Here are some resources that may be helpful as Christmas approaches.
From Stand to Reason:
• Is Christmas Pagan?
• The Spirit of Christmas
• Christmas and Culture
• The Unique Message of Christmas
• Keep Christ in Your Christmas Cards
• Christmas Card Captions
From Triablogue:
• The Bethlehem Birthplace Outside Of Matthew And Luke
• The Nature Of Biblical Prophecy Fulfillment
• Does The Lengthening Of Daylight Have Only Pagan Significance?
• Speaking Of "Christmas Lies"
• The Infancy Narratives
• Is The Slaughter Of The Innocents Historical?
• Is Luke's Census Historical?
These are just a few. Do you have more Christmas resources to recommend?
Suggest them in the comments.















6 comments:
Here are a few:
Was Luke Wrong About the Time of Jesus' Birth? http://comereason.org/bibl_cntr/con100.asp
Why Do the Gospels Have Different Genealogies?
http://comereason.org/bibl_cntr/con080.asp
Are Christian Holidays Pagan in Origin?
http://comereason.org/soc_culture/soc030.asp
PODCAST - Knowing God's Will: Lessons from the Christmas Story
Part 1: http://www.comereason.org/radio/podcast/2009/CLUR_knowing-gods-will_1.mp3
Part 2: http://www.comereason.org/radio/podcast/2009/CLUR_knowing-gods-will_2.mp3
Part 3: http://www.comereason.org/radio/podcast/2009/CLUR_knowing-gods-will_3.mp3
Part 4: http://www.comereason.org/radio/podcast/2009/CLUR_knowing-gods-will_4.mp3
CPX has a series of Christmas themed videos
Last year Ben Witherington wrote a great blog entitled, “Star-Studded Wise Men: Rethinking the Christmas Story.” In it he summarizes several popular misconceptions about the nativity narrative and then provides a more historically and culturally accurate response for each.
http://blog.beliefnet.com/bibleandculture/2009/12/star-studded-wise-men-rethinking-the-christmas-story.html
Michael Patton has a good post here:
http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2008/12/the-first-christmas-myths-and-reality/
Actually Paul Copan wrote that one, sorry.
Common misconceptions about Christmas: http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2010/12/28/miscellaneous-misconceptions-about-christmas#
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