Jude did not write, 'Contend for a better argument.' He did not write, 'Contend for a reformed calendar.' He wrote, 'Contend for the faith.' The faith — the whole thing, complete, once delivered, needing nothing added and tolerating nothing removed.
Appointed Times, Calendar, Easter, F-SP, Feasts, Holidays, Jesus, Moedim, Passover, Resurrection, The Lord's Feasts, Tradition, Truth
Jude did not write, 'Contend for a better argument.' He did not write, 'Contend for a reformed calendar.' He wrote, 'Contend for the faith.' The faith — the whole thing, complete, once delivered, needing nothing added and tolerating nothing removed.
Calendar, Easter, F-SP, Feasts, Grace, Judge - Judging, Moedim, Personal, Passover, The Lord's Feasts, Tradition, Truth
Installment Six of The Faith Once Delivered is the most personal installment — and the most necessary one. Because the people I am asking to examine themselves deserve to see me examine myself first. The zeal that mistakes intensity for discernment. The righteous indignation that becomes its own form of idolatry. The information diet designed to feed and confirm what we already believe.
Appointed Times, Calendar, Easter, Feasts, Holidays, Moedim, Passover
The people filling Easter baskets on Sunday morning are not pagans.
They are sincere believers who have met the risen Yeshua — sometimes in the middle of those very celebrations. Their faith is genuine. Their love for God is real. And their sincerity is not in question.
Appointed Times, Calendar, Easter, F-SP, Feasts, God's Plan, Holidays, Moedim, Passover, The Lord's Feasts, Tradition, Truth
You have probably seen the meme. "Easter is really the feast of Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of fertility." It circulates every spring, dressed in scholarly confidence, shared by sincere believers who want to protect the faith.
Appointed Times, Calendar, Easter, F-SP, Feasts, Holidays, Moedim, Passover, The Lord's Feasts
She is not a myth. She is not a symbol. She is the oldest and most persistent adversary in the biblical record — older than Babylon, older than Rome, older than the church itself. And the biblical writers do not treat her as a curiosity. They treat her as a catastrophe.
