The War On Christmas - NOT

There is alot of talk these days about the War On Christmas; various media personalities have made pronouncements about this growing assault on any public display or acknowledgement of a "religious celebration" which elevates one religion over all others. Well, if you are one of those who is concerned about this "War," I want to set your minds at ease by telling you that there is NO War on Christmas.

There IS a war which we need to be aware of and focus our attention on; it is a WAR ON CHRISTIANITY which is in reality a WAR on Christ. This conflict has been going on for quite some time, a couple of thousand years to be exact.

This war is being waged by unbelievers and ersatz (I always wanted to use that word) believers who deny that Christ is only Lord and authority of mankind. There ostensible goal is to have Christ and any expression of Christianity in the public square to to be excluded. They claim that the 1st Amendment not only grants "freedom of religion," but "freedom FROM religion." One of the primary proponents of this view is a purported Presbyterian pastor who is head of The Freedom of Religion Foundation.

The underlying presupposition of these opponents is, unfortunately, shared by many avowed Christians, is that we are bound by a "higher" standard than the Bible. We are bound by a standard of FAIRNESS which controls how we may express our beliefs and, ultimately, what we can believe.

Opponents object to any expression of Christian belief as diminishing the standing of other belief systems on the assertion that Christianity alone is true and that Christ alone is true. As an aside, we should observe that if it were not for the celebration of Christmas, there would be no holiday season. Do they really contend that we would all be saying Happy Holidays based on Chanukah, or Kwanzaa or other comic book celebration.

It is only the teachings of Christ and the application by Christians in society of His teaching that we have Freedom of religion. No other religion teaches of establishes tolerance of other religions.

So, settle down and stop worrying about the demise of Christmas. Where we need to concentrate our efforts is in the defense of Christ against all enemies foreign and domestic. We must arm ourselves with the weapons of spiritual warfare, which are not carnal but might to the pulling down of strongholds.