Why is Christmas Celebrated on December 25th?

By Jay Rogers, from The Apologetics Group
The usual answer to this question is that it was adjusted, like many Church feast days, to coincide with the pagan feast days, this one being the winter solstice. This is a convenient explanation, but the exact date of December 25th is for another reason entirely. It was proposed [...]

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D. A. Carson on the Purpose of the Parables

by Andy Naselli
D. A. Carson preached on “The Purpose of the Parables” from Matthew 13:10-17, 34-35 in chapel at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School on October 29, 2009. Here are some notes:
Why did Jesus tell stories and use parables? Three answers are common.

Jesus told stories because he used them as illustrations. But that doesn’t make a lot [...]

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Unhindered Reception

13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 Truly, I say to you, [...]

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Call A Spade, Spade

JOHN 1:9-13

9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, [...]

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It Is Written

Let’s take a moment to read Matthew 4:1-11 and within the narrative the phrase “it is written” was mentioned three times by the Lord and once by the tempter. And each time it was used by the Lord, it was to refer to the primacy of God’s Word for the following:

relying solely on God – it is [...]

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