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Updated Sunday, March 2, 2008
Christmas with the Biblical Recorder

These articles were selected by the staff of the Biblical Recorder. They deal with creating family traditions, devotional music, the special needs many of us have at Christmas, interpretations of the Christmas story and the land where Jesus was born.

A Christmas Story -- The Christmas Story

The Biblical meaning found in classic, secular Christmas stories:

O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi:" A Tale and an Account of Sacrifice

"The Fisherman and His Wife:" Becoming Like God and God Becoming

Family issues

Make a family Christmas memory

What will you and your family remember about Christmases together? ... (read about building family traditions)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ...

Time to re-enact the world's longing, preparation and receiving of the Messiah ...(read about celebrating Advent and Christmas as a family)

The real story of St. Nick

It isn't about a bearded man and flying reindeer ... (read about the real St. Nick)

What was the Bethlehem star?


Beat those Christmas blues

Holiday-season seminar helps with grief


Church family

Church family Christmas celebration

Recipe for an intergenerational Christmas event ... (read about the church family celebration)

What's the message of your church's December calendar?


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Devotional music

The Christmas carol that briefly stopped World War I

Christmas Eve in December of 1914 on the Western front. ... (read about "Silent Night," )

"Silent Night," was created amid conflict

The carol that briefly stopped World War I arose from a last-minute crisis at a church in Oberndorf, Austria. ... (read about the hymn)


Christmas carols explained in a series of stories by William J. Reynolds, distinguished professor of church music, emeritus:

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"

"Angels We Have Heard on High"

Hymns Baptists Sing:

"O Come All Ye Faithful," "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" and "O Little Town of Bethlehem"

The Holy land

Journey to Bethlehem must have been grueling


Bethlehem much changed since Jesus' time

Christmas Bible Study

Dec. 2: The Message of Christmas


Dec. 9: The Hope of Christmas


Dec. 16: The Person of Christmas


Dec. 23: The Love of Christmas


Dec. 30: The Challenge of Christmas

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