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12 Days of Christmas: January 2 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, […]

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12 Days of Christmas: January 1, Feast of the Holy Name - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with […]

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The 12 Days of Christmas: December 31 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” “And behold, I am coming […]

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12 Days of Christmas: December 30 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives […]

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12 Days of Christmas: The First Sunday After Christmas - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven […]

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The 12 Days of Christmas: Holy Innocents | Mere Orthodoxy

The advent of Christ is an assault on ungodly rule and elicits its fiercest opposition—including the slaughter of the innocent.

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The 12 Days of Christmas: St John the Evangelist | Mere Orthodoxy

On December 27th we celebrate the faithfulness of St John, the beloved disciple, and are comforted by the assurance that God judges justly.

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The 12 Days of Christmas: Christmas Day | Mere Orthodoxy

Bonhoeffer likened the coming of Christ to the sound a trapped miner hears when rescue is drawing close. He responds to the sounds with shouts of joy.