Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Thursday, December 17, 2020

Christmas Greetings, BLM, and Engaging Others

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Does it bother you if a store clerk wishes you “happy holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas”? I guess it could depend on the context. If I...
Sunday, January 03, 2016

Talking to Family about Christmas (podcast)

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"How do I share my faith better?" is a question that Christians struggle with again and again, especially when families gather...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

The Big Deal Over Jesus' Birthday

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Last week, I published a three-part series on why the date of Christmas is not based on Roman or pagan holidays. While the claim i...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

How Can We be Sure Where Jesus Was Born?

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 Most childhood plays of the Christmas story show a young Mary and Joseph wandering from house to house in Bethlehem, knocking on doo...
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Friday, December 18, 2015

Christmas, the Solstice, and December 25th

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Over the last two posts, I've explained how historical research is showing the date for celebrating Christmas was not chosen becau...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

The Date of Saturnalia Doesn't Line Up with Christmas

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There is a widespread conjecture that the early Christians began celebrating Christmas on December 25 as a response to pagan Roman holi...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

No, Christmas Is Not Based on a Pagan Holiday

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Christmas is a much-beloved holiday, celebrated by billions of people across the globe. In the U.S. Alone, the Pew Center reports that...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Come Reason 2015 Ministry Report

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Merry Christmas from Come Reason! I hope you are beginning to settle in and enjoy the season of Advent. This is a special time of yea...
Friday, December 11, 2015

Why Don't We Sing "Joseph, Did You Know?"

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One of the more popular modern Christmas songs is " Mary Did You Know? " which reflects upon the ministry, miracles, sufferin...
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Thursday, December 10, 2015

The Illogic of Atheist Christmas Billboards

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It's that time of year again; Christmas is coming. You will see all kinds of people decorating their homes, shopping for presents, and...
Monday, November 09, 2015

Make #MerryChristmasStarbucks Truly Meaningful

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It seems the new Starbucks holiday cups are causing a bunch of Christians to see red. As first reported by the Breitbart website, the 2015 ...
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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday? (Podcast)

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Every Christmas and Easter the charge is made that these holidays were originally pagan celebrations that Christians usurped for their own p...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

Enjoy the Trappings of Christmas

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Merry Christmas! I hope you have a chance to celebrate the day today. It's easy to see all the commercialism, the merchandising of a...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Why It Must Be a Manger

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In our house, the manager of our nativity set stays empty until Christmas eve, when we place the baby Jesus there. We used to have a nativ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

You Just Might Be Celebrating a Japanese Christmas

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To look at it, Christmas in Japan looks pretty Western. There are Christmas trees, lights, and even pictures of Santa adorning windows. The...
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