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  • Christmas, Controversial Subjects

    Posted on December 31st, 2009

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    The Bible is the Most-Stolen Book During the Holidays

    The Bible is the Most-Stolen Book During the Holidays

    SAN ANTONIO — Noah’s Ark Christian Bookstore sees about one to two Christian items stolen every year.
    This holiday season, it’s seeing three to four items missing from its shelves.
    “I can see the need people have, they need to buy more but don’t have the means to do it,” store manager Maria Obregon says.
    You can’t ignore the irony of the situation. The book that read, “Thou shalt not steal” is also one of the most-stolen books in the world. In San Antonio, Bible bandits are on the rise. Local bookstores say it’s a problem they see year-round. They attribute it to a slow economy, and people turning to God in tough times.

  • Christmas, Obama Watch

    Posted on December 27th, 2009

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    No Churchgoing Christmas for the First Family

    No Churchgoing Christmas for the First Family

    The Senate vote on final passage of health reform almost scuttled their plans, but it looks like the First Family will still make it to Hawaii for Christmas. They’ve had a whirlwind holiday season so far, starting with the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, through hosting more than 50,000 people for 27 parties and open houses, and ending with a visit by the First Lady, Malia and Sasha, and the family’s dog Bo, to deliver cookies to the Children’s National Medical Center. The Obamas have also started their own holiday traditions in their new home, adding a Christmas wishing tree to the decorations festooning the White House.
    But there’s one common Christmas practice not on the First Family’s schedule: a visit to Christmas Eve church services.

  • Christmas, Jesus Church

    Posted on December 22nd, 2009

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    Christmas was Controversial from the Beginning

    Christmas was Controversial from the Beginning

    Many Americans see the present political correct view of the holidays as a jihad against the Christian celebration of Christmas.
    Retail chains now mandate that clerks greet customers with “Happy Holidays” rather than the traditional “Merry Christmas.” Scattered school districts have banned the singing of Christmas carols, and many have relabeled the holiday from classes the “winter break.” Nativity scenes or even decorated trees (if they are called Christmas trees) in public places prompt legal challenges because the observance of the Western world’s most popular and widely celebrated — whether by believers or not — religious holiday may be offensive to some.

  • America In Prophecy, Christmas

    Posted on December 18th, 2009

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    66% Celebrate Christmas As A Religious Holiday

    66% Celebrate Christmas As A Religious Holiday

    Sixty-six percent (66%) of Americans celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that another 20% celebrate the event as a secular holiday.
    Of those who celebrate Christmas, 81% believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God sent to earth to die for our sins and 72% say Jesus was born to a virgin.
    Among all Americans, whether they celebrate Christmas or not, 82% say the person known to history as Jesus Christ actually walked the earth 2,000 years ago. Only three percent (3%) say he did not and 15% aren’t sure.

  • Christmas, Controversial Subjects

    Posted on December 15th, 2009

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    Christians Launch Attack on Christmas

    Christians Launch Attack on Christmas

    If it’s December, there must be frost in the air, gingerbread in the oven and — right on time — Bill O’Reilly and other defenders of Christmas bemoaning the prevalence of the greeting “Happy Holidays,” as opposed to “Merry Christmas.”
    There’s a war on Christmas, the conservative commentator recently reminded viewers, driven by those who “loathe the baby Jesus.” This season, a holiday-décor company is marketing the CHRIST-mas Tree, a bushy artificial tree with a giant cross where the trunk should be. And the Colorado-based nonprofit Focus on the Family is continuing its Stand for Christmas campaign to highlight the offenses of Christmas-denying retailers. The campaign was launched, according to its website, because “citizens across the nation were growing dissatisfied with the tendency of corporations to omit references to Christmas from holiday promotions.”

  • Christmas

    Posted on December 13th, 2009

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    How St. Nick Became Santa Claus

    How St. Nick Became Santa Claus

    An ancient merchant had three lovely daughters. But due to a tragic turn of events, he had lost all hope that his daughters would be able to marry and live a happy life. It was the third century, and this businessman had lost his fortune when pirates pillaged his ship. His beautiful daughters were of marrying age, and without money he could give them no dowry

  • Bible Prophecy Updates, Christmas, Jesus v. Everything

    Posted on December 12th, 2009

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    How December 25 Became Christmas

    How December 25 Became Christmas

    On December 25, Christians around the world will gather to celebrate Jesus’ birth. Joyful carols, special liturgies, brightly wrapped gifts, festive foods—these all characterize the feast today, at least in the northern hemisphere. But just how did the Christmas festival originate? How did December 25 come to be associated with Jesus’ birthday?

    The Bible offers few clues: Celebrations of Jesus’ Nativity are not mentioned in the Gospels or Acts; the date is not given, not even the time of year. The biblical reference to shepherds tending their flocks at night when they hear the news of Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:8) might suggest the spring lambing season; in the cold month of December, on the other hand, sheep might well have been corralled. Yet most scholars would urge caution about extracting such a precise but incidental detail from a narrative whose focus is theological rather than calendrical.

  • America In Prophecy, Christmas

    Posted on December 9th, 2009

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    Obama: No Baby Jesus in White house

    Obama: No Baby Jesus in White house

    The Obama administration sought to ban baby Jesus from the executive mansion as part of its plans for a “non-religious Christmas,” according to a participant at a White House luncheon.

    In its Dec. 4 issue, the New York Times published an article highlighting accomplishments of Desirée Rogers, the new White House social secretary.

    Rogers, a woman who markets what she refers to as the “Obama brand,” is responsible for every event that takes place in the White House.