Christmas Message from Glenn

Hello America,

I think a lot of people today can sympathize with Charlie Brown in the opening scene of the American TV classic A Charlie Brown Christmas when he admitted that, although the Christmas season had arrived, he was depressed. One look at the news and that state of mind is quite understandable: riots broke out at a mall & a man was shot over the release of new Michael Jordan retro sneakers; police armed with riot gear were needed to break up a fight at a youth football game in California; free condom dispensers are being placed at Philadelphia high schools for the holidays; and of course none of us can shake the unimaginable tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. It’s tough to digest six-year-old children being so violently robbed of their chance to live a full life, and the scars the survivors will carry with them for the rest of their life.

These stories and infinite others like them pummel our sense of “merriment” into submission, leaving us dazed & confused about the world surrounding us. Why did this happen? How could it happen? Where’s God in all of this? Shouldn’t He be doing some serious smiting or something? I wish I had the answer the how’s and the why’s, but I am not I’m not going to pretend to have all the answers. I know we have free will & I know evil exists – but why does something like the Sandy Hook tragedy happen? Simply stated: I do not know.

But let me share with you what I do know: while we live in a fallen world, there is hope. Not a hollow ‘things will get better’ promise based on nothing in particular; but real, true hope. The ultimate proof is the very reason we celebrate Christmas: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
That is the real meaning of Christmas. The message many Christians complain is lost in an onslaught of the winter solstice, holiday trees, stuff, Santa and yet more stuff. And that’s true, but I’ll take it a step further – and this is where non-Christians, atheists, Muslims, Jews, Wiccans and everyone in between can come together: the real meaning of Christmas isn’t just about the baby Jesus. It’s also what we do with the knowledge of the Christmas story.

Making sure our National Nativity Defense Force is vigorously patrolling manger scenes all across America and bickering with atheists shouldn’t be the extent of our Christianity. We should instead be on the lookout for those in need: the poor, the needy, widows, orphans, loners, the rejected, the suffering, the lost, the angry, the depressed, neighbors, strangers, brothers, sisters, co-workers, friends, and yes even enemies. And we should help and love them because God first loved us. Just doing that alone will shine a giant spotlight of hope into a dark world.

When Charlie Brown’s cast for his Christmas play had lost sight of the real meaning of Christmas, Linus stepped up to the stage and recited this from Luke:

“‘And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and goodwill towards men.’”

The message of hope caused the gang to have a change of heart and start loving instead of complaining. My prayer this Christmas is for more people everywhere, believers and non-believers, to be inspired by the Christmas story and the love God showed His people, and for them to pass that love on to others.

Laus Deo,

 

  • http://twitter.com/EugeneSurratt Eugene Surratt

    Enjoy Christs Mass Mr. Beck. 

  • Anonymous

    Thank you for the beautiful message Mr. Beck. Hope you and your family are warm and filled with the spirit of Christmas this morning. God Bless. :) :) :)

  • americanathlete

    Merry Christmas to you and your family Glenn. Pat, Stu and their families. Merry Christmas to all!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=579837706 Susan E. Sneathen

    I stand in agreement with you Glenn. that has been my prayer this Christmas. I will stand on it even when it is difficult. God bless you and your family.

  • http://www.facebook.com/norma.kahan Norma Kahan

    I do not read email.  Tho I have one. My daughter was a good Catholic girl.  Sang in the Choir ALL ON HER OWN not with any prompting to my knowledge.  She was an Altar Server all on her own without any prompting to my knowledge.  Was Miss Teen La Mesa at Large and Thanked G-d publicly and her parents and others (hairdresser, photographer etc. on her card to pretty much everyone.  Did not win any scholarship/s on this try.   But did graduate from High School with gold cords and finished early.  Two sons different from their sisters.  I love them all the SAME.  I don’t care if they get more degrees than a thermometer or sell pickles on a street corner.  I just want all of them and my husband to have ever lasting Life.  May Our Lord Bless you ALWAYS FOREVER you have done a lot of good and have educated many on the truth.  Most Sincerely,  Norma Elizabeth Kahan  La Mesa (San Diego County) California.  

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000605642329 Etzer Marcus

    A blessed Christmas to all.

  • Elizabeth Bracy

    Laus Deo to you, too, Glenn.

  • Anonymous

    “We can keep up with the madness that is industrialized, capitalist society, destroying our ecosystem, in defiance of god’s wishes, and everything will be ok, somehow.” Did I get that right? We have fallen, but we refuse to see why. Its our arrogance that is killing the world around us. We will never be ok, until we stop turning our backs. 

