What If There Were No Christmas?

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What If There Were No Christmas?

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In 1971, John Lennon penned this opening line to his famous song, Imagine: “Imagine there’s no Heaven.” It’s a wistful statement that wonders, from a secular perspective, how much simpler life could be without religion. Dr. Robert Jeffress takes that idea one step further and imagines if there were no Christmas.

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