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Read Part 1 here FOR PAGANS OR PREACHERS? Christmas, or “Christ’s Mass,” was adopted in the fourth century by Roman Emperor Constantine to encourage a common religious festival for Christians and Pagans. Growing up in Caldwell, Idaho, John Free said his parents and grandparents taught him that Christmas was “something for Catholics and the denominations that did not embrace the idea that the silence of the Scriptures was to be respected as much as the precise words of the Scripture.”…

**Excerpts from an article in the Christian Chronicle written by its editor, Bobby Ross, Jr.** For many members of Churches of Christ, Christmas once meant decorated trees, colorfully wrapped gifts and Santa Clauses all around — but definitely no mention of baby Jesus. Mistletoe was welcome, but mangers certainly were not, in a fellowship that marked Dec. 25 as a secular holiday but purposely never sang “Joy to the World” after about midNovember. In recent years, though, many congregations have…

Surely a pagan Babylonian king would have no knowledge of Jesus Christ—let alone know what He looked like. For that matter, neither would Daniel or his three friends. While the Old Testament prophets prophesied of the coming Messiah, their understanding of His person would have been woefully incomplete, since the fulfillment of those prophecies was yet far into the future. (See 1 Peter 1:10-11.) In addition to the fact that the manuscripts do not capitalize “son” and “God,” additional grammatical…

(An appreciation of those who have gone before us to pave the way for gospel preachers. This article was written by Winfred Clark, a faithful gospel preacher who passed on to his reward on August 11, 1997. His words are still encouraging gospel preachers to this day.) This is a statement made by the Lord to two of the disciples of John (John 1:35-39). He has just pointed them to the Christ saying: “behold the Lamb of God that taketh…