A Christian Defense for the Celebration of Christmas

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🗓️ 12 November 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

For some, it may be shocking to find out that some Christians refuse to celebrate Christmas. It’s true. Some Christians believe that Christmas is rooted in paganism and have chosen to abstain as an act of personal holiness. While we celebrate the freedom we have in Christ to make such a choice, we also believe in the call to reason with one another in love. In this episode, pastor Dale Partridge looks at the Doctrine of Days, the history of the church, and the Bible to present three reasons Christians should continue to celebrate and commemorate the incarnation of our Lord, Jesus Christ.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Real Christianity, where our mission is to bring the Church back to the Bible.
0:08.4	My name is Dale Partridge and I'm the President of Relearn.org and Reformation Seminary.
0:13.4	The premise of this show is simple.
0:15.4	The culture is growing darker.
0:17.3	The Church is in need of sound doctrine and many Christians are hungry for the truth.
0:22.6	Join me here each week as we look to scripture and discover what it really means to be a Christian.
0:34.2	Welcome to the show.
0:37.0	Many of you appreciate our annual episode for why Christians should not celebrate Halloween.
0:43.7	But today I want to shift our focus to a holiday I believe Christians should consider celebrating.
0:49.8	That is Christmas.
0:51.8	For some the idea that Christians would not want to celebrate Christmas might be shocking.
0:56.8	But there is a growing movement of Christians who reject Christmas because they say it's
1:02.2	a pagan holiday.
1:04.2	But this kind of Christmas hating sentiment is actually not new to the Church.
1:10.1	In fact the Puritans who I adore and exalt in their contribution to Christian doctrine
1:15.8	and church history.
1:17.3	They actually despised Christmas.
1:19.0	In fact, Christmas was outlawed in some of the early colonies here in America.
1:24.9	One historian in an article written on the Atlantic wrote, and I quote,
1:29.6	from 1659 to 1681, the people of Boston faced a five-shelling fine for celebrating Christmas.
1:38.2	A law that followed a similar ban in England during all of her Cromwell's rule.
1:42.5	When the Parliament was controlled by a Puritan majority, Puritan Parliament there even decided
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