Fundamental Baptist Christian

One reason that Christmas can be the most hypocritical time of the year is because of wicked people. Although Jesus-is-Savior by the conspiracy nut David J. Stewart should be avoided - he does have a valid point in talking about hypocritical Christmas charity. Some wicked rich men use Christmas as a time to make it look like they're so good. I've noticed some wicked rich men who have many mistresses and involved in illegal activities use Christmas as their favorite time of the year. Christmas charity is so hypocritical considering that it's really the most materialistic time of the year. Some wicked people act like Santa Claus whenever they do Christmas charities. Doesn't Santa Claus (as a fictional character) only come once-a-year as told in storybooks and those "innocent little white lies"? Well, that's what makes Christmas charity really hypocritical. There is a couple of stuff that Stewart and the late Jack T. Chick get a lot about Christmas. They do h...

It's the Christmas season where it seems Christians are still arguing non-stop about whether or not they should celebrate it if they're allowed to celebrate it, or if is Christmas pagan. Unfortunately, some of the Puritans (such as Arthur W. Pink) have gone too far with the whole Christmas debate. Charles H. Spurgeon himself had a love and hate relationship with Christmas. What I'd say is that while Christians may be spending too much time debating about Christmas - they fail to see evangelism opportunities like there is during Halloween. I do agree Christians are not to decorate their homes like the heathen on Halloween - I don't think anything is wrong with Christmas decorations. How many times do we need to tell you that Jeremiah 10:3-5 is not about Christmas trees? As Christmas approaches this COVID-19 season then it's time to really say that Christmas evangelism still needs to continue. The idea of a wonderful, magical Christmas is absurd. Andy Williams' so...

Christmas means a lot of things for people. If anything, I think that what I hate may not be Christmas itself but the pagan nonsense people get involved with. True, they aren't celebrating Saturnalia or the birthday of Mithra (which may vary from culture to culture) but their actions speak like they're celebrating it. Saturnalia was time for drunkenness and orgies. Today, we've got Christmas parties that end up like they're celebrating the Saturnalia to a certain extent. Some people even attend the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day masses for Roman Catholics. The hypocrisy is also there with once-a-year charities and offering reconciliation only because it's Christmas. But do they know that there's that really hard to believe truth about Christmas? You can consider the reality of the situation. Christmas is enjoyable for the world - only when they celebrate the worldly way. The "Christ" in Christmas means nothing to them. It's no wonder why XMas has...

As Christmas Day draws near - I tend to think, "Do I hate Christmas or do I hate the world's view of Christmas?" I thought of how some Puritan writers renounced it like Arthur W. Pink. Charles H. Spurgeon didn't like Christmas but still saw it as an opportunity to reach out to people for Jesus Christ. Personally, I do still have mixed views on Christmas. I do hate the Christmas season because of all the wickedness and stress it brings. However, the blame may be better off to fall on the shoulders of people with a worldly view of Christmas. It's a shame really at how Roman Catholics go to the mass on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Christmas narrative is read. There's a picture of the Nativity Set. As erroneous as it is to put the three wise men there (since they didn't arrive until sometime later) because they were in a house - not a stable. The Christmas narrative shows the very bitter picture of the first Christmas. I remember all the rage I get wh...

As I was reading the Psalms today - I was stuck with Psalm 110. I was thinking of the first line of the said Psalm that says: The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. There are two distinct spellings namely LORD and Lord. LORD in Hebrew means Yahowah, Yahweh, or Jehovah. Lord in Hebrew is spelled out as Adonai. This was a Psalm of David that would describe the Messiah. The fulfillment of the New Testament can be found in Mark 12:37 and Luke 20:44 which people get confused. Jesus affirmed His unique relationship that He was both David's Lord and son (descendant). How can Jesus be in the human incarnation be the Son of David? It was both legally (through Joseph) and biologically (through Mary). David had one son named Solomon and another named Nathan. Why David named his next son with Bathsheba as Nathan was probably in honor of the prophet who convicted him to repent. Joseph had the legal claim but the line of Jehoiachin ...

I know this can be a very controversial article especially when Christians have had a long history of arguing about Christmas. Some say that Christmas should be dismissed as pagan because of December 25 hits at the Saturnalia. However, Reformation Day hits on October 31 which is the same day as Halloween or for some - the night before All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day in the Roman Catholic calendar. However, festivals similar to Saturnalia don't necessarily hit on December 25. I've tried reading various sources and the birthday of the pagan sun god can vary from culture to culture. Now, we've got the celebration of Christmas going on. Some Christians believe it's okay to celebrate Christmas without the pagan nonsense. Somehow, I dare agree with that even if I personally dislike the Christmas season for all the nonsense people do with it. Yet, I don't judge Christians who use Christmas as a time to get together and use it as an opportunity to do more good. W...