  • Anonymous

    Thank you Glenn, Merry Christmas to your family.  This is really the key to turning our country around–people sharing the love of God with others, which will help people turn back to God. It’s God’s grace and mercy that lead us to repentence.  Continue to share your positive message of love Glenn–and of course your bold truths that sometimes make people uncomfortable.  We need the truth spoken now more than ever before.  There are so much deception out there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/pritchettlanclds Mark Pritchett

    Why don’t you share your Mormon Faith more, bear your testimony to the people? Do you know how many people might be touched by your conversion to the Faith.Bless you & your wonderful Family this Christmas Season.

  • Robert Dunham

    Great reminder Glenn! Hope you and your family had a blessed Christmas!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/VBDBZWEY4CT6RRARXQQFTZDFGQ Jake Onopa

    obama is a lieing poop face. (he is brown) if he wants to take my guns and my religion and my freckin rights??? well he will have to talk with my 12 gauge sawed off shotgun and talk to an american god, not an extremist from the muslim culture. i hate obama black guts! 

  • Jeffery Sikes

    The world surrounding us is not confusing as Glenn suggests, its exactly what it was planned and executed to become, and not by Christians who have values but by Marxist-Leninists who are out for global dominance and are very close to their dream.  

    What Glenn and few others understand is that these folks who are so called Atheists do worship a god or rather a goddess, many of them are unaware, but their Sage are aware. These Marxist-Leninists are part of a much larger group of religious zealots.  They make up the single largest religious belief in the world today.  Many miss the connection, but its there in plain sight, for all to see.  Just connect the dots, that common thread which binds Paul’s comments in Acts 17 and Colossians 2, to Hegel, and his students, Darwin, Henri Saint Simon, George B Shaw, Mau, Stalin, Lenin and countless others.  You will find there is a single common thread which binds all of these folks into a nit group, that thread is Athenian Philosophia Doctrine. 

    The attack on Hebrew’s (Jewish and Christians) is a doctoral attack, which is designed to provide the Athenian philosophia, global dominance over all peoples. The interesting issue is that the Apostle Paul warned us in Colossians chapter 2 that this would occur and even mentioned the very doctrine which would drive the event. Paul was exactly correct.

    If you peal back the onion, in every single case you will find the same underlying doctrine driving all of these people 
    1) Darwin – Used the philosophia dialectic for the basis of his theories
    2) Hegel – Used the Stoic version of philosophia to align it with science and Christian teaching to hone and develop a version of philosophia base on Science
    3) Hegel’s Students – Took Hegel’s philosophia based research one step further and incorporated applied dialectics (Marx & Engels were included in Hegel’s students) 
    4) Henri Saint Simon – based his theory of “the scientific method” on applied Stoic philosophia doctrine and and its dialectics 
    Saul Alinsky and a W Wilson, The Roosevelt’s, the Kennedy’s and a whole host of folks, all believed in the same doctrine and its application. 

    If Glenn does nothing else in 2013, he should focus all of his efforts on bringing to light this hidden doctrine which is eating up our country and the globe like a vast cancer.  I will help with the project if need be. Americans simply need to understand that they are being assimilated into a national doctrine which is unconstitutional and wrong.  Our forefathers despised this type of approach to government and for good cause.  We need to understand the forced assimilation and put a stop to it … immediately.  I don’t care if the philosophia hate Hebrews (Jews-Christians) its there right, I do care that they are forcibly assimilating all people under their global doctrine (philosophia), that I have a huge problem with. 

  • http://twitter.com/Catheri26714766 Catherine Spencer

    Its our arrogance that is killing the world around us. We will never be ok, until we stop turning our backs.http://www.facebookProjects2013GetPosition.qr.net/j2KQ/A=3MqYE2UuN24

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  • janetlisa776

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  • Anonymous

    On a scheduled trip to Dallas, I was fortunate enough to get a chance to
    visit your beautiful studio and be in the live audience for the Hobbit special.
    I visit Dallas often on business, but have not been able to coordinate my visits
    with your live audience schedule in the past. I know that it was no accident
    that I was able to attend this particular show.

    The knowledge that we carry in these most troubled of times is such a
    burden. I sometimes wish that I was not born in such a time as this, but I know
    that this was no accident either. I don’t think of myself as anything but very
    small; like a hobbit. I am the weakest and most insignificant of my Father’s
    children. I sometimes think that I am fooling myself into thinking that I can
    make any difference in the darkness that surrounds us today. I feel so small and
    helpless against it, but I must try.

    You, and your family are always in my thoughts and prayers as you go about God’s work for you.
    Know that I am with you always in spirit and will ever provide support and aid
    to you. You will never be alone in this fight.

    I wish you the very merriest Christmas ever. May God lighten your load and
    give you peace.

    Your sister in Christ

  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

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  • b d

    instead of “hello america”, how about not being so exclusive and xenophobic, and starting off with “hello world”.

  • Anonymous

    Beautiful message, Glenn.

    Merry Christmas and Happy 2013–we will get through it and the following three years , SOMEHOW!

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  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

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