Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips,” Scrooge said, “should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.” Charles Dickens is best known, particularly at this time of year, for his character Ebenezer Scrooge. In his classic A Christmas Carol, Dickens reminds readers of the need for generosity and gratitude at Christmas. But did Charles Dickens get the gospel?
I’m a sketching, writing, thinking, coffee drinking, Christian, husband, father, and professor. I lead the Center for Biblical Apologetics & Public Christianity at Cedarville University.
“All this he knew, not because he was a philosopher or a genius, but because he was a child.” —G.K. Chesterton
It’s possible to love people without loving God.
It’s not possible to love God without loving people.
Speaking in Orlando this weekend. The high there is 80 degrees on Saturday. It is supposed to get down to -7 degrees in OH on Sunday when I get back. 😀😖😬
