The Word of God tells us that Christ’s church is glorious... [But] today the glory of the church is thickly veiled. It is no exaggeration to assert that in the main it presents a picture of advanced decadence and extreme feebleness... Let it be said emphatically, the church is where the truth is. Sound doctrine always has been, is today, and ever will be the foremost mark of the true church. But who dares to assert that there is today in the churches a rising tide of interest in doctrine? By and large people do not go to church to learn about God from His infallible Word, but to be tranquilized. And that the glory of God is both the beginning and the end of common worship does not seem to occur to them.
R.B. Kuiper

Year-end Celebrations

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series The Perfect Gift

The Perfect Gift

CASH BARS AND ICE
SCULPTURES ARE SOMETHING
WE CAN DO AT ANY PARTY
ANY TIME OF THE YEAR,
BUT GIVING – THAT’S THE
ONE THING THAT DEFINES
CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS. 

LET'S ALL BE HONEST HERE.   
  WE'RE NOT CELEBRATING     
 WINTER OR SOME 'GENERIC    
  SEASON' WITH NO NAME.     
    IT'S CHRISTMAS .        
 YOU KNOW IT, I KNOW IT,    
  EVERYBODY IN THE MALL     
 KNOWS IT, AND EVERYBODY    
AT THAT PARTY OR GALA OR   
WHATEVER IS GONNA KNOW IT.

SO, IF WE’RE
CELEBRATING WINTER,
THEN LET’S ALL SHOW UP
WITH OUR PARKAS AND SNOW
TIRES, BUT IF WE’RE

SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY TO
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS,
THEN LET’S HAVE THE
INTELLIGENCE TO STAND UP
AND ACT LIKE WE KNOW WHAT
WE’RE DOING AND CALL
IT A CHRISTMAS PARTY.

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