All Christmas articles – Page 3
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Magazine Features
Can Christians afford to be hospitable this Christmas?
Christmas provides us with a special opportunity to show love to others, says Jo Swinney, and being hospitality doesn’t have to cost the earth
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Reviews
God TV’s Fergus Scarfe: 8 songs to make you feel Christmassy
I’m one of those people who listens to Christmas music all year round. Why wait until it’s cold and dark when you can sing along with Santa no matter the weather? Christmas songs convey such extraordinary truths: God’s goodness, faithfulness, and the beautiful strangeness of this Christian ...
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Magazine Features
Why every Christmas film points to Jesus
From Home Alone to The Polar Express, every tale we tell points back to the greatest story ever told
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Regular Columnists
Does Jesus want me on his team?
There were just ten seconds left in the game, a dreary nil-nil draw. Sensing that victory was still possible, the crowd tensed as my friend John carefully placed the football to take the corner. The crowd hushed and I realised that I was unmarked, at least ...
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Real Life
‘I met an angel outside my church on Christmas morning’
What I am about to tell you may sound unbelievable. To be honest, I couldn’t believe it myself. I cannot count the number of Christmas Eve services I have led during my ministry. This particular experience happened after one of those services some years ago. It was ...
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Opinion
‘We can’t protect you’ - Why Christians in India have been warned to cancel Christmas
Amid growing hostility and proposed changes to the law, police have warned Indian Christians that they cannot protect them against violent attacks
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Opinion
Does the Bible really claim that Mary was a virgin?
The virgin birth is one of Christianity’s wildest – and most disputed claims. But was it just a case of misinterpretation?
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Opinion
Is Christmas a pagan festival?
Is Jesus’ birth really the reason for the season? Or did early Christians simply steal a much older, pagan festival and parachute Christ in? Karen Murdarasi explains
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Real Life
Why our church is knitting angels to bring a Christmas message of hope
Angels let us know that God is with us and reassure us that we need not fear. And that’s a message that our communities need now more than ever, says Sarah Wickett
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Opinion
Why 'Joy to the World' is for life not just for Christmas
Keith Getty explains why this classic carol should be sung all year round
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Opinion
Carols need a Christmas miracle. Christians must fight to keep them alive
If carols and nativity plays die out, so does the story that goes with it. And we can’t let that happen
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Opinion
What Home Alone teaches us about the comfort of Christ
The comfort of Christ is the best Christmas gift. But it comes in unexpected ways, says Tim Farron
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Opinion
Don't be offended by the M&S 'pigmas' cards. Get on with proclaiming the good news instead
We shouldn’t be taken aback that Christ is being airbrished out of Christmas, says James Mildred. But the future of Christianity is God’s business
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Magazine Features
Why ‘A Christmas Carol’ is shot through with Gospel truth
At the heart of Dickens’ festive classic is a powerful redemption story. No wonder it’s one of the most adapted works of fiction ever written
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Interviews
Aled Jones: ‘I’m not a perfect Christian, but I don’t know what one of those is’
The chorister-turned-TV-presenter on counting his blessings and why he decided to try his hand at writing Christmas stories
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Magazine Features
What retracing Jesus’ desert trek taught me about the kindness of strangers
After Jesus’ birth came a dramatic journey through a hostile wilderness. As Dan Morrice follows in Christ’s footsteps he considers how the lessons Jesus learned in the Negev desert shaped the man he became
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Magazine Features
Finding the missing pieces of the Christmas puzzle
If you read the Christmas story in isolation, you will miss the beauty of the Bible’s bigger picture, says Jo Swinney
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Regular Columnists
Cathedrals are where heaven and earth meet. We must protect them
When I walked into Liverpool Cathedral a few weeks ago, I audibly gasped. Stepping inside the magnificent building, I was taken aback by its awesomeness. Built between 1904 and 1978, it is the largest cathedral in Britain and the eighth largest church in the world. I have ...
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Regular Columnists
Why Noah's flood may not have been global
Was it a global flood, or local flood? David Instone-Brewer explains why he (reluctantly) changed his mind
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