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”

By Dr. Don Bierle, FaithSearch President

Only in fiction can one imagine a lamb becoming a shepherd! That would be quite a role reversal. Yet there in the book of Revelation, with the prophecy of the “great multitude which no one could count” worshiping before the throne of God, we are told that “the Lamb in the center of the throne shall be their shepherd” (Revelation 7:17a).

Take this Christmas IQ  quiz and you may be surprised! Remember, it’s only what the Bible says. After you choose your answers, get your Bible and look up the passages provided. 

1. Joseph and Mary were from:
a) Bethlehem b) Jerusalem c) Nazareth
d) Egypt e) Minnesota f) none of the above. [Luke 2:4, 39; 4:16][Read more…]