jesus message from his flawed messengers. In other words we need to get back to the man Jesus, that one who came among us as a man, and embodied in himself the very nature of God. The New Testament is our primary source where we can discover the real Jesus and make sense of His incarnation through those mysterious beginnings in Bethlehem and beyond. With this in mind I would like to recommend a 4 week Bible study on the Incarnation by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson of Joyful Heart Ministries that you can get through your e mail for free. The lessons arrive once a week and you study at your own pace, there are no 'catches' or hidden obligations and Dr, Wilson has a light style of teaching that make the lessons relevant and dynamic. To enrol simply click on the link below and fill out a short registration form, these few lessons will truly focus your attention on the reason for the Season - Jesus Christ. ~GOSh.~
We are approaching that time of year dreaded and loved in different measure by one and all - Christmas. For some it is one big party and a social whirl of activity, for many it is all about making ends meet to ensure that Santa doesn't disappoint and for some Christmas can be the loneliest time of the year where difficult circumstances become accentuated. In all of these various reactions to Advent it is too easy to loose the original focus for the whole big shebang - the coming of Jesus to this earth. While church attendance declines and our attitude to an authoritarian structure that has let us down so badly in the past wavers, never has it been more important to distinguish Jesus message from his flawed messengers. In other words we need to get back to the man Jesus, that one who came among us as a man, and embodied in himself the very nature of God. The New Testament is our primary source where we can discover the real Jesus and make sense of His incarnation through those mysterious beginnings in Bethlehem and beyond. With this in mind I would like to recommend a 4 week Bible study on the Incarnation by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson of Joyful Heart Ministries that you can get through your e mail for free. The lessons arrive once a week and you study at your own pace, there are no 'catches' or hidden obligations and Dr, Wilson has a light style of teaching that make the lessons relevant and dynamic. To enrol simply click on the link below and fill out a short registration form, these few lessons will truly focus your attention on the reason for the Season - Jesus Christ. ~GOSh.~
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5 comments:
Correction: christmas was origionally a pagan soltice festival. It has now returned to its origional purpose helping people to celebrate and have fun in a dismal part of the year. Anything else is a distraction. Lighten up..
No doubt thre was a pre-Christian solstice and still is for New Age pagans, but Christmas is a bit of a giveaway...the clue being in the name ! Let peopl celebrate as they will, I'm only addressing those who wish to see Christ at the centre of what is, after all, His day. Some Christians even think that the Christmas festival is too hedonistic to reform, Im not convinced, although I understand where their coming from. So my friend try lightening up by making Jesus Lord ! Happy Christmas.
I think it is hard to know what christmas is all about, it is certainly not what it was when I was young. Although I am not sure what it was then was very real. It is certainly hard to think what we have now has anything ot do with God.
I agree Deirdre,Christmas is just another date on the calendar but the reality of Jesus' message and mission still has the power to change lives.Why not sign up to the Bible study and see what happens.
Correction: on Sunday do we worship the sun? (maybe we should and it might come back sometime) Christians hi-jacked the solstice or the name anyway.
Anyway "Happy Solstice"
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