It's really sad how born again Christians are termed as Mary haters. I don't hate Mary as the Papists falsely accuse me of. Rather, I hate the wrong doctrines of Mary. I was reading through Matthew and Luke (due to the Christmas season) and decided to meditate upon the Canticle of Mary. The annunciation is a very important event. It would be that time when the eternal Son of God would finally be incarnated in His human form. Luke 1:46-55  And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour . 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 49 For He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is His name. 50 And His mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. 51 He hath shewed strength with His arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them ...

November is already nearing its end. Who doesn't feel excited about Christmas as December 1 is just a few days away? Some people end up hating Christmas not because they hate Christ. Rather, they hate almost everything associated with Christmas like the stressful lines, inconsiderate people who want justice to be ignored all because it's the season, and not to mention the materialistic associations with Christmas. Christmas ends up occupying the mind of people with, "What gifts will I get?" If they're into gift-giving, they always worry about getting the latest item because the person they're giving it may not want it. A child's view of Christmas is also usually materialistic. Do you ever wonder why there are more decorations of the non-existent Santa Claus over a Nativity scene? Have they forgotten that Jesus is the reason for the season? No wonder the Puritans such as Charles H. Spurgeon had a love-hate relationship with Christmas. A good topic to talk ...

Christmas is really the most commercialized holiday of the year, isn't it? Celebrating Christmas isn't inherently wrong while not celebrating it isn't wrong either. The problem today with the Christmas season may not be the season in itself but the people celebrating it. It's becoming more and more pagan or worldly each year. It's no surprise that the non-existent Santa Claus becomes the center of the world's Christmas than Jesus Christ Himself. Just think about it - a little child would think more of what Santa Claus may give or may even be wishing from said non-existent person for what the others have. If there's one commandment out of the Ten Commandments that get broken a lot during Christmas - it's most likely the tenth commandment namely "Thou shalt not covet." Covetousness is desiring something that's not yours and wanting to have what others have. You may not be necessarily desiring your neighbor's wife or husband (which is...

It's no doubt that it's just a few days before Christmas. Christmas has been a time to look forward to for merrymaking (some even do it to the point of getting too drunk to do it), get together with the families, receiving a special year-end Christmas bonus and children look forward to their Christmas gifts. But do they ever even realize the ugly message of Christmas? Let's take a look at the reality of the Christmas message that gets read. We can read it in Matthew's and Luke's first two chapters. Matthew 1:21 says that Jesus came to save His people from their sins. Luke 1:47 has Mary declaring her need for a Savior. This addresses the ugly reality that man isn't basically good. The message of man's total depravity is offensive to mankind because men are prone to believe that they are basically good. The idea of man being basically good is a stranger to Scripture. One could go ahead and argue but Romans 3 talks about the total depravity of man. James ...

Well it's December 6 (the traditional Roman Catholic feast day of Nicholas of Myra) and there's still that ongoing need to keep refuting foolish parenting notions such as nothing is wrong with lying to children about Santa Claus. Some can even argue that it's no different than me being taken to see an event where there's a Mickey Mouse or any cartoon-character related mascot. But this is where difference between seeing a child to see "Mickey Mouse" and Santa Claus step in? One could think that a child seeing Mickey Mouse usually knows he's not seeing the fictional character called Mickey Mouse. It's just like hosting a birthday party and the child is aware that the mascot is just an employee wearing a suit pretending to be Mickey Mouse. It's just like having a McDonald's or Jollibee party. Most of the time, children know that the mascots are just people in suits. Parents usually have the audacity to tell them that Mickey Mouse is just a pret...

If Halloween (which also happens on the same day as Reformation Day) isn't the only big opportunity for soulwinning - Christmas is as well and it's the first day of December. Personally, I don't feel like celebrating Christmas because of all the misfortunes and mischief that fall upon people. The rush traffic hours, people asking for the license to sin, the prevalence of drunkenness and gluttony - it should be safe to say why Charles H. Spurgeon changed his mind on 1871 about Christmas. He writes this as the beginning of his said Christmas sermon of said year: WE HAVE NO superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: first, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be said or sung in Latin or in English; and, secondly, because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Saviour; and, consequently, its observance is a sup...

Christmas is really the most materialistic time of the year, isn't it? That fact alone may have been one reason why the Puritans and other Christian preachers rejected Christmas. Arthur W. Pink renounced Christmas as a Papal superstition. Yet, Christmas may be the time of the year to actually make people see how materialistic they really are. All they think are the gifts and feasting never mind that the Lord Jesus left everything from above to become poor. Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. While people think of how unfortunate they are, they never think that the Son of God had voluntarily given up His glory to be born among men. He wasn't born in a palace but in a stable. The Davidic Dynasty no longer ruled Israel. Israel was now under the rule of the bloody Herod the Great and the Roman Empire. Neither Joseph nor Mary who were descendants of David...