Mark D. Roberts

Be sure to check out my guest blogger, James Arlandson, whose latest post is entitled “Eyewitness Testimony in Mark’s Gospel.”

Part 2 in the series: More Christmas Carol Surprises Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series What are your favorite Christmas carols? From one perspective this is an easy question. My guess is you already have some answers in mind: â??Joy to the World,â? â??O Little Town of Bethlehem,â? â??White Christmas,â? â??Jingle Bells,â?…

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May God give you a blessed and joyful Christmas as you celebrate the Incarnation of the Word! BALDUNG GRIEN, Hans Nativity 1520 Oil on wood, 105,5 x 70,4 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Image c/o Web Gallery of Art What a striking painting of the entry of the Son of God into a broken, ruined world.…

I’m putting up links to several Christmas and related resources. I’m doing this, in part, for listeners of the Hugh Hewitt radio show. Today Hugh and I will be talking about Christmas together, and the resources to which I’m linking are related to our on-the-air conversation. On the Historicity of the Gospel Accounts of Jesus’s…

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Christmas Eve or Christmas Day [Re-light the three purple candles and the pink candle] We Celebrate the Birth of Christ In the season of Advent we have used the Advent wreath and its candles to help us get ready for this great celebration of the birth of Christ. When we lit the first purple candle,…

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The Lighting of the Fourth Candle: Waiting for the Son For the Fourth Sunday of Advent (or thereabouts) [Re-light two purple candles and the pink candle.] We Remember the Meaning of Advent Advent is a word that means “coming” or “visit”.  In the Christian season of Advent we prepare for the “advent” of Christ at…

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