Christmas: Non-biblical vs. Unbiblical

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

After a delicious Christmas dinner and dessert, Aimee, Carl, and Todd relax around the fireplace and answer some Christmas ‘letters’ from listeners. For example: Are nativity scenes with baby Jesus in the manger a second commandment violation? Some attribute the origin of Christmas to a pagan tradition, and the Christmas church service as an infringement of the regulative principle of worship. The crew give their views on those, as well as some thoughts on the Reformed position of Advent, and “making room for Jesus in your heart” during this time of the year.Todd’s cultural insensitivity is remarkable, but he redeems himself by offering the sole criteria for a children’s Christmas pageant. Wanna know who’s the most personable of the three, and Carl’s alias on Twitter? Don’t miss this episode!We are pleased to give away few copies of Love Came Down at Christmas by Sinclair Ferguson. If you’d like the opportunity to win one, register here. The copies are a complimentary gift from our friends at The Good Book Company.Congratulations to the winners of How to Think by Alan Jacobs from our past episode Dear Comrade,.Zachary B. - West Lafayette, INPhilip R. - Northport, ALCynthia C. - Jonesborough, TN

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, the casual conversation about things that count count with Carl Truman, Todd Pruitt, and Amy Bird.
0:25.4	Mortification of Spin is a weekly podcast from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:30.5	Let's join this week's conversation. Well, you are listening to Mortification of Spin.
0:46.4	We're so glad you joined us today.
0:48.2	My name is Todd Pruitt, and I'm joined as always by Amy Bird and Carl Truman.
0:54.1	And I was thinking about opening up this particular episode by singing,
0:58.6	Baby, it's cold outside, but I just found out that that has become problematic.
1:04.1	Thank you for sparing us, Todd.
1:05.5	Absolutely.
1:06.5	So is that because of global war?
1:08.8	No, no, no, but you'll find it being complained about among the same people that are troubled by global warming.
1:15.8	It's kind of in the same.
1:18.0	Vegans, you know, yeah, they're in there too.
1:20.7	They're in there too.
1:21.7	And practitioners of yoga, that kind of thing.
1:24.3	So anyway, we'll just leave the singing out completely. It's a pushy man in that song,
1:29.5	right? It is. It is. And there is no for an answer. And there is nothing worse than a pushy man.
1:35.0	I agree with that. It is time we stand against. She was way too nice to him. It is time we stand
1:41.3	against the patriarchy. She should have dumped that hot chocolate right in his face. It's time we stand against the patriarchy. You should have dumped that hot chocolate right in his face.
1:45.9	It's time we stand against the patriarchy.
1:46.6	Okay.
1:47.4	Resist everybody.
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