Truth or Tradition Christmas is a holiday celebrated by millions worldwide, not only by Christians but by people of various faiths and cultures. It’s a time filled with decorations, feasts, and gatherings—celebrations of love, family, and the spirit of giving. But amidst the joy, it’s worth asking: Where do these Christmas traditions come from? What […]
Tracing Pagan Symbols in Modern Traditions: A Sobering Revelation In our exploration of holiday customs and their deeper meanings, it becomes clear that the roots of many practices reach far beyond their Christian associations. These symbols, often adopted or adapted over centuries, trace back to ancient pagan worship. The implications challenge us to reconsider how […]
The True Story of Thanksgiving: Separating Fact from Myth Thanksgiving is one of the most beloved holidays in the United States, but its origins are clouded by myth, misinterpretation, and a selective retelling of history. While many are familiar with the story of the Pilgrims and Native Americans sitting down to share a feast in […]
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 […]
