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at Lighthouse Trails, 12/19/17 
LTRP Note: The following out of house news story is posted for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement of the content or the source. Pew Forum on Religion As long-simmering debates continue over how American society should commemorate the Christmas holiday, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that most U.S. adults believe the religious aspects of Christmas are emphasized less now than in the past - even as relatively few Americans are bothered by this trend. In addition, a declining majority says religious displays such as nativity scenes should be allowed on government property. And compared with five years ago, a growing share of Americans say it does not matter to them how they are greeted in stores and businesses during the holiday season - whether with "merry Christmas" or a less-religious greeting like "happy holidays."
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| It's Christmas! "Harry Potter" Visits "The Shack" |
at Herescope, 12/20/17 
Looks like the concept of "god" in the book and movie The Shack is spreading.[1] Fiction and fantasy have merged. J.K. Rowling, author of the occult Harry Potter series of books, popular reading among even many Christians, has announced that like The Shack, she believes "God is a Black Woman."[2] (Rowling's declaration, as well as The Shack's fiction, reminds me of The Black Madonna.)[3] Both Rowling and Wm. Paul Young write from a worldview where almost anything or anyone, even God, can be imagined to be whatever mythmakers want or need her/him/them to be; kind of like Christmas, upon a whim, when we wish upon a star, Christ can become Claus. From Disneyworld to Star Wars, magic creates myths.
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| Universities Strive For "Christmas-Free" Campuses: The Holiday Season Should Be Considered An Opportunity To Demonstrate Cultural Sensitivity |
at Christian Media Daily, 12/21/17
As another Christmas quickly approaches, colleges across the country are issuing their annual guidelines on how to make the season as inclusive as possible. At the University of California, Irvine, for instance, individual departments are encouraged to "focus on celebrating a special occasion, instead of a specific holiday," suggesting that they have a "year-end celebration" or celebrate "seasonal themes such as fall, winter, or spring.": The California university also requests that academic departments "ensure that office celebrations are not indirectly celebrating religious holidays," suggesting that they display "diverse symbols representing a variety of faith traditions along with secular ones." The State University of New York, Brockport has issued similar guidance on "culturally sensitive holiday decorations," even advising employees to "consider a grab bag instead of a Secret Santa gift exchange." Keep decorations general and nonspecific to any religion. Create a winter theme with lights and color rather than religious icons, or include decorations from all the cultural traditions represented in your department, the guidelines add, saying the holiday season should be considered an opportunity to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and inclusivity. Harvard University's student newspaper ran an editorial attacking President Trump for returning a nativity scene to the White House grounds, calling the move "disrespectful." Bringing back the nativity scene is a slap in the face to the remaining religions thriving within America, the editorial declared. Placing the nativity scene on the grounds of the most important house in the United States is sending the message that their president forgets those who do not practice Christianity.
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| The Old Cross And The New |
ALL UNANNOUNCED AND MOSTLY UNDETECTED there has come in modem times a new cross into popular evangelical circles. It is like the old cross, but different: the likenesses are superficial; the differences, fundamental.
From this new cross has sprung a new philosophy of the Christian life, and from that new philosophy has come a new evangelical techniques new type of meeting and a new kind of preaching. This new evangelism employs the same language as the old, but its content is not the same and its emphasis not as before.
The old cross would have no truck with the world. For Adam's proud flesh it meant the end of the journey. It carried into effect the sentence imposed by the law of Sinai. The new cross is not opposed to the human race; rather, it is a friendly pal and, if understood aright, it is the source of oceans of good clean fun and innocent enjoyment. It lets Adam live without interference. His life motivation is unchanged; he still lives for his own pleasure, only now he takes delight in singing choruses and watching religious movies instead of singing bawdy songs and drinking hard liquor. The accent is still on enjoyment, though the fun is now on a higher plane morally if not intellectually.
The new cross encourages a new and entirely different evangelistic approach. The evangelist does not demand abnegation of the old life before a new life can be received. He preaches not contrasts but similarities. He seeks to key into public interest by showing that Christianity makes no unpleasant demands; rather, it offers the same thing the world does, only on a higher level. Whatever the sin-mad world happens to be clamoring after at the moment is cleverly shown to be the very thing the gospel offers, only the religious product is better.
The new cross does not slay the sinner, it redirects him. It gears him into a cleaner and jollier way of living and saves his self-respect. To the self-assertive it says, "Come and assert yourself for Christ." To the egotist it says, "Come and do your boasting in the Lord." To the thrillseeker it says, "Come and enjoy the thrill of Christian fellowship." The Christian message is slanted in the direction of the current vogue in order to make it acceptable to the public.
The philosophy back of this kind of thing may be sincere but its sincerity does not save it from being false. It is false because it is blind. It misses completely the whole meaning of the cross.
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