Welcome back to the One Voice: Nothing New Under the Sun podcast, I'm your host Daniel.
It's the holiday season once again and just about everyone's rushing around looking for gifts, decorating the house, putting up the tree, and listening almost daily to Christmas music.
This season is full of excitement for some, stress for others, and even dread for a few.
For many Christians though, this time is a reminder of the Christ who came to save us from our sins.
And the fact that Christmas is becoming more about gifts, seeing family and friends, and having a good time than about the Christ who came to save us, is causing some to be distressed thinking that this shift is a sign of secular culture subverting Christianity.
Is this actually true? Does history and the bible point to the secularization of Christmas as an attack on Christian values or Christianity in general?