R.S. Helms Commentary

T'is The Season to be Jolly This is the season to be jolly, or happy, joyous and celebrative of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Believe me it has only been over the past few years that I have been joyous, most of the Christmas’ past have been miserable.  Nonetheless, I am the one who made them miserable, just being stupid and worldly, and in doing so, I made not only myself miserable but also everyone around me.  Now with that experience (bad as it seems), I can speak with some degree of confidence and remorse about celebrating Christmas.  You do not have to make signs “the reason for the season”, or “Keep Christ in Christmas” just simply live your convictions.  I do not engage in the argument of, “December 25 th is not the day Jesus was born”, or How many wise men was really there?, not to mention the involvement of the church at Rome as to reasons of setting the day of December 25 th .  Wow no wonder I have been so screwed up!, trying to argue an ar

The Christmas war continues and the battle intensifies with each year of celebration.   You would think that the Atheist, and others, (including some so-called Christian denominations), or maybe being politically correct is more important than defending the time honored celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.   Monroe, Louisiana is no exception to the rule, the battle wages here just as any other place in the nation, and the Christian Clergy apparently is going along with the liberal mindset.   Let the battle wage in the social setting as long as our churches keep Jesus as the focus.   However, it is not unlike other modern culture issues about Christianity, and soon Christmas will not be about the time-honored celebration of the birth of Christ.   The whole liberal reason behind the battle is that Jesus offends some individuals.   So in keeping with what is politically correct, ( thou shalt not offend the heathen,) or, the majority should not offend any in the minority, the Christ