Amen Robin! I cannot fathom this fear of Jesus that so many have! What is this fear of Jesus' first advent, coupled with this fear of His death on the cross?

I stopped going to church at Christmas of 2004 and did not resume until November of 2005. Why? For many reasons, of course, but the final straw was the service before Christmas in 2004, the sermon was on....First Timothy. I love 1 Timothy as much as anybody else...but not during Advent and NOT right before Christmas!

Grace is not common.