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Beyond Today Magazine
by Beyond Today Editor
Have you ever considered what a strange holiday Easter is? People pretend that rabbits can lay colorful eggs and then hide them for children to find. Where did such bizarre customs come from? How did they come to be associated with Jesus’...
Good News
by Jerold Aust
Millions assume that Easter, one of the world's major religious holidays, is found in the Bible. But is it? Have you ever looked into Easter's origins and customs and compared them with the Bible?
Good News
by Good News
How did worship of an ancient god and goddess come to be associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
Good News
by Good News
How did worship of an ancient god and goddess come to be associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
Blogs
by Kathy Sanny
Has our worship of God become more superstition than a practice of honoring the King of Kings and Lord of Lords?
Beyond Today Magazine
by Scott Ashley
How did so many strange customs come to be associated with the resurrection of Jesus Christ? The answer lies in pagan myths that long preceded His coming to earth!
Easter: The Rest of the Story
by United Church of God
For millions of professing Christians Easter is the most important day of the calendar year because it commemorates Jesus' resurrection. Easter sunrise services are considered the holiest assembly of the year—a time when Christians...
Vertical Thought
by Frank Dunkle, David Cobb
Many aspects of traditional Christianity - holidays, practices and doctrines - came not from Christ or the Bible but from ancient pagan religion.
Beyond Today Magazine
by Tom Robinson
Crossdressing existed in ancient pagan worship—prominent being that of the Babylonian Ishtar, goddess of love, war, fertility and sex, called Inanna in Sumerian. The Israelites in their apostasies worshipped this goddess under the name...
Sermon
by Darris McNeely
2023-03-22
Ambassador Bible College
In this class, we will discuss Acts 19:17-24 and examine the following: The incident involving the seven sons of Sceva, who attempt to cast out evil spirits in the name of Jesus, becomes well-known. The evil spirit acknowledges Jesus and...
Holidays or Holy Days: Does It Matter Which Days We Observe?
by United Church of God
How did worship of an ancient god and goddess come to be associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
Holidays or Holy Days: Does It Matter Which Days We Observe?
by United Church of God
Many millions of people believe Jesus Christ rose from the dead on a Sunday morning. But do the Scriptures tell a different story? And how did rabbits and colored eggs come to be associated with Christ’s resurrection?
Blogs
by Larry Walker
Few people have the courage to face the facts (all so easily substantiated) about the traditional holidays of Christianity, let alone to cease observing them in favor of God's appointed Holy Days. For those who are willing to learn and...

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