When We Understand The Text
Are you looking for some good new years resolutions? Well consider these words from Jonathan Edwards: #25 Resolved: to examine carefully, and constantly, what that one thing in me is, which causes me in the least to doubt of the love of God; and to direct all my forces against it. #28 Resolved: to …
The day after Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey’s colt, to shouts of “Hosanna!” and “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” He went to the temple and drove out the merchants overturned their tables. And He said, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of …
Ah, the new year! Time for a fresh start. New beginnings. Bogus prophesies that don’t mean anything! (Seriously, watch out for those yahoos declaring, “This is the year of your breakthrough!”) By now you’ve made a few New Years resolutions of your own. Perhaps you want to lose a few pounds or break a …
Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday celebrated from December 26 to January 1, created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga (formerly Ronald Everett). The holiday draws from African rituals and black national ideology to create the seven principles of Kwanza, called the Nguzo Saba. Among these principles are racial and national unity, self-determination, and faith …
Luke 2:7 says, “Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.” This one verse is why we think of Mary and Joseph arriving in Bethlehem at the last minute, being turned away by …
Is Christmas a pagan holiday? No, it’s a Christian holiday, a celebration of the birth of Christ! If that wasn’t what Christmas was about, our secular culture wouldn’t be so afraid of the name Christ-mas. But didn’t Christmas start out as a pagan holiday? Probably not. There have been many pagan festivals around the …