The Politically Correct Police are out and about this season. It's one of their favorites of the year. They receive their power from the tyrannical party of "they." You know, it's "they say" and "they won't like it" and "they know what's best." "They" say you'd better not call it Christmas or someone will be offended. "They" say it's best to call them Holiday Trees instead of Christmas trees.
Perhaps it might be helpful to realize that this politicization of Christmas is nothing new. After all, the moment word went out that the Son of God had been born, puppet king Herod the Great put out the word that all male infants were to be killed to eliminate such a threat. It's hard to imagine anything being more political than infanticide in the name of protection of one's power base! Then, as Jesus went about his ministry, many misunderstood his objective and thought he was going to provide political salvation. The oppression of Rome over client kingdoms such as Israel and Judah had rankled the oppressed for centuries. Wouldn't it be marvelous if someone able to do miracles right before our eyes would strive to set us free of the Romans? (But that mark was insultingly below the target for the Creator of the Universe). Finally, the execution of Jesus was done as a political move to protect Pilate's reputation back home in Rome, and to appease his client subjects the Jews, who in turn felt threatened by Jesus's power over the people who had usually been trapped under their yoke of "religiosity."
So from beginning to end, Jesus's journey on earth was marked by politics. It should be no surprise to us that it continues to this day. Only we need not give it life. Instead, we should simply continue to proclaim his glorious gospel to a broken world, and live our lives in a way that shouts glory to His name. Let the pundits blab, let the politicians play for power. It's all laughable from an eternal perspective anyway. We have higher things with which to occupy our minds.
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