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Advent: The Difficult Discipline of Celebrating the Waiting

19th November 2020

Once upon a time, there was a season in the church year known as “Advent.” The word comes to us from the Latin for “coming.” The purpose of the season was to anticipate the coming of Christ to earth; it was a season that focused on waiting.

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Filed Under: Blog, Family Ministry, featured Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, patience, waiting

Apologetics: Were the Stories of Jesus Based on Pagan Myths?

12th November 2020

It’s an accusation that’s been around a long time. Even in ancient times, critics of Christianity noticed some parallels between Christian beliefs and pre-Christian myths. In the late second century, a philosopher named Celsus charged, “The Christians have used the myths of Danae and the Melanippe, of the Auge and Antiope in fabricating this story of […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Learn, Solve Tagged With: apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Christmas, Easter, gospel, Gospels, Mithras, myth

Timothy Paul Jones and Garrick Bailey: Are the Stories of Jesus Borrowed from Pagan Parallels to Christianity? + “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (Billy Joel)

31st December 2019

This week’s podcast includes pagan parallels to Christianity, the Piano Man, and the most daring giveaway ever attempted on any human podcast. Paganism and plagiarism provide the theme for the first half. Even in ancient times, Roman philosophers claimed that Christians had “used pagan myths in fabricating the story of a virgin conception.” So is […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, Books, History, Learn, ministry, Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast Tagged With: Baby Groot, Baby Yoda, Billy Joel, Christmas, cuteness, Groot, in the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep, Infinity Gauntlet, Mithraism, Mithras, Mythras, pagan, pagan origins, Pagan parallel, pagan parallels, paganism, Piano Man, resurrection, River of Dreams, virgin birth, We Didn’t Start the Fire, Yoda

Advent: Finding Joy When God Seems Silent

16th December 2016

Advent is the season when we meditate on experiences of waiting and silence in the Scriptures. By coming to terms with the waiting that we see in Scripture, we prepare our souls for those moments when God seems silent in our own lives. One of the ways we prepare ourselves for this silence is by […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, featured, Lead, Serve Tagged With: adoption, Advent, Christmas, Elizabeth, Jesus, Luke, Mary, silence of God, Zechariah

Church History: The Real Story of Santa Claus

24th December 2013

Today, St. Nicholas is mostly known as a paunchy old geezer who spends one night each year breaking into people’s houses and stealing cookies before escaping to an Arctic hideaway where elves do his work for him. Kind of creepy when you think about it. The good news is that none of this was what […]

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Filed Under: Blog, In the News, Learn Tagged With: Advent, Christmas, Nicholas of Myra, Santa Claus

Apologetics: What Historical Proof Do We Have for the Life of Jesus?

18th December 2013

Christianity.com: Beyond the Bible, what historical proofs do we have when it comes to the life of Jesus?-Timothy Paul Jones from christianitydotcom2 on GodTube.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Learn, Solve, Video Tagged With: apologetics, Christmas, Jesus Christ

Church History: What Was the Real St. Nicholas Known For?

25th October 2012

Today, St. Nicholas is mostly known as a paunchy old geezer who spends one night each year breaking into people’s houses and stealing cookies before escaping to an Arctic hideaway where enslaved elves do his work for him. Kind of creepy when you think about it. The good news is that none of this was […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Learn, Video Tagged With: 30 days, Christmas, Christology, church history, Council of Nicaea, history, Nicene Creed, Nicholas of Myra, Santa Claus

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