Two-Thirds of Americans Prefer ‘Merry Christmas’ Greeting
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 21, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ – A new survey finds Americans by a wide margin prefer the traditional “Merry Christmas” greeting to the non-specific “Happy Holidays.” The Knights...
View ArticleFox forces the mass into Christmas
A friend put this picture up on Google+ (so I guess that answers the question of whether people still use Google+!). Around the same time, a reader submitted this story from Fox News, headlined: Church...
View ArticleAvoid the Food Blues this Holiday
Written By Brittney Bridges It’s my favorite time of the year, the holidays! Not because of all the gifts (ok, maybe), but because of all the food! I am a sucker for holiday favorites like ham, Mac and...
View ArticleChristmas Prayers for 2012
I know it is not Christmas yet but so many of us are already anticipating the day and looking for resources to celebrate with that I thought I would share these prayers with you. If you use one of them...
View ArticleSigns and Wonders: Airbrushing Jesus out of Christmas, Chinese doomsdayers...
Airbrushing Jesus. The Telegraph in London reports that a team of “mystery shoppers from Nielsen brand auditors visited the card aisles in branches of supermarkets” and found that of 5,706 designs,...
View ArticleBlog: Merry, Mary and Marry
Dont you love our English language and all those homonyms, homophones, homographs and heteronyms? Do merry, Mary and marry have anything in common? What do all three have to do with Christmas, if...
View ArticleBlog: The World Didn't End; Be Filled with the Holy Spirit
t's been December 21 on earth for over 24 hours now (it's December 22 already in Kiribati) .Turns out the those predictions about the end of the world coming on December 21 were wrong
View ArticleBT Daily: Does Your World Offer Hope?
If your world offers little hope then the end of the world scenarios are attractive. Choose life!
View ArticleMust every tragedy be a lesson?
Here we are, exactly one week removed from the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. I first heard the news while sitting with some co-workers at a company Christmas party. Like the rest of America, I was...
View ArticleJib Jab’s Year in Review 2012 – “The End Is Here!”
Best recap of 2012 I’ve seen so far.
View ArticleNRA calls for armed guards in schools
The National Rifle Association (NRA) broke its weeklong silence following the Dec. 14 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., by calling for armed guards at every school in the country. Wayne LaPierre, the...
View ArticleThe Original Gift Of Christmas
It’s that season again. And in the shopping mall something got my attention; a frazzled mother lecturing her kids about the virtues of Christmas, and how “presents” weren’t one of them. It was late....
View ArticleHow to take the garbage out like a Canadian
From the video description… My husband was just about to hop in the shower when I reminded him he hadn’t taken the garbage out to the curb yet – he decided against getting dressed before heading out...
View ArticleJoining the magi on the Christmas journey
by Bekithemba Moyo, Zimbabwe Director “After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place...
View ArticleWelcome the Little Children
Recently, Dr. Russell Moore visited FRCto present a lecture on adoption. He reminded us of a very important adoption story we often fail to consider – the adoption of Jesus by his earthly father,...
View ArticleFour Dead in Pennsylvania Shooting
Details are still coming in, but it looks like four people have been killed in a mass shooting 50 miles outside Harrisburg, Penn. A gunman appeared to be driving up and down a rural road, shooting...
View ArticleSermon: Power, Love and a Sound Mind
This sermon focuses on the words that Paul wrote to Timothy that has great meaning for us today.
View ArticleHow to Give the Gift of Presence
We think of Christmas charity in a financial sense—but here’s a few ways to give of your time and your very self. America is the most altruistic nation in the world, in terms of giving. So reports the...
View Article"The Fool Says in His Heart..."
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” – Psalm 14:1a (NIV) While many people who seldom attend church will show up at Christmas and join in singing sacred hymns, there is at least one Grinch...
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