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Written by eric francke
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Sunday, 18 December 2011 |
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Was Jesus Born on Christmas (Dec 25th)? In short, no, or at least, highly unlikely.
The Bible doesn't say specifically when he was born, and most Bible scholars recognize that the description of shepherds “tending their flocks by night” is not a practice that would take place in December, or other winter nights. The early church before the 4th century never even speculated that Jesus might have been born in December. Many of the early church fathers thought that the Spring was more likely. |
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Tuesday, 08 September 2009 |
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The History Channel recently produced a special that purported that Nostrodamus had predicted, along with the Mayan calendar, that there would be some type of transformational change, possibly the end of the world as we know it, slated for December 21st, 2012. |
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
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Today we are surrounded by countless images from television, movies, internet about the need for a romantic relationship.
Often times it seems that everyone else has a date. Even Christians (especially some of the sisters in the Lord) agonize over their single situation. They’re tired of being lonely, they want to feel cared for….let’s be honest - they want to be married! But when they look around they find that there is a lack of eligible men. |
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 |
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This Day in History- The Sinking of the Titanic On this day in 1912, the one of the greatest maritime disasters took place with the sinking of the RMS Titanic after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic.
At nearly 900 feet long, and fitted with every luxury, it was considered a floating palace as it cruised on its maiden voyage from Southampton England to New York. Over 1,500 people lost their lives when she sank. |
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Friday, 20 March 2009 |
This Day in History- March 20- 1852 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is Published.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, born in 1811, was the seventh child of Protestant clergyman Lyman Beecher. For a number of years, she lived in Cincinnati Ohio, across the Ohio River from Kentucky, which was a slave state. During her years there, she witnessed countless number of African Americans attempt to escape the institution of slavery, and was very familiar with the “underground railroad” of that day. |
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009 |
This Day in History- March 17- The Death of Saint Patrick
Leprechauns, Green beer, shamrocks, okay. I get it. It’s St. Patrick’s Day. March 17th actually marks the death of Patrick, missionary, and now Patron Saint of Ireland. The symbolism and events we now associate with the holiday seem to belie the genesis of the tradition. Patrick wasn’t a leprechaun, didn’t drink beer, and he wasn’t even originally from the country. And, contrary to the apocryphal story, didn’t even “drive snakes” out of Ireland. |
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