thoughts, quotes and quips about the Lord's Christ 

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis
easier to keep holidays than commandments.  - Benjamin Franklin

"The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our
flesh, is beyond all human understanding." - Martin Luther

Our Greatest Need
If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator; If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist; If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist; If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer; But our greatest need was forgiveness, so God sent us a Savior.   

When Pope Julius I authorized December 25 to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus in A.D. 353, who would have ever thought that it would become what it is today.

When Professor Charles Follen lit candles on the first Christmas tree in
America in 1832, who would have ever thought that the decorations would
become as elaborate as they are today.

It is a long time since 1832, longer still from 353, longer still from that dark night brightened by a special star in which Jesus the king was born. Yet, as we approach December 25 again, it gives us yet another opportunity to pause, and in the midst of all the excitement and elaborate decorations and expensive commercialization which surround Christmas today, to consider again the event of Christmas and the person whose birth we celebrate. - Brian L. Harbour, James W. Cox

C.S. Lewis wrote: "The Eternal Being, who knows everything and who
created the whole universe, became not only a man but a baby, and before
that a fetus in a woman's body."

Some gifts you can give this Christmas are beyond monetary value: Mend a
quarrel, dismiss suspicion, tell someone, "I love you." Give something
away--anonymously. Forgive someone who has treated you wrong. Turn away wrath with a soft answer. Visit someone in a nursing home. Apologize if you were wrong. Be especially kind to someone with whom you work. Give as God gave to you in Christ, without obligation, or announcement, or
reservation, or hypocrisy. - Charles Swindoll

"The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our
flesh, is beyond all human understanding." - Martin Luther

A television interviewer was walking streets of Tokyo at Christmas time.
Much as in America, Christmas shopping is a big commercial success in
Japan. The interviewer stopped one young woman on the sidewalk, and
asked, "What is the meaning of Christmas?"

Laughing, she responded, "I don't know. Is that the day that Jesus
died?"

There was some truth in her answer.  - Donald Deffner

One Solitary Life

He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman.  He
grew up in still another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop
until he was thirty. Then for three years he was an itinerant preacher.

He never wrote a book.

He never held an office.

He never had a family.

He didn't go to college.

He never traveled 200 miles from the place where he was born.

He did none of these things one usually associates with greatness.

He had no credentials but himself.

He was only 33 when public opinion turned against him.  His friends ran
away.  He was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of
a trial.  He was nailed to a cross between two thieves.

When he was dying, his executioners gambled for his clothing, the only
property he had on earth.  When he was dead, he was laid in a borrowed
grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and today he is the central
figure of the human race, the leader of mankind's progress.

All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all
the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned, put
together, have not affected the life of man on earth as much as that One
Solitary Life. - Unknown 

For Atheists 
Complaints about a nativity scene in the Capitol are not bothering South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow. He’s prepared to let every religion put something on display in the Capitol, and even has an "empty corner" set aside for atheists.