Category Archives: The Christian and Culture

Flawed Reasons to Abandon Christmas — #2 “It is Pagan/Catholic!”

Posted on 11 December, 2012 by Jon Gleason

The “asking no question” statement entirely discredits the importance of pagan origins. Pagan / idolatrous origins simply isn’t something we need to know. Continue reading →

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Silly Reasons to Abandon Christmas — #1 “Christ-Mass”

Posted on 8 December, 2012 by Jon Gleason

God does not have one set of truth for one group of people and another truth for another group. His truth is for all people of all languages. The “Christ-Mass” argument is entirely language dependent. Continue reading →

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Why Is “Jesus Christ” Used as “Blasphemous Profanity”?

Posted on 29 November, 2012 by Jon Gleason

This is an honest and respectful question by a man who isn’t a Christian. I decided it would be useful for my readers to have Biblical answers to his questions. Continue reading →

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The Slavery of Christmas Spending

Posted on 28 November, 2012 by Jon Gleason

Those people on whom you are spending money might actually be relieved to have you say, “Let’s stop the insanity.” That might be the best gift you could give — caring enough to set them free. Continue reading →

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Pulling the Strings

Posted on 24 November, 2012 by Jon Gleason

The people who pull the strings while your thoughts and emotions dance to their tune don’t love the Lord, they love the world. Continue reading →

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Paying Tribute to a Lie

Posted on 10 October, 2012 by Jon Gleason

But we don’t really care about people, we just enjoy a good emotional kick, a good cry, the feeling that we care about things. Continue reading →

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Biblical Blogging

Posted on 9 October, 2012 by Jon Gleason

Continuing to clear out my notes of things I’ve meant to get around to, here’s two articles on how we should interact on the ‘net if we are Christians.  First: When it comes to the things we say on the … Continue reading →

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