<!– wp:paragraph –> <p></p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:separator –> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!– /wp:separator –> <!– wp:tadv/classic-paragraph –> <p style="text-align: justify;">In a <a href="http://www.mandm.org.nz/2025/12/star-of-wonder-matthews-nativity-narrative-and-its-critics-part-one.html">previous post</a>, I addressed the claim that no star could exist that moves or behaves in the way described in Matthew’s Gospel. I argued that Matthew’s Gospel uses language found in Greco-Roman writings […]
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Star of Wonder: Matthew’s Nativity Narrative and its Critics, part two
January 2nd, 2026 Comments Off on Star of Wonder: Matthew’s Nativity Narrative and its Critics, part two
Tags: Christian History · Christmas · Matthew's Gospel · Nativity · Star of Bethlehem
Merry Christmas: Mary’s Magnificat
December 25th, 2009 2 Comments
Given that it is Christmas day we thought we would post Mary’s Magnificat, Mary’s response to learning she would bear a child, Jesus. The passage is so called because in the Latin Bible in verse 47 of Luke 1 (Luke 1:46-55) it begins with the words magnificat animum mea dominum, which means, “My soul magnifies […]
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Merry Christmas
December 25th, 2008 Comments Off on Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone 🙂
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Christmas stockings and kids who won’t sleep!
December 25th, 2006 1 Comment
Just now Matt brought out youngest child, age 5, down to the office. As they approached I could hear that he was sobbing and hysterical and Matt was laughing which I thought odd until I saw him. Each of the kids have oversized, home made Christmas stockings – a stupid idea I came up with […]
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
Christmas was never about religion til recently….
December 30th, 2006 Comments Off on Christmas was never about religion til recently….
I thought it was one of those urban legends, you know when you keep hearing something that sounds so ridiculous it can’t possibly be true. I am speaking of the reports I have heard about people phoning into talkback shows or strangers overheard making comments to the effect that religious people are trying to take […]
Tags: Christmas · Historical Ignorance · Religion in Public Life · Religious History