By Pastor Ken Burisek, The Ole Country Church, Medford, Wisconsin
Email: kburisek@taylorelectric.org
When we, as Christians, talk about Christmas becoming a pagan holiday, we actually have it turned around a bit.
Originally Christmas was a pagan Roman holiday celebrating the turn around of the shortening days at the winter solstice. It was the Christians who adopted this celebration and added celebrating the birth of Christ. Neither Jesus, nor any of the apostles, nor did the early church celebrate Christmas or the birth of Christ. On top of all this, it is not likely that Jesus was even born anywhere near that time of year - His birth was more likely in the month of September after all the reasearch is said and done.
So the next question would be, is it wrong for a true believer, a true Christian to celebrate Christmas? Honoring and remembering Gods greatest gift to mankind - the birth of His only Son, Jesus - is still honoring and remembering the Lord.
Romans 14:5 tells us this: In the same way, some think one day is more holy than another day, while others think every day is alike. Each person should have a personal conviction about this matter. (NLT). As long as we keep Christ at ...
