Announcing . . . Christ's Birth!
Richard Ritenbaugh asserts that the world with all its Christmas celebration, has depleted all the precious meaning from the actual event, depriving us of the glory of what really happened in the announcement of Christ's birth. Luke, having incredibl... 

Christmas and Sun Worship
Mike Ford asserts that the major religious festivals—Easter, Halloween, All Souls' Day, Christmas—are all derived from sex, fertility, and sun worship. Pornographic pictures and condoms in cemeteries currently punctuate Catholic ritual (mix... 

Dealing With the Holidays
David Grabbe, finding ironic humor in Halloween clashing with the venerable day of the Sun, observes that our culture is saturated with paganism—Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Mardi Gras—all derived from the world's religions and culture. Th... 

Plain Truth About Christmas
Herbert W. Armstrong contends that the celebration of Christmas did not remotely come from the pages of the Bible, but instead from pagan gentile customs and traditions. The tradition of exchanging gifts on December 25 did not have its origin in the ... 

The Fallacy of Christmas
Mark Baker, focusing upon Luke 2:1-8, offers internal evidence that Christ was not born even close to December 25. The Romans took census for tax purposes from August through October. Because of inclement weather, the shepherds brought the flocks in ... 

The Philosophy of Black Friday
Richard Ritenbaugh graphically describes the predatory, feral looks on customer's faces as they charged into the malls and supermarkets on Black Friday, displaying a greedy, materialistic, covetous attitude, characteristic of modern secularism. Mater... 

What's Wrong With Christmas?
Martin Collins, citing a Protestant commentator’s article about the problem with Christmas, an article which admits pagan origin of this holiday and its contribution to religious confusion, marvels that the author wants to salvage the holiday anyway,... 

Where Did Christmas Come From?
In this broadcast, Herbert W. Armstrong asserts that the origin of Christmas has no roots whatsoever in the Bible. The Catholic Encyclopedia substantiates the Pagan origins of this festival, pre-dating Christianity by centuries. The tradition of trad... 

Worshipping in Spirit and in Truth
David Grabbe marvels that even though the pagan origins are incontrovertible, twisted human nature goes to extraordinary lengths to justify its practice. Keeping the trappings of Christmas violates the second commandment, preventing us from worshippi...