Christmas: Is it Christian or Pagan? – Part 6 The Origin of Santa Claus: The Devil’s Counterfeit 1st Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, (or a woman) I put away childish things.” Jon Watkins Online Ministries November 2015 … Click Here to Read More
Christmas: Is it Christian or Pagan? Part 5 Origin of the Christmas Tree Jeremiah 10:2-4 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the … Click Here to Read More
Christmas: Is it Christian or Pagan? – Part 4 Where did Christmas originate? – The meaning of the words “Merry Christmas” and the Mass Matthew 6:7 “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.” Jon Watkins Online Ministries November 2015 Cynthia Pawl edited, … Click Here to Read More
Christmas: Is it Christian or Pagan? – Part 3 Where did Christmas originate? Isaiah 56:10-12 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own … Click Here to Read More
The Origin of the Birthday Celebration. Where did it come from and should a professing Christian celebrate? If you came here from the Christmas article part 2, scroll down to “The command of God” to continue. Ecclesiastes 7:1 “A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.” I offer this … Click Here to Read More
Christmas: Is it Christian or Pagan? Part 2 The origin of the Birthday Celebration Ezekiel 20:30-32 “Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? 31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the … Click Here to Read More
Christmas: Is it Christian or Pagan? Introduction: The birth of Jesus – Part 1 1st Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” Jon Watkins Online Ministries November 2015 Updated from limited 1999 writing. Cynthia … Click Here to Read More
Matthew 2:1-2 “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.” Star of Bethlehem may not … Click Here to Read More