Saying his mind has "changed a little bit" on the topic of Santa Claus, theologian and author Albert Mohler says in a new podcast that he encourages Christian parents to teach their children about the fourth-century bishop Saint Nicholas instead of automatically rejecting the notion of Santa being real.
A church in Houston, Texas, recently saw over 1,100 people make professions of faith during its annual Christmas show.
Greeting everyone with “Happy Holidays” at Christmastime disrespects and dilutes the meaning of Christmas without making religious minorities feel authentically included. At the same time, it creates resentment among Christians, who long for the Christmas concerts of old and worry that Christmas’ sacred aspects are disappearing.
Because God is love, he loves you where you are, as you are. And because Jesus became one of us, we can be one with him. Philip Yancey observed, “Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.” Where do you need the grace of Christmas today?
According to a new YouGov tracking poll on America's most famous events, Thanksgiving has surpassed Christmas as the nation’s favorite holiday.
Sometimes we become so wrapped up with celebrating Christmas that we forget to share the Christ of Christmas. Christmas is for celebrating, but Christ is for sharing. What can we do to proclaim the message of Jesus? How can we find our shepherd’s voice?
As I was driving on Highway 99 South in my home state of California one morning, the Holy Spirit reminded me of the prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament, long before he was born. Of course, we know of Jesus’s birth from the New Testament gospels. But centuries before Matthew and Luke wrote about it, the prophet Isaiah told of Jesus’s coming at a challenging time in history, when the kingdom of Judah was facing threats of violence from the kingdom of Assyria.
The Museum of the Bible is teaming up with Grammy Award-winning Australian brother duo for KING & COUNTRY and the popular Christian series The Chosen to offer a cinematic experience of the classic Christmas story, the Little Drummer Boy.
Christmas with the Chosen: The Messengers is extending its theatrical run once again thanks to sold-out theaters and an impressive opening weekend.
A new Lifeway Research survey shows that just 22 percent of Americans can accurately tell the biblical account of Christmas.
