Paganism in Modern Holidays

Truths & Myths of Christmas

Truths & Myths of Christmas

What do a tinsel-laden pine tree, a jolly ol’ elf, and gift exchanging have in common with the birth of ...
Casting Light on Hanukkah

Casting Light on Hanukkah

Christmas is not the only popular observance falling in December. The Feast of Dedication, or Hanukkah, is an eight-day nationalistic ...
Christmiss – Folly of the Holly-day

Christmiss – Folly of the Holly-day

As December days shorten, darkness overcomes light. Frigid blasts whistle through leafless, lifeless trees. Frozen ground is covered in silence ...
The Hatching of Easter

The Hatching of Easter

Young voices squeal with delight as adolescent “private eyes” search caches for chocolaty blue, gold, and green treasures hidden around ...
Is Holly Holy?

Is Holly Holy?

What do a tinsel-laden pine tree, a jolly ol’ elf, and gift exchanging have in common with the Messiah Yahshua’s ...
Tel Dan

Tel Dan – Compromise in Worship

In our recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land we visited Tel Dan, an ancient city in the northeast corner of ...
Xmas

Joy to the World? – The Origins of Xmas

Joy to the World? – The Origins of Xmas The stealthy Xmas season begins early with a few retail displays ...
Holy days of the Bible

Hijacking the Holy Days

Why does it seem foreign to most churchgoers to keep the holy days of the Scriptures? For the early followers ...
Haloween pagan origins

Unhallowed Halloween

The annual rite of Halloween is bigger than ever  –  especially among adults. But it’s lots of harmless fun, they say. Harmless? ...
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