“Lessons and Carols” is a Christmas service consisting of nine Bible readings punctuated by the singing of Christmas carols. It’s a simple service that goes back to 1918 featuring the choir of King’s College in Cambridge, which has been performing it every year except 1930
North Korea’s internet has been shut down. The suspicion is that the American government has struck back in retaliation for North Korea’s hack and extortion of Sony. (more…)
On April 16, we linked to another post that dismantled myths about the origins of Easter, which became the seventh most viewed post of the year: Easter did NOT come from a pagan holiday. And in honor of this week’s upcoming holiday, which is also
We are on the road for Christmas, and we worshipped on the last Sunday of Advent at the church where my son-in-law is the pastor. (As of now, our Advent Christmas embargo is over.) Rev. Ned Moerbe preached on the Old Testament text for the
Cheryl Magness offers Twelve Of The Best Christmas Songs You May Not Have Heard. She includes YouTube videos of the performances, and listening to them is a Christmas meditation in itself. What are your favorite Christmas songs? Give them, along your criteria for what makes
The protests against the killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, and Eric Garner in New York City have led to what a New Jersey police union official describes as a “fever pitch of anti-police sentiment.” Across the country, routine police actions have become fraught
On April 3, 2014, we put up a post about Spanish scholars who are claiming to have identified the cup that Jesus used in the Last Supper. This ostensibly scientific quest lacked the panache of quest undertaken by the Knights of the Round Table. And
Christianity Today has announced its 2015 Book Awards. Two titles are recognized in the categories of Apologetics/Evangelism, Biblical Studies, Christianity & Culture, Christian Living, The Church/Pastoral Leadership, Fiction, History & Biography, Missions/Global Affairs, Spirituality, Theology/Ethics, Her.Meneutics. See the list and a little about each title
The fallout from President Obama’s decision to extend diplomatic relations to Castro’s Cuba is mixed. As some worry about another cave-in to tyranny, others are excited about the commercial prospects: Major League Baseball is salivating over bringing in Cuban talent. Smokers are salivating over getting
We linked to the story that the Pope, in comforting a child, said that his dog would go to Heaven. But he never said that, there was no child, and the attribution was actually to a misunderstanding of something said by Pope Paul VI! The
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