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Many if not most churches choosing to not hold in-person services on Christmas Day are offering online services.

There are people in our nation today who don’t want us to merely tolerate their views; they want us to accept them—and, even more so, endorse them. This can’t happen, because as Christians, we stand on the Scriptures.

Throughout the Scriptures we find attempt after attempt to stop the Messiah’s arrival.

These quotes from pastors and theologians capture the weight and beauty of the Incarnation for me.

These quotes from pastors and theologians capture the weight and beauty of the Incarnation for me.

Mainline pastors are more likely than their evangelical counterparts to say their most attended service is on Christmas Eve (60% v. 44%), while evangelical pastors are more likely than mainline ministers to say their highest attendance event is during the third week of December (30% v. 17%).

While some pastors and church leaders hold to the conviction that their church is morally obligated to hold Sunday services 52 times a year (and there is nothing wrong with that conviction), others feel more comfortable with going online for the day or taking it off entirely.

Perhaps that’s why, throughout the history of Christianity, one of the greatest tools for teaching theology has been music. After all, one of the earliest Christian hymns is the great Christological passage of Philippians 2.