Christians have lost Christmas as a religious holiday and it is not because of political correctness. Christmas sales now drive the American economy. We need to recognize that we Christians no longer have a nativity theology, we have a “black Friday theology”—that crucial day when Christmas shopping cleans up the retail bottom lines and the red ink turns to black. Unless Christ turns a profit for us, the American economy shows a net loss.

Well, really, what’s the loss? When Christmas day (December 25) inconveniently turned out to fall on a Sunday, Willow Creek, the mega-church on the north side of Chicago, canceled worship. Instead, they gave out a video and let people stay home and celebrate with their families. I hesitate to speculate what, then, they would be celebrating except the triumph of cultural Christianity. What kind of Christians cancel worship because it falls on Christmas day?