(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Its Easter season which means it’s time to seriously attack Christianity in the media.  Magazine articles, documentaries on TV, books, pseudo research into Christian origins and the Bible. All stacked heavily against traditional teachings about Jesus and the origins of Christianity. Each with a variety of professors supposedly exposing the real [...]

               (Image via Wikipedia) We have been Following the so-called ‘War on Christmas’ in America, but around the world some of the radical Muslim responses to Christmas really do rise to the level of that title. What is surprising considering the violent responses is the fact that Muslims do believe in most of the Christmas [...]

                                                (Image via Wikipedia) Merry Christmas to you and yours and may God truly bless you this Christmas Day.   The Real Christmas Story  Last night before we tucked the Grandchildren in bed for a long winter’s night we gathered around the Tree and carried on our family Christmas Eve tradition reading about the ‘real’ [...]

           (Image via Wikipedia) Here’s the story of the real St. Nicholas who was a Christian Bishop in the 4th century: The Truth About Santa Claus What comes to mind when you think of Santa Claus? Probably jolly ol’ St. Nick in his red suit, a snowy North Pole, a sleigh pulled by reindeer, gifts [...]

                                              (Image via Wikipedia) Years ago when my children were still small I had a couple of visitors at the door on a Saturday before Christmas. The Christmas tree was up with presents all around it in preparation for the big day. The couple at the door explained that they did not celebrate Christmas since [...]

       (Image by abcdz2000 via Flickr) Yes! If not, as Paul says (I Cor. 15:14) the entire Christian faith is in vain. Here’s a link to a great article on all of the facts concerning the resurrection of Jesus–a timely pursuit for the Easter season: “Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?” by William Lane [...]

                     (Easter, old Greek salute via Wikipedia) Here’s a good article by Anthony McRoy that contradicts the popular notion that the Christian celebration of Easter was borrowed from pagan sources: “Was Easter Borrowed from a Pagan Holiday?” McRoy provides historical evidence that the name ‘Easter’ was actually derived from the Old High German ‘eostarum’ which [...]

Bart Ehrman Here’s a new Christian website dedicated to answering questions raised by Dr. Bart Ehrman. Here’s the intro: Welcome to the Ehrman Project. Dr. Bart Ehrman is raising significant questions about the reliability of the Bible. In an engaging way, he is questioning the credibility of Christianity. His arguments are not new, which he [...]

Image via Wikipedia Here’s a great article by Greg Koukl: “Faith and Facts” Lately some folks have been saying the Christianity is built upon a false ‘leap of faith’ that disregards reality, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In this article, Koukl shows how important ‘facts’ and reality have been to Christianity right [...]

(Image by ladybugbkt via Flickr) For years Christmas and God were taken for granted in our culture. This is no longer the case. Now the message of the original birth of the Christ child in Bethlehem needs to be proclaimed more clearly and without all of the mythic trappings that have over shadowed the real [...]