Monthly Archives: December 2014

Monthly Archives: December 2014

Why X-Mas Isn’t Taking Christ out of Christmas

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Christmas | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: Why X-Mas Isn’t Taking Christ out of Christmas Some people might think that saying “X-Mas” instead of “Christmas” is a way of taking Christ out of the holiday but that’s not the case.  The use of what looks to us to be the letter X as an abbreviation for “Christ” has a long history, not with secularists but with religious scribes and scholars. This is because in Greek, the language of the New Testament, “Christ” … →

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Keeping the Resurrection in Mind as You Celebrate Christmas

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Christmas | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: Keeping the Resurrection in Mind as You Celebrate Christmas This picture is something I drew a couple of years ago to remind us, as we celebrate Christmas, that we shouldn’t lose sight of Easter. The birth of Christ is a great thing to celebrate, as God became flesh when the second person of the Trinity was born as a human baby. It’s amazing that God would love us enough to humble himself and become one … →

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Is the New Testament True? The Evidence of the Demanding Sayings of Jesus

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Reliable Documents, Top Ten Reasons We Know the New Testament Writers Told the Truth | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: Is the New Testament True? The Evidence of the Demanding Sayings of Jesus How do we know that the writers of the New Testament wrote the truth and weren’t just making it up? Because not only did they include embarrassing details about themselves and Jesus, they also included some very demanding sayings of Jesus. If the New Testament writers were making up a story, they certainly didn’t make one up that made life easier for … →

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