By Dr. Don Bierle, FaithSearch President

In the creative series, The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis portrayed a lion (Aslan) who in love gives his life as an atoning death on a stone table, and then in resurrection power conquers evil and its consequences forever. Everyone acquainted with this series knows that you can’t help but love the peaceful, sensitive, patient, all-knowing, righteous, and victorious lion.

Questions We Wonder about Christmas

You may have wondered about these things. You may even be asked about them. We were wondering…

1. Where did the word “Christmas” come from, and what does it mean? 

The end of the word (“mass”) in English is “missa”in Latin, a form of the verb “mittere” which means “to send.” Thus Christmas is literally “Christ is sent” or “the sending of Christ”