[December 25, 2025] Is Christmas about presents? … the tree? … the candy? … us having fun in the snow? … the kids waking up to presents? … the great food … or maybe it’s about the carols. So, what is Christmas all about?
All of these things are okay and have their reason as part of Christmas, but Christmas is about the virgin who gave birth to a son and they called him Immanuel; which means “God with us.”
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Thank you, Gen. Satterfield. I hope that you and your family had a very merry Christmas.
Hey Doc, good to thank Gen. Satterfield for this short, and to the point article on what Christmas is …. And what it is not. 🎯. I want to add that those who see Christmas as a secular holiday are truly missing out on the very intimate version and the most profound of human experinces by seeing it in that light. In other words, Christmas is just a hollow ethicalless day mixed in with Halloween and the Good Fairy Day. Faith is what makes Christmas the wonder that it is and will forever be. ✝️
“This Christmas was even harder for China’s Christians”
https://jewishworldreview.com/1225/China_Christians.php
Human rights groups, experts on China’s religious policy and members of Zion have said that the crackdown represents a significant escalation of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s campaign to force Christian churches to accept direct control from the atheist Communist Party or disband.
“This is the first time there has been a nationwide hunt targeting an urban house church in many years,” said Bob Fu, founder of ChinaAid, a Texas-based nonprofit that advocates for religious freedom in China.
China’s Ministry of Public Security and State Administration for Religious Affairs did not respond to faxed requests for comment.
Another wonderful Christmas season is passing us by, and I hope that we can all be kind to one another and avoid the kind of conflicts that have been a scourge upon the world, as typical of humans. Let us worship in peace. Let us avoid the terrorism that comes from the evil hearts of man, and learn to focus on our families and neighbors. 👍
MERRY CHRISTMAS on this very special day, December 25, 2025.
Another good article on Christmas!
“Why the Manger Matters”
https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/article/why-the-manger-matters/
The birth of Jesus announces the grace of God with astonishing humility. God the Son did not arrive with royal fanfare or political power. He was laid in a manger because there was no place for Him to stay (Luke 2:7). A manger was not a crib but a trough for animals. The incarnation began in lowliness.
🙏 Good article, like the one Gen. Satterfield gives us today. Short and to the point. 🙏
Wishing all our readers of Gen. Satterfield’s blog and thier families a very Merry Christmas.
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“This is how God showed his love among us: he sent his one and only Son into the world … And so we know and rely on the love God has for us” (1 John chapter 4: verses 9 and 16, NIV Bible).
The Gospel According to Matthew begins with a genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, tracing his lineage from Abraham to King David to Joseph, Mary’s husband (1:1–17). The gospel then describes how Joseph, betrothed to Mary, was told by an angel in a dream that Mary’s pregnancy was conceived by the Holy Spirit in accordance with prophecy and that Jesus “will save his people from their sins” (1:18–25). Christ’s birth is noted with little other detail. The following chapter describes the famous visit of the Magi, guided by the Star of Bethlehem (2:1–12), and the Holy Family’s escape to Egypt as Herod brutally massacres innocent children in search of the Christ child (2:13–18).
Dennis, exactly and well said. Our lives, country and world are far from perfect. There are always challenges and struggles we face both personally and collectively. The good news of Christmas is that even when the world or our circumstances change – the message of Christmas is timeless. Because Christmas is about the birth of God’s Son – Jesus. It is about how he came to give us love, hope and joy. That message doesn’t change from year to year. When there is so much bad news and devastation in the world, this is good news worth celebrating!
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄
“God with us.”
Nick, exactly right. Merry Christmas to you and your family. And, to all who are true good peoples and who give of themselves for others. That is the core of Christianity and on this special day, that celebrates the birth of Christ, we all should see the righteous path forward. 🙏
YES “God with us.” 🙏