Name: Michael Sewlal

Message: Article: Is Christmas Biblical?

We plan on not celebrating Christmas this year. Do you have some practical advice?

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Dear Michael Sewlal,

Thank you for your correspondence.

We do not instruct people as to what they should do in these circumstances.
We do not want to be seen (even remotely) as being in the posture of condemnation.

Many in our congregation do Hanukkah, and although that is not a biblically commanded feast either, we do see that Jesus kept it (John 10:22 – “Hanukkah” is Hebrew for “Dedication”).

Be free to do what the Holy Spirit guides you to do.

Blessings from the Tzemach Institute for Biblical Studies,