Category Archives: Holiday
Top Five Christmas Cartoons from Reverend Fun
Is your holiday season a bit lacking in cheer and good will? Reverend Fun can help, with its large archive of Christmas-themed cartoons. We’ve gone through and picked out the highest-rated Christmas cartoons from Reverend Fun, as ranked by site visitors. Continue reading
Give Thanks!
Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at Bible Gateway! Continue reading
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Give Thanks! A New Thanksgiving Devotional About Gratitude
What emotions do you feel as you contemplate the approaching holiday season? Peace, joy, and thankfulness? Or does the Thanksgiving and Christmas season mean exhausting travel, hectic schedules, and stress? We’re all commonly encouraged to remember the true spirit of … Continue reading
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A Primer on the Christian Calendar
Do you follow the Christian calendar? I grew up attending churches that didn’t emphasize the Christian calendar, and thus remained largely unaware of it. But the church I currently attend does periodically focus on the Holy Days of the traditional … Continue reading
We Are Citizens of Heaven
Whoever you are, American or otherwise, you have a plenty of reasons to be thankful today! Continue reading
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Father’s Day: What Makes a Good Father?
What does a good father look like, according to the Bible? You may be familiar with the famous admonition to Christian fathers in the book of Ephesians. But the Bible has much more to say about the traits that define a godly father. Continue reading
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Memorial Day and the Importance of Memory
On Memorial Day, it’s important that we remember who we are and where we’ve come from. Continue reading
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The Excitement of Pentecost
There’s electricty in the air today. Today is the celebration of Pentecost, a day two thousand years ago on which something amazing happened: Pentecost. Continue reading
Shavuot: God’s Law is Given
There’s more going on this weekend than just Memorial Day! Tomorrow is Pentecost Sunday, for one. And if that isn’t enough holiday excitement, this weekend also marks the Jewish celebration of Shavuot. Continue reading
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Questions About Easter: Do the Resurrection Accounts in the Four Gospels Contradict Each Other?
A cursory reading of the resurrection in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John reveals a few differences in the recorded facts. Do the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ resurrection really match up? Continue reading
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