Discipleship
Various topics relating to Christian discipleship.
The Shocking Pagan Origin of Christmas
The Shocking Pagan Origin of Christmas
What is the TRUE ORIGIN of Christmas? Where did it come from? Did you know Yeshua the Messiah was born nowhere NEAR December 25, but that was the “birth day” of the sun- god, “Sol Invictus” or “Mithras”? Did you know December 25 was the concluding day of the pagan winter festival called the “Saturnalia”? Where did “Santa Claus” come from? The “Christmas tree”? How did this pagan feast become connected with “Christianity”?… Continue reading
Many Have Asked If God Will Judge America
Many Have Asked If God Will Judge America
Originally published: September 28, 2001
Many have asked if God will judge America. They have asked if we have gone too far to avoid God’s terrible and final judgment. Let’s face it. We have mercilessly killed over 45 million little baby boys and girls. We have thrown God out of school, banished Him from the schoolyard, and ripped His Ten Commandments from the walls. We have called what is evil good and… Continue reading
My Christianity And Christmas
My Christianity And Christmas
By Michael Jeshurun
“Christmas is coming!” Quite so: but what is “Christmas?” Does not the very term itself denote it’s source – “Christ-MASS.” Thus it is of Roman origin, brought over from Paganism. But, says someone, Christmas is the time when we commemorate the Savior’s birth. It is? And WHO authorized such commemoration? Certainly God did not. The Redeemer bade His disciples “remember” Him in His death, but there is not a word in scripture, from… Continue reading
A Return To Modest Apparel
A Return To Modest Apparel
by Jeff Pollard
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.”
[1 Cor 6:20]
Reformed Practice – Modesty and Dress
Vicent Alsop observed, “That the present generation is lamentably intoxicated with novelties and as sadly degenerated from the gravity of former ages can neither be denied, nor concealed, nor defended nor, I fear, reformed…even ‘the daughters of Zion’ have caught the epidemical… Continue reading
Letter To An Arminian Friend
Letter To An Arminian Friend
“Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.” – 1 Timothy 5:20
The following letter was sent to a friend of mine who believes in the false free-will (Arminian) gospel of salvation taught by most modern-day so-called Christian churches. He has continually said that there are some things we cannot know until we are with the Lord (which is true but that mindset should not be applied to essential… Continue reading