Antidote to the Christmas Treadmill #4

Here are some thoughts from John Fischer in response to repeated cries all around us to put Christ back into Christmas:

Here's how you put Christ back into Christmas: you celebrate Him as Lord of your life and ruler of your heart, and you love even those who want to take Christmas out of the Holiday equation. Jesus didn't come to condemn the world, but to save it (John 3:17).... It's never been us against them; it's us for them. We mustn't forget that Jesus came to die for the very people who are trying to secularize our country....

People are more likely to be set on the road to salvation by loving, caring believers who are secure in the hope of the real Christ living in their lives, and whose faith is brighter than any Christmas tree....

Let's not get so taken up with fighting to save a name that we forget to live out the reality of the hope of Christ to the world. If people end up encountering the real Christ of Christmas, it will matter little what we end up calling the holiday itself.

You can read John's full devotional at PurposeDrivenLife.com.