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Chronic Difficulties |
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Subject: Timing of Events of 'Holy Week' |
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Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh observes that over two billion people faithfully observe an annual "holy week," consisting of Palm Sunday, Good Friday (the supposed time of the crucifixion), and Easter Sunday. Human tradition and Bible truth do not square. The ov... |
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Dealing With the Holidays |
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Subject: Putting Things in Their Proper Context |
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Summary: David Grabbe, finding ironic humor in Halloween clashing with the venerable day of the Sun, observes that our culture is saturated with paganism—Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Mardi Gras—all derived from the world's religions and culture. Th... |
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God's True New Year |
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Subject: Should A Christian Celebrate New Years? |
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Summary: Historically, the dates for the beginning of the year seemed in a perpetual state of confusion, but January 1 was adopted as the beginning of the New Year around 150BC by two Roman consuls. Later, the Roman Catholic Church followed suit, adopting the... |
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Gray Areas in Human Reasoning |
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Subject: There are no Gray Areas with God |
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Summary: Martin Collins describes the multi-cultural assimilation, compromise and adoption of Gentile Christmas customs into Jewish family celebration —compromises also made by members of our prior fellowship. We need to be on guard about the incrementa... |
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Halloween |
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Subject: The Most Un-Christian Holiday |
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Summary: As soon as we return home from the Feast of Tabernacles, we must face several months of the world's holiday season, and first off is Halloween. This holiday has seen a steady growth in popularity over the past several years, now ranking second only t... |
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The Covenants, Grace and Law (Part 23) |
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Subject: Colossians (D) |
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Summary: In this twenty-third installment of the Covenants, Law and Grace series, John Ritenbaugh focuses upon two sets of verses (Colossians 2:16-18 and Galatians 4:9-10) which certain Protestant theologians have blasphemously charged that Paul was referring... |
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The Occult |
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Subject: New Age-Babylonian Occultism |
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Summary: Is there a distinction between black and white magic? Martin Collins in his exploration of the fastest growing religion in the United States (witchcraft) traces both practices to Satan the Devil. The Bible clearly condemns charmers, divination, gnost... |
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The Origin of Hanukkah |
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Subject: Should We Celebrate It? |
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Summary: Bill Onisick explores the origin of the Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights or Hanukah, the only civil or national Jewish holiday mentioned in the Bible. Greek tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes defiled the temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar and force... |
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What's So Bad About Valentines Day? |
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Subject: Reasons Christians Should Flee Its Observance |
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Summary: Richard Ritenbaugh reveals that Valentine's Day dates back to the Roman fertility rite and ritual honoring Lupercus, the god of the hunt and fertility, commemorating a time young men would whip women with goat thongs to improve their fertility. Many ... |
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