THE GOOD NEWS Magazine
How Christian Is Easter?
The Mar-Apr 2015 edition of The Good News examines the authenticity of Easter, one of the most revered days in popular Christian culture, yet its origins go back hundreds of years before Jesus Christ's death and resurrection.
History records that centuries before the death and resurrection of Christ, there were already ancient Easter celebrations—springtime fertility festivals honoring resurrection and worship of the rising sun long before Jesus' birth! This is where we get such popular Easter symbols as rabbits and eggs, which were popular fertility symbols centuries prior to Christianity.
1. Where Do You Get Your Beliefs?
3. Symbolism in God’s Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread
4. Good Friday - Easter Sunday: It Doesn't Fit With the Bible!
5. What Easter Doesn't Tell You
(Available soon)
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Jesus Christ in the Biblical Festivals
STUDIEGIDSIf Jesus of Nazareth is indeed the Prince of Peace, why does the world see so little of it? What part of the picture are we missing? If He truly is the Prince of Peace, how will peace come? Where is that hope in a world so devoid of hope?
The answer to these questions lies in a series of little-known festivals revealed long ago in the world's best-selling book—the Bible. God doesn't leave us in the dark about the solution to our many seemingly unsolvable problems. He has given us the key to understanding—though most have ignored or lived in ignorance of it! -
Holidays or Holy Days?
STUDIEGIDSMany people are shocked to discover the origins of our most popular religious holidays. They are also surprised to find that the days God commands us to observe in the Bible-the same days Jesus Christ and the apostles kept-are almost universally ignored. Why? Also, why are today's supposedly Christian holidays observed with so many rituals and customs that are not sanctioned anywhere in the Bible? In this booklet you'll discover detailed answers to these questions.
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Easter
STUDIEGIDSMany believing Christians celebrate Easter as a way to honour Jesus Christ's resurrection. But Easter is a day with very different roots—stretching long ago into pre-Christian paganism. The Bible alone has the truth of Jesus' life, death and resurrection, and it shows a different set of celebrations—the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread—that give us the real story that Easter doesn't tell us.
