Christmas Myths BUSTED! [The Ezra Institute Podcast for Cultural Reformation]
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🗓️ 11 December 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Podcast for Cultural Reformation, Doctors Joe Boot and Michael Thiessen debunk popular myths concerning Christmas.
Think Christianly about politics with the help of Dr. Boot’s latest book “Ruler of Kings:” https://ezrapress.ca/products/ruler-of-kings-toward-a-christian-vision-of-government;
The WAIT is OVER!!! Pre-order your copy of the NEW updated and expanded version of Dr. Boot’s Mission of God with a brand-new study guide! Get it here: https://ezrapress.ca/products/mission-of-god-10th-anniversary-edition;
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Mission of God AD
00:25 Opening
00:45 Intro
01:05 Welcome
01:25 Conference ADs
02:01 Mission of God: 10th Anniversary Edition
02:20 The Significance of the Christian Calendar & its Feasts
09:05 Myth #1 - Mary's Song: The Magnificat and Its Meaning
19:45 Myth #2 - Origins of Christmas: Christian or Pagan?
29:22 Myth #3 - The Dating of Christmas
34:13 Myth #4 - The Magi: Who, What, When, How Many, and Why?
46:17 Myth #5 - The Christmas Tree: Its Symbolism and Significance
00:49:47 Conclusion
00:50:31 Outro
UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
Christ is King World Missions Conference - "Gospel Culture" | January 19-22, 2025 | San Antonio, TX: https://christisking.church/lyw;
The Mission of God Conferences:
U.S. – Denver | Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 @ 8:00 - 16:00 MST@ Faith Church | Arvada, Colorado: https://www.ezrainstitute.com/mission-of-god-denver/;
Faith & Medicine Conference | January 19-22, 2025 | Atlanta, GA: https://faithandmedicine.org/;
REFORMCON '25 | "Out of the Ashes" | April 24-26, 2025 @ Tucson, AZ: https://reformcon.org/
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Dr. Joe Boot, founder and president of the Esri Institute in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. |
| 0:08.0 | And I want to invite you to the Mission of God conference in your area. |
| 0:13.0 | Come and be equipped to think Christianly about every area of life and engage culture to the glory of God. |
| 0:25.4 | Welcome to the podcast for Cultural Reformation. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm Dr. Michael Tiesen and I'm here with Dr. Joe Boot. |
| 0:32.4 | And today we're talking about Christmas myths. |
| 0:36.1 | We're becoming the Christmas Myths. So stay tuned. Well, welcome back. And again, we are a ministry of the Ezra Institute, where we equip current and |
| 1:06.8 | emerging cultural Christian leaders with biblical worldview, Christian philosophy, and |
| 1:12.8 | cultural apologetics studies. We do this through ministries like this, our podcast, and we do this |
| 1:19.3 | through print ministries. But we also do this through in-person ministries. And I want to invite |
| 1:24.7 | you to two events coming up in January. First of all, |
| 1:28.4 | Joe and I and Nate will be at Christ is King World Missions Conference in San Antonio, Texas. |
| 1:34.8 | That's January 19th to 22nd. And then Joe and I will be at the Mission of God Denver |
| 1:41.0 | conference. And that is going to be January 22nd in Arvid, Arvida, Colorado. |
| 1:48.7 | And so we really want you to be able to sign up for those two events. And at the same time, |
| 1:54.0 | let you know about one of our important works, Joe's book, the 10th anniversary of Mission of god is now available it's uh it's in print |
| 2:03.8 | it's ready for shipping and so uh get your copy today head over to esra institute dot com or to esra press |
| 2:11.7 | dot ca and you will be able to find your copy through those two websites. Merry Christmas, Joe. We are |
| 2:18.4 | officially in the Advent season. Yeah. Yeah, I think we've just had the, I think the second Sunday |
| 2:26.7 | of Advent is just, just past. I don't know about you, Michael, but I will be preaching on the |
| 2:34.1 | third Sunday of Advent at my local church, and I've no doubt you will probably be over the Christmas season two. |
| 2:41.2 | And it's an exciting, it's an exciting season. |
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