tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post1644434862854600020..comments2023-10-20T06:41:31.943-07:00Comments on Visits to Candyland: Candy and the Jesse TreeElena LaVictoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18108910015959872763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post-89345665401848573202009-12-22T06:50:42.772-08:002009-12-22T06:50:42.772-08:00+JMJ+
Moonshadow: You remind me that my family on...+JMJ+<br /><br />Moonshadow: You remind me that my family once had a Gideon Bible, too! The different translations of John 3:16 fascinated me . . . but so did the different translations of <i>Stille Nacht</i>. I was into languages . . .<br /><br />I really wouldn't know when devotion becomes idolatry. It's easier to spot idolatry (or merely to think that one has spotted idolatry) where the "graven images" of saints are concerned; much harder when it comes to the printed word. Thanks for this food for thought, though!Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post-8363962649274016652009-12-21T14:38:47.650-08:002009-12-21T14:38:47.650-08:00Not so much that, Enbrethiliel, as where in the Bi...Not so much that, Enbrethiliel, as where in the Bible does it command us to observe Christ's birth every year.<br /><br /><i>And before we get all "pagan holiday," read <a href="http://www.bib-arch.org/e-features/christmas.asp" rel="nofollow">this article in Biblical Archaeology Review</a> on the date of Christmas.</i> Very handy.<br /><br />I remember receiving a Gideon booklet once which had John 3:16 printed in a number of foreign languages. I clipped out those languages I could decipher - a few - and stuck them on my gym locker. But, at what point is this devotion to the printed word idolatry? I'm genuinely curious because I could be guilty myself.<br /><br /><i>Felix Dies Nativitatis!</i>Moonshadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277057132720569896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post-32853100645109583392009-12-21T08:56:55.098-08:002009-12-21T08:56:55.098-08:00I'm guessing it doesn't count as a traditi...I'm guessing it doesn't count as a tradition if she made it up herself.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120027058653022897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-853207333094285361.post-59625894592732483292009-12-21T07:44:56.073-08:002009-12-21T07:44:56.073-08:00+JMJ+
Hmmmmm. Where in the Bible can we find Cand...+JMJ+<br /><br />Hmmmmm. Where in the Bible can we find Candy's "New Testament church" tradition of Scripture walls? I wonder . . .Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.com