What Many Folks Get Wrong About the Bible’s Angels

We have all seen it. You probably saw it in the last few weeks. A child is coaxed onto Santa’s lap, and then the child begins screaming and frantically trying to escape. Truth is, some children find a strange loud man in a bright red suit and long white beard...

Why You Shouldn’t Take Santa Out of Christmas

Every Christmas in the yard of a house not far from us stands a manger scene. The Christ Child rocks gently in his small white wooden manger, his halo glowing from the spotlight. Instead of Mary and Joseph gazing at their holy infant, or even angels surrounding the...

The Danger of Mixing Santa and Jesus at Christmas

My wife and I went looking at Christmas lights last Christmas. We saw the usual carolers, snowmen, nutcrackers, reindeers, sleighs and so forth. At one particular house, we saw two things I’ll never forget. The first was a birthday cake covered in white lights....