This time of year, you'll be inundated with people arguing for and against Christmas. That's not what we're doing in this episode--if you want to see research I've done on the origin of Christmas, checkout the blog ( www.psalmstogod.com/search/labels/Christmas ). Today, we're talking about other aspects of the debate that are important to consider. If you get nothing else from this conversation remember this: It's not abou… Read more »

Once, sometime during my childhood (around elementary school), a woman in my community decided to put together a Kwanzaa festival. So for 7 days, we came together with her to learn about the princples of Kwanzaa and esentially celebrate. That was the first and last time my family celebrated Kwanzaa... As an adult, as I shook off pagan holidays like Christmas and Easter, Kwanzaa didn't cross my mind. Eventually, however, I did start to wonde… Read more »

PSALMS to God · Councils & Creeds Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world. James 1:27 CSB After the first century, the Church continued to have disagreements. When the Constantine declared he was a Christian, the Church became mainstream. With that change, there was an influx of people into the Church that may or may not hav… Read more »

When the Declaration of Independence was written in 1776, the founding fathers wrote that all men are created equal, but they didn't view my ancestors as men. Despite fighting in the Revolutionary War (on both sides), black people were enslaved for more than 100 years after the formation of country. It wasn'tvuntil Civil War that things turned around. Countrary to popular belief, the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 only freed the slave… Read more »

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. Zechariah 14:16 KJV definition feast [1] noun a: an elaborate and usually abundant meal often accompanied by a ceremony or entertainment : BANQUET b (1): something that gives unusual or abundant enjoyment // a visual feast (2): ABUNDANCE,… Read more »

"The kingdom of heave may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, Matthew 22:2 ESV definition feast [1] noun a: an elaborate and usually abundant meal often accompanied by a ceremony or entertainment : BANQUET b (1): something that gives unusual or abundant enjoyment // a visual feast (2): ABUNDANCE, PROFUSION // an unprecedented feast of corruption, gargantuan in scale — Neil Sheehan : a periodic religious observance commemorati… Read more »

2 This is what the Lord says: Do not learn the way of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, although the nations are terrified by them, 3 for the customs of the peoples are worthless. Jeremiah 10:2-3 CSB In the 5th century, a pope "converted" the Roman festival of Lupercalia [3] to the Feast of Purification, which became our modern Valentine's Day [2] The massacre I remembered is from 1929; it has nothing to do with the… Read more »

It's been quite a while since I stopped celebrating Christmas, and no I'm not a Jehovah's Witness. Christmas is America's favorite holiday, and as the season dawns I am inevitably asked to explain why I don't celebrate Christmas. I have several posts on the blog about the history of Christmas and it's pagan origins, I'll list them in references for those who are new to the site. However after overhearing a church lead… Read more »

The Passover and it's connection to the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ is the foundation of Christianity. So, why are we more concerned with "Easter" than Passover? How did we manage to get to the point where the only two holiday Christians are known for are actually pagan holidays? Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new unleavened batch, as indeed you are. For Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrifi… Read more »