- Holidays and Celebrations - JW. ORG
Holidays and Celebrations The fact that Jehovah’s Witnesses do not participate in most holiday observances and other celebrations can be somewhat perplexing to a teacher We hope the following helps you to understand why we take the matter so seriously Perhaps to a greater extent than you may have realized, many holidays and the customs associated with them have a non-Christian religious
- The People Who Missed Christmas: Herod - Grace to You
This post was first published December 11, 2012 -ed Meet another man who missed the first Christmas: Herod Matthew 2 tells his story He was very
- Christians and Christmas - Grace to You
Christmas presents a conundrum to many believers Do you withdraw from the world and its materialistic excess at this time of year? Or do you lean
- The Christmas Intruder - Grace to You
In 2011 Christmas fell on a Sunday, and several churches canceled their church services because they didn’t want to interrupt Christmas What a bizarre idea—not wanting to impose the worship of Jesus Christ on the day we celebrate His birth!
- The Truth About Christmas - JW. ORG
The Truth About Christmas DO YOU care about spiritual truth? If so, then perhaps you have asked these questions: (1) Was Jesus actually born on December 25? (2) Who were the “wise men,” and were they really three in number? (3) What sort of “star” led them to Jesus? (4) What does Santa Claus have to do with Jesus and his birth? (5) How does God view the Christmas custom of giving gifts
- Why Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses Celebrate Christmas? - JW. ORG
Get the facts: Do Jehovah’s Witnesses celebrate Christmas? What do they believe? Here are 4 reasons for some of their choices
- The Mystery of Christmas - Grace to You
As you know, we’ve been in a series in Galatians, and we’ll hold off on that until next Lord’s Day And this morning, just to think a little bit about the Christmas season as we live through it again this year, what comes to my mind is how enigmatic Christmas is, how paradoxical it is, how contradictory Christmas is I looked up the word “paradox” knowing that it comes from two Greek
- The People Who Missed Christmas: Rome and Nazareth
On the other hand, perhaps you’ve been missing Christmas altogether You may get presents and eat a big dinner and decorate a tree, but you know in your heart that you are no different from the innkeeper, Herod, the religious leaders, the people of Jerusalem, the Romans, or the citizens of Nazareth You are missing the reality of Christmas
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