Christmas has really become a hopeless muddle of confusion. The humility and the poverty of the stable are somehow confused with the wealth and indulgence and selfishness of gift giving. The quietness of Bethlehem is mingled with the din of shopping malls and freeway traffic. The soberness of the Incarnation is somehow mixed with the drunkenness of this season. Blinking colored lights somehow have some connection to the star of Bethlehem.
-- John F. MacArthur Jr. in The Incarnation of the Triune God
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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I would like a follow-up to this "Hopeless Muddle". Are we to believe, for the fact we celebrate in modern times, our message and feelings for that of Christ our Lord during the Christmas celebration is less than those who came before us? Hopeless muddle I think not!
ReplyDeleteAdam Henderson