Let us set aside all assumptions. Assumptions lead to unverified and unbalanced reactions and positions. Critical thinking (what the Bible calls Discernment), is what is needed most in this hour, along with God directed Love, Reconciliation and Unity. Take this divisive topic as an example: Halloween 1. False histories made up by occultists and spiritists […]
Calculating Christmas by William J. Tighe[i] Many Christians think that Christians celebrate Christ’s birth on December 25th because the church fathers appropriated the date of a pagan festival. Almost no one minds, except for a few groups on the fringes of American Evangelicalism, who seem to think that this makes Christmas itself a pagan festival. […]
How was John the Baptist a Prophet of Israel? 1) he baptized Jews with the baptism of conversion and renunciation of paganism 2) he was supposed to have been leading Temple worship in Jerusalem as High Priest, even as his dad was supposed to have done (the high priest’s office was politically appointed in […]
