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Dec 2018
34m 20s

Christmas: Non-biblical vs. Unbiblical

ALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS
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After a delicious Christmas dinner and dessert, Aimee, Carl, and Todd relax around the fireplace and answer some Christmas ‘letters’ from listeners. For example: Are nativity scenes with baby Jesus in the manger a second commandment violation? Some attribute the origin of Christmas to a pagan tradition, and the Christmas church service as an infringement of ... Show More
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