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The Grinch that is the ALP has stolen not just Christmas, but also Anzac Day and Australia Day from the state’s official calendar.

Christmas is the season of merry interruption — the time we pause to remember God interrupting our world by sending Jesus as the Saviour of the world.

The good news is, "Journey to Bethlehem" is now showing in cinemas across the country! "Journey to Bethlehem" is a Christmas musical movie about Mary, Joseph, Herod, the Magi, and of course, the birth of Jesus!

Humour, a dazzling musical score and star actors bring the glitter and glad tidings of the first Christmas to life in Journey to Bethlehem.

Handel's Messiah is a staple of the Christmas season. But do you know how this beloved musical masterpiece came about?

By all accounts, the heart behind "Journey to Bethlehem" is Biblical — a desire to communicate the greatest story of all time, to glorify Christ and to direct people to Him. And I think that it broadly achieves that aim.

"Journey to Bethlehem" is a unique reimagining of the story of Mary and Joseph, the birth of Christ, the Magi, and King Herod’s attempt to hunt down the young Jesus.

We’re witnessing the undoing of 2,000 years of Jewish rejection and animosity towards Jesus, a miracle by any estimation. By David Lazarus, Israel Today More than 25 prominent rabbis from Israel and abroad issued a statement calling for a renewed look at Jesus, Christians and [...]

‘Is that lady a Christian?’ asks my son. We’re sitting at Carols in the Domain, listening to Robyn Hobbs, the founder of the Sydney Carols in the Domain. She’s being interviewed by the on-stage host, talking about the importance of hope, joy and love. ‘It [...]

Christmas would be better if we shed the religious baggage, Humanists UK insist. The Guardian newspaper ran a story last week hilariously headlined: “Christmas comes with good cheer. The tragedy is the religious baggage.” Ah, yes, celebrating the birth of Jesus would be so much [...]

Are Luke’s and Matthew’s genealogies really contradictory? What is the curse of Jeconiah? Does it really undermine Jesus’ claims to fulfil Old Testament prophecy? The answers to these questions may surprise you. As Christians celebrate the coming of Jesus into the world, many in our [...]

A health expert is urging shopping centres to ban fat Santas. Health and wellness expert Vincent Candrawinata told The Herald Sun that overweight Santas promote ill health. Christmas must be a hoot at Mr Candrawinata’s place! But I digress. Overthinking He said: “We shouldn’t expect [...]

Is Christmas itself -- along with its rich, familiar traditions -- an emergence from pagan Roman festivals? These are serious claims that must be addressed.

The events which led up to the birth of Christ were no accident, but God’s way of fulfilling the Old Testament prophecies in Isaiah 7:14 and Isaiah 9:6-7. Every event that transpired, from the ordering of the census, the return of everyone to their own [...]

“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.” These are the words of Alexander Smith. To understand the wonder of Christmas, we must first understand the story. Let’s start with the facts, straight from Wikipedia. I will intermingle some of my favourite Christmas videos [...]

Christmas is a time of respite from a turbulent world increasingly alienated from the transcendental by modern ideologies, consumerism and our electronic media’s ever-present distractions. It offers our own families the repose and joys of the Holy Family. In Bethlehem, the Holy Family was visited [...]

What if the first Christmas took place in a 21st-century Western culture? Consider the different set of life choices that would have been available to someone living in the Middle East at that time. Could a possible scenario go something like this? As was the [...]

“For the light of truth was about to come into the world and shine upon everyone.” ~ John 1:9 (TPT) Jesus is the “true light”, the “Light of the World” (John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46), and He was born during the night watch (Luke 2:8), when [...]

Christmas is all about life and light bursting forth in the midst of death and darkness. From this divine life came a religion that rescued the vulnerable and cared for the weak, changing the values of entire civilisations. One of the main reasons why we [...]

There are two temptations to avoid while grieving, which can be especially difficult during the Christmas season. Focusing on God's promise of eternal life helps us look beyond the gaping maw of death into the brilliant light of Heaven. Sadly the loss of loved ones [...]