Shaver Christmas Letter 1979

"The Christian World's most winsome festival draws near. Anything that winsome is bound to get used in offensive ways. Something that promising is going to encourage make-believe which is sure to disintegrate into bitterness. Only God's own coming in the flesh will enable us to keep the feast of God's coming in the flesh.

Not make believe, but made-to-believe

Not won by glitter but by

God's love of the world.

That's what's in store for brother believers as the festival of Christmas draws near.

God bless everyone."