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1. Liberation: How Jesus Came to Set the Oppressed and Shackled Free

I love the Fourth of July holiday that is celebrated in the United States. It represents freedom and liberation. I believe there is a correlation in the spiritual realm that happens around the Fourth. ...

Created on 02 July 2020

2. An Urgent Memorial Day Wake-Up Call

"We have forgotten God, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own" Abraham Lincoln). Over the ...

Created on 22 May 2020

3. As Jews Remember Fallen Heroes, Let's Remember This Christian Victim of Terror

...  outside Israel and a formal Jewish community, families like Kristine's are excluded. Not willingly, just circumstantially. With Memorial Day in the U.S. being more of a holiday weekend than a day that significant ...

Created on 28 April 2020

4. Despite Parade Cancellations, Christians Worldwide Remember the Life of Saint Patrick

March 17, St. Patrick's Day, is usually filled with parades and celebrations. But for the first time in 258 years, the annual New York St. Patrick's Day Parade has been canceled due to concerns over the ...

Created on 17 March 2020

5. 1,500 Years Later, St. Patrick's Amazing Story Still Inspires the World

Just opening in theaters nationwide is the film I Am Patrick: The Patron Saint of Ireland. Barbarians, slavery, abuse...this is a movie about the gentle, kind-hearted figure, Saint Patrick. If Dwayne "The ...

Created on 16 March 2020

6. Coronavirus Disrupts Joyous Purim Festivities

Purim is traditionally one of the most joyous Jewish holidays, but some celebrations in Israel and hard-hit parts of the United States are being scaled back or canceled due to the coronavirus threat. One ...

Created on 11 March 2020

7. Law Office Offers Free Divorces on Valentine's Day, Ignoring the Holiday's Christian Roots ...

... d holiday. Larry Tomczak, a good friend of mine and cultural commentator, says that Valentine's Day didn't start out as a secular celebration. It actually has Christian roots that go back to a martyr n ...

Created on 14 February 2020

8. Why Christian Young People Are Taking a Stand for Purity This Valentine's Day

In today's culture, where young people are bombarded with messages that encourage promiscuity, Liberty Counsel is encouraging students to take a public stand for purity on Valentine's Day. The 17th annual ...

Created on 06 February 2020

9. How Spirit-Led Christians Can Celebrate Holidays Without Culture's Bloated Commercialism ...

Try, for a moment, to imagine the holiday season without stuff. Eliminate the 300,000 tons of candy purchased for Halloween. Remove 45 million turkeys from the Thanksgiving table. Replant 15 million Christmas ...

Created on 03 December 2019

10. 5 Clear, Simple Steps to Help You Simplify the Holidays ...

With Thanksgiving officially kicking off the beginning of the holiday (and eating) season, the Society of Happy People has released their free 5 Steps to Simplify Your Holidays guide to help people navigate ...

Created on 27 November 2019

11. Black Friday Is Coming, And 48 Million Americans Still Have Holiday Debt From Last Year ...

...  the most important part of the holiday season is opening presents on Christmas morning. So there is a tremendous amount of pressure to spend a lot of money on presents, but this often leads to high level ...

Created on 26 November 2019

12. 'It's Killing Us': How Americans Are Ruining Thanksgiving

... s vs. Nestle when peppermint candy canes are unloaded is unsettling, to say the least. Businesses are so keen on making money they move quickly from the second-largest commercial holiday to the first.  ...

Created on 26 November 2019

13. Beware of This Scary Trend This Thanksgiving

Our country has a peculiar epidemic: About 80% of Americans are in debt. While the holidays conjure up warm memories of joyous parties, festive feasts, twinkly lights and family time, perhaps the most ...

Created on 26 November 2019

14. Surprising Study Reveals Most Popular Worship Songs in Churches During the Holidays ...

Data from Faithlife Proclaim, a church presentation software from Faithlife (the makers of Logos Bible Software), highlights the most popular song and Scripture choices throughout the holiday season among ...

Created on 21 November 2019

15. Is Halloween Really the Devil's Day?

... n sweets and bobbing for apples. In A.D. 609, Pope Boniface reclaimed the holiday as a day to honor Christian martyrs, and in the ninth century, Pope Gregory expanded the day to All Saints' Day, in which ...

Created on 30 October 2019

16. Hailey Bieber Called 'Fake Christian' for Celebrating Halloween

... brate Halloween? Here are three reasons why we think you should. Growing up in an evangelical Christian home, Halloween was the one holiday I was never quite sure what to do with. My family and church  ...

Created on 28 October 2019

17. Why Christians Should Pay Close Attention to These Jewish High Holidays ...

During their High Holiday season, practicing Jews observed the "Days of Awe!" In Judaism, this short season signifies the 10 days of repentance between Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Da ...

Created on 14 October 2019

18. The Hidden Prophetic Meaning Behind the Feast of Tabernacles

As a youth, I remember thinking that the Jewish kids in my classes were sure lucky. It seemed that every fall they were excused from school several times for religious holidays. It was many years later ...

Created on 14 October 2019

19. What Every Christian Needs to Consider Before They Celebrate Halloween

...  explaining to do. (Fun fact: Food coloring is as effective as using a Sharpie.) Unfortunately, this holiday is an opportunity for many to feature the occult, death, evil, blood, skeletons, graveyards an ...

Created on 11 October 2019

20. Tens of Thousands of Jews Gather at Western Wall for Yom Kippur Prayers

Israelis are preparing for the most joyous festival on the Jewish calendar. The Sukkot holiday begins this year at sunset on Sunday, Oct. 13, and will continue through dusk Sunday, Oct. 20. Throughout ...

Created on 11 October 2019