Was Jesus Actually Born on December 25th? Why do we celebrate Christmas on the winter solstice? Did the Catholic Church originally choose December 25th just because it was an existing pagan holiday to a Roman solar god? We’re going to find out all of this and more as we travel back in time over 4,000 […]

  The Complex Dance of Halloween: Can Faith and Tradition Coexist?   With Halloween’s approach each year, an interesting debate stirs up in Christian circles: Should Christians celebrate Halloween? The question may seem harmless, yet it raises profound reflections on faith, tradition, and the balance between honoring religious beliefs and participating in widely accepted cultural […]

If you are a believer in the Messiah, then you are instructed to keep His Commandments if you love Him. 1 John 5:2-3 says: “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. […]

The Day of Atonement, also known as Yom Kippur, is one of the most sacred observances in the Bible, outlined in Leviticus 16 and Leviticus 23. It serves as a day of repentance, reflection, and seeking forgiveness for sins before God. Keeping this day is significant because it aligns believers with the biblical call to […]

What is the Seder? The Passover Seder is one of the seven ordained feasts that are described in Leviticus 23 and have been given to all of God’s people. It includes the retelling of the story of Israel and the mixed multitude coming out of slavery from Egypt. It includes not only the retelling (Haggadah) […]

If you are a believer in the Messiah, then we are instructed to keep His Commandments if we love him. 1 John 5:2-3 says, “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. […]

The story of Hanukkah is not only a beautiful story of the redemption of the temple in Jerusalem from the ones who defiled it, but the parallels to the gospel are just as beautiful. After all, the enemy defiled our own temples and has left each of us without a way to be in the […]

When Was Jesus Actually Born? (This article is part of a 3part series called “Christmas, Hanukkah and the Anti-Christ”) In Part 1 of this series, we went through the story of Hanukkah and unpacked the incredible heroism that arose from the pits of the Greco-pagan influence that almost wiped out the people of God two […]

Yom Kippur is the highest holy day of the year on God’s calendar. But what makes this day so special? Isn’t every day sacred? Since the Son has come, isn’t every day holy in Him? Imagine a husband trying to tell his wife that there is really no need to celebrate their anniversary anymore. “You […]

In Defense of Hanukkah Every year at this time I begin to share with my audience the beauty in the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) as Cheryl and I teach our children the power of the light of Scripture for eight days, tracing it through the great men of the Bible and learning many valuable lessons […]