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by Wilfred M. McClay, First Things: Richard John Neuhaus had a great talent for aphorisms. The one that I am most inclined to repeat appeared in this magazine’s first issue, published in March 1990: “the first thing to be said about...
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by Neil Rees, Christian Today: A set of five short songs in the Gospel of Luke are known as the Christmas Canticles, and have contributed greatly to Christian worship over the centuries. This is the story… The Christmas Canticles...
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by Ian Paul, Psephizo: It is fascinating to see the way that traditions have grown up around the celebration of Christmas, and how many of those traditions are not merely absent from the Bible, but in fact contradict not only the content...
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by Catherine Pepinster, Religion Media Centre: Christmas is traditionally a boom time in Bethlehem. Crowds of tourists and pilgrims usually throng the streets, keen to visit where Jesus is said to have been born. This year, however, the...
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by George Weigel, First Things: Composed in the wake of 9/11, “The Dream Isaiah Saw” quickly became a contemporary Christmas classic. The hymn’s powerful evocation of the peaceable kingdom on God’s holy mountain, described by the greatest...
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by Ros Mayfield, Premier: Every church hopes their Christmas carols will be well attended, but for one church in East London, it was a case of being careful what you wish for. St Peter’s Bethnal Green had to cancel its traditional...
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