Monthly Archives: January 2014

How Did December 25 Become Christmas?

Posted on January 13, 2014 by John Valade

I am someone who has, for many years, tried to avoid Christmas celebrations because I suspected them to be both pagan in origin and commercialized in practice. Knowing that the Bible does not provide a date for Jesus’ birth did not help. Nor did the … Continue reading →

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Covenants of Christ – Noah and the Covenant of Preservation

Posted on January 12, 2014 by John Valade

This post continues a discussion of themes from O. Palmer Robertson’s book The Christ of the Covenants. With this post we begin discussing the second phase of what Dr. Robertson calls the Covenant of Redemption: Noah and the Covenant of … Continue reading →

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