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If it's December, there must be frost in the air, gingerbread in the oven and - right on time - Bill O'Reilly and other defenders of Christmas bemoaning the prevalence of the greeting "Happy Holidays," as opposed to "Merry Christmas."
But to a growing group of Christians, the focus on the commercial aspect of Christmas is the greatest threat to one of Christianity's holiest days. "It's the shopping, the going into debt, the worrying that 'If I don't spend enough money, someone will think I don't...
Over the past four years, churches that support Advent Conspiracy have donated millions of dollars to dig wells in developing countries through Living Water International and other organizations. McKinley likes to point out that a fraction of the money Americans spend at retailers in the month of December could supply...
The idea for a different kind of war on Christmas came to McKinley four years ago, when he was sitting around with some of his pastor friends and they realized they were all dreading Christmas. "None of us like Christmas," he says, adding, "That's sort of bad if you...
Twenty-two years ago, the evangelist Oral Roberts launched an appeal for money so that graduates of the Tulsa, Okla., medical school he founded at Oral Roberts University (ORU) could serve in overseas missions. People were urged to send at least $100 apiece within three months to help reach a...