Church Seasons

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

12/28/22

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Today on the show, we look at the Feast of the Innocents or Childermas.
God is not Dead nor does He Sleep: Christmas Bells in 2020

12/25/20

8 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

This story of despair met with the hope of the gospel is rightly told by many during the holiday season.
The Curious Tale of the Three Kings and their Belated Christmas Carol

12/27/19

13 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

It is that Christmas carol, the curious “We Three Kings” that we are looking at today in our examination of the origin and meaning of Christmas carols.
Like A Kid On Christmas

12/25/19

14 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

As Christians, we are not cold ascetics, depriving ourselves in the here and hereafter. We are given good things from our heavenly Father in heaven, and even a foretaste of the things to come.
Christmas in August and Handel's Messiah

08/21/19

14 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

On this Day Handel Begins Composing Messiah, and 5 Things We Can Learn From It
Easter Zombies and the Hope of Resurrection

04/23/19

10 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Temporal resurrections do not save us, but instead direct us to look for life, even in death. Easter zombies and the like direct our attention to the ultimate promise given in Christ, and the implications of this promise for the whole world.
Merry Christmas, Charles the Great!

12/24/18

13 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

The celebration of He who came in humility, who would upend the Kingdoms of this world, was eclipsed by men grasping at the power of each other’s supposed kingdoms.
Savior of the Nations, Christmas for the Heathens!

12/06/18

11 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

The incarnation was universal, irrespective of nationality, race, or even Christmas tradition.
Christ’s Fourth Word From the Cross: “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?”

03/30/18

9 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

Jesus was praying a Psalm. Psalm 22 to be precise, and both the Gospels of Matthew and Mark relay the story to us of Jesus praying that Psalm on the cross at the hour of His death.
Death and Christmas

12/24/14

12 mins

By Dan van Voorhis

I know it’s a rite of pious holiday passage to complain about the commercialization of Christmas and to remind everyone to keep the “Christ” in Christmas. And don’t forget the secular “war on Christmas." Whatever.

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