The Secularization of Christmas by the Church

Are you going to church on Christmas Eve? Or Christmas Day? Last year some megachurches fired a shot across the bow of traditional Christianity by canceling church services on Christmas Day because it fell on a Sunday. Their excuse? They wanted their church members and staff to spend quality time with their families. There arose such a clatter, that some Christian awoke from their slumber to see what was the matter.

Secularism has indeed overcommercialized the Christmas season, but the church is guilty of her own secularization of the season. This article helps us understand that Christmas without the church is only a shadow of the Christmas celebration that is truly God honoring.

I hope that you will take time to celebrate Christmas with your church family. Recapturing the sacredness of the holiday starts with under-emphasizing the materialism our culture has bought into and rediscovering the spiritual focus of the Incarnation. Jesus was born to start the historical process of redemption. Those who embrace his Incarnation, His redeeming work on the Cross, and his ultimate victory over death, are part of His Bride.

The coming of Jesus through birth is a sacred observance for the church. This year, celebrate the event with your biological and spiritual family.