[color=blue]Oh! You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why:
Santa Claus is coming to town![/color]

[color=blue]He's making a list, he's checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty or nice.
Santa Claus is coming to town![/color]

[color=blue]He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake.
He knows when you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake![/color]

[color=blue]So...You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why:
Santa Claus is coming to town.[/color]

Now, I'm sure most of you have heard these lyrics every year since you were born ... and you were probably singing along, yeah? Of course, I imagine that some of you may have already denounced the Christmas facade of Santa Claus. But for just a moment ignore the holly-jolly man in red, and then ask yourself this simple question:
Does my God sound more like the man described by the above lyrics?

Here, let me help you with your evaluation by changing a couple words:

[color=blue]Oh! You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why:
Jesus Christ is coming to town![/color]

[color=blue]He's making a list, he's checking it twice, gonna find out who's naughty or nice.
Jesus Christ is coming to town![/color]

[color=blue]He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake.
He knows when you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake![/color]

[color=blue]So...You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why:
Jesus Christ is coming to town.[/color]

So, what do you think? Is your Jesus more like Santa than Savior? And does the proposition of his coming scare you into adjusting your behavior, or does his nearness bring freedom from the facade of those former fleshly attempts? Maybe we can remove Santa Claus from our vocabulary, but does it make any difference if we still insert him into our Jesus?

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So, does rejoicing in the Lord always demand that we should always have a smile on our faces, or that we should always be happy and in a good mood? Listen along as Adam and Jim dig into the Bible verses that have been used to suggest this unrealistic goal. Our insights on what it means as well as what it doesn't mean to rejoice in the Lord always might surprise you, but more than that, we hope it will encourage you to see Christ in all things.

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