Iron and Myth 11: Reclaiming Christmas

IT’S TIME Christians reclaim Christmas.We live at a time when some Christians are intimidated about wishing other Christians a Merry Christmas, afraid they might accidentally be participating in what was originally a pagan rite. Our monthly Iron and Myth round table says, “So what if it was?”Author and pastor Doug Van Dorn, bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter Brian Godawa, and Director of the Institute of Biblical Anthropology Dr. Judd Burton discuss the signs in the heavens that pointed to the birth of Jesus, the ways in which the powers and principalities—the gods of the pagan world—have tried to appropriate what was, in actual, historical fact, a Christian celebration from the beginning, and why—biblically—it doesn’t matter.Links:• The Star that Astonished the World by Dr. E. L. Martin (full text available online• )Dr. Michael Heiser’s Naked Bible Podcast: Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?• Dr. Michael Heiser - September 11: Happy Birthday to Jesus• Brian Godawa's book God Against the Gods: Storytelling, Imagination, and Apologetics in the Bible• Derek Gilbert - The Truth About Christmas• Derek Gilbert - Merry Non-Pagan Christmas• Pastor Doug Van Dorn’s “Wandering Stars” sermons on the churches of Revelation: • Rev 2:1-7; 3:14-22 ~ Wanderings Stars Part I: Ephesus/Laodicea PDF, Sermon Audio • Rev 2:8-11; 3:7-13 ~ Wandering Stars (II): Smyrna/Philadelphia PDF, Sermon Audio • Rev 2:12-17; ; 3:1-6 ~ Wandering Stars (III): Pergamum/Sardis PDF, Sermon Audio • Rev 2:18-29 ~ Wandering Stars (IV): Thyatira PDF, Sermon Audio

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Derek P. Gilbert hosts A View From the Bunker. He’s also the host of the daily news commentary program Five in Ten for SkyWatchTV, and co-host of the weekly video programs SciFriday and Unraveling Revelation with his wife, author and analyst Sharon K. Gilbert. He’s been interviewing guests A View from the Bunker since 2009. Derek is a Christian, a husband and father, and the author of the groundbreaking books The Second Coming of Saturn, Bad Moon Rising, The Great Inception, and Last Clash of the Titans. He’s also the co-author with Sharon K. Gilbert of Veneration and Giants, Gods & Dragons, and with Josh Peck of The Day the Earth Stands Still, which documents the occult origins of “ancient aliens.” Derek is a popular speaker at conferences and churches on the topics of archaeology and end times prophecy. He's a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, prefers glasses to contacts, and he’s been known to sing the high part in barbershop and gospel quartets.