Christmas has absolutely destroyed [the real] understanding of the Good News. It's trained people to believe that Christianity is fundamentally about giving and receiving and that our happiness is in giving and getting what we want. But, in fact, the best Christmases are often the ones in which one doesn't get what one wants. -- Stanley Hauerwas, interviewed in U.S. Catholic (June 1991).
Hebrews 3:1 (NIV) Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "GOSPEL".
