(This is an updated column that was published here two years ago.)So much of human heartache stems from miscommunication, misunderstanding, and misplaced intention. In one Peanuts comic strip, Lucy exclaims to her brother Linus, “You HAVE to give me a Christmas present! It says so in the Bible!”In my job as a pastor, I hear a lot of things. Sinners we are all—mistake-prone and often too easily swayed, not so much by conventional wisdom, but by popular opinion. What does the Bible say about giving Christmas presents? We actually have a great, unchanging reference manual from which the truth would ...