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Who was the real Santa Claus?

...His Son, Jesus Christ (James 1:17; Matt. 2:1-3, 9-11). Merry Christmas everyone!   Further Reading/Sources: The Book of Saints: Amazon.co.uk: Hoagland, Victor: 9780882711294: Books Let’s Stop Celebrating St. Nicholas Punching Arius| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com) Bishop Nicholas Loses His Cool ::: St. Nicholas Center (stnicholascenter.org) Arius | Theopedia Did Coke create the red-suited Santa?: The Coca-Cola Company (archive.org) Coca-Cola and Father Christmas: The Sundblom Santa story | Christmas at Coca-Cola | Coca-Cola GB The Definitive History of Santa Claus | Coca-Cola Australia (coca-colacompany.com) Father Christmas - Wiki...

A Historic Easter Change Is Coming — But Will Protestants Get On Board?

...faith, as Jesus prayed for us in John 13:34–35 and 17:21–23. I do wonder how it will affect the commercialisation side of things too and whether secular society will follow suit with the changes. Interesting times ahead, it seems! Sources and Further Reading Pope Francis: The Catholic Church is willing to accept a common date for Easter in the East and West | America Magazine Archbishop Justin Welby hopes for fixed Easter date — BBC News Justin Welby: Archbishop of Canterbury quits over abuse scandal — BBC News Creedal Christians: The Nicene Creed | The Sacred Faith: Timeless Truths for Modern Minds Council of Nicea, AD 325 | Patristi...

Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up (Book Review)

...stles and Jesus began. It's definitely a challenging book and had struck me right where I needed it to. It's helped verbalise some of the questions and issues I've had for the last few years myself any the current form and format of "church". Though Chan is primarily speaking to an American Evangelical audience, much of his points and criticisms still speak well to my British/UK Evangelical experience. If you've felt disgruntled or at odds with how we "do" church in some places, this book may well inspire you to see things differently and to maybe even enact some changes yourself in your local community — even more so if you are a local church leader in some...

When Church History and Science Collide

...od, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.” See also various other references to the stars as signs here: Revelation 6:12–17, Matthew 24:29–30, Isaiah 13:13, Jeremiah 10:2, Joel 2:31, Haggai 2:6, Luke 21:25–26, Ezekiel 32:7–8, Job 38:31–33, Amos 5:8, Psalm 19:1. But what makes this supernova of 1054 even more interesting isn’t just that it happens in the same year, but the same month! The Great Schism is generally dated to 16th July 1054 as the clinching moment o...

Was the omniscience of God a developed idea?

...lly since Jesus spells it out quite clearly that not even birds will die without the Father knowing about it, we can rest assured that God does know and see everything, so then we can feel safe fully trusting him with our lives and our future knowing he will direct our steps faithfully (Proverbs 16:9)....

Scientist Uncovers Hidden 1,750-Year-Old New Testament Translation with Ultraviolet Imaging

...that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and his disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat," the Syriac translation says: "[...] began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them." Claudia Rapp, director of the Institute for Medieval Research at the OeAW, commends Kessel for his discovery, attributing it to his "profound knowledge" of ancient Syriac texts and script features. Rapp estimates that the Syriac translation predates some of the oldest surviving Greek manuscripts, including the Codex Sinaiticus, by at least a century. The Codex Sinaiticus is a complete Gospel text, thought to be old...