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I want to speak today a message that we as pastors do not like to talk about, but I think it's very important.

Untold biblical truth

about tithing. Untold biblical truth about giving. I believe that I have not preached a message like

this before at Hungary, Jen. I am really excited for it today. Christmas season is a time of giving when the wise

men came and they gave their gifts, even though Jesus was no longer a little baby. He was already

in the house, not in the manger. But still the idea of gift giving is very, very Christ-like.

Now, for those people who may be watching or maybe you're coming here and your idea of

why Christians are celebrating Christmas we shouldn't be celebrating Christians Christmas because it's a pagan holiday

it is a pagan holiday in its origin okay why are we celebrating Christmas because it's not a pagan practice of what Christmas celebrates today.

Unlike Halloween that has pagan roots, Halloween has also a pagan practice.

Not just roots. We're celebrating Christmas, not because we're ignoring the pagan roots.

It's because of what it practices now.

The songs are about Christ.

The songs are about his birth.

And anything that can expose the world to more of Jesus, we're up for it.

Amen.

If Halloween would have had pagan origins and celebrated life, love, peace, Thanksgiving, eating turkey, everybody dressing up real nice, like they do it for the wedding, I will be the first person to join on the board.

But because it doesn't present that where it originated and Christmas does. It celebrates something about Christ.

The world sings about, you go to the mall and you hear about Mary, did you know, by the way she did

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