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What's wrong with your nativity scene?

What's wrong with your nativity scene?

Christmas, like many other holidays, is a mix of religion and folklore.

CultureJonathanDecember 15, 2015Bible, Christmas, History, holidays, Jesus, Jesus Christ, nativity, Race, Racism, tradition

Why Protestants Need Some Saints of Our Own

Why Protestants Need Some Saints of Our Own

As Flannery O’Connor said, “you will know the truth and the truth will make you strange.”

CultureJonathanNovember 4, 2014canonization, Catholicism, church, church history, courage, History, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Protestants, saints, St- Francis, tradition