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In this week's episode of Jonesing For Sports, we ask the hard hitting questions: Is Easter overrated? Then we dive into our Mount Rushmore of NBA Villains- who makes the cut? We also run through a full mock draft for the Detroit Lions and break down the current Pistons vs Knicks playoff showdown. Tune in for bold takes, plenty of laughs, and our usual mix of sports and nonsense.

With Easter just passing, its worth asking: Is Easter even legit? Is there merit to celebrating it? Was Jesus actually dead in the first place?In today's episode, Pastor Derek and Pastor Jackie talk through some of the common arguments against the whole basis of Easter. We talk through arguments around whether Jesus was ever really dead in the first place and if he was dead, how do we make light of Scripture seeming to contradict itself on the exact length of time Jesus was in the tomb. Some of these arguments have caused many people to have questions, so we hope to dispel some of those concerns in this podcast!The 17:17 podcast is a ministry of Roseville Baptist Church (MN) that seeks to tackle cultural issues and societal questions from a biblical worldview so that listeners discover what the Bible has to say about the key issues they face on a daily basis. The 17:17 podcast seeks to teach the truth of God's Word in a way that is glorifying to God and easy to understand with the hope of furthering God's kingdom in Spirit and in Truth. Scriptures: Matt. 12:40; Luke 24:1-3, 13, 21-23; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; Luke 23:46; John 19:32-34; Mark 15:44-45; Mark 15:43; Mark 16:1-2; Matt. 16:21; Matt. 26:60-61; Matt. 27:62-63; Matt. 28:11-15; Matt. 27:62-66; Acts 10:39-41; 1 Cor. 15:5-8. If you'd like access to our show notes, please visit www.rosevillebaptist.com/1717podcast to see them in Google Drive!Please listen, subscribe, rate, and review the podcast so that we can reach to larger audiences and share the truth of God's Word with them!Write in your own questions to be answered on the show at 1717pod@gmail.com.  God bless!

Description:Is Easter truly a sacred Christian holiday, or has it been shaped by ancient pagan traditions and cultural evolution? In this eye-opening episode, we explore the roots of Easter — from the resurrection of Christ to the fertility festivals of old Europe. Discover how symbols like eggs and bunnies found their way into modern celebrations and whether the holiday's true meaning has been lost or transformed.Whether you're a believer, skeptic, or just curious, this breakdown dives into scripture, history, and tradition to give you the full picture. Get ready to challenge your understanding and decide for yourself: Is Easter a holy day or a hoax?

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Is Easter really all that important? Does the resurrection impact our day to day lives? Pastor Nate explains from Romans 6:1-14 that the resurrection has significant impact on our lives moving us from living as slaves to sin to living as sons of God. The resurrection transforms our past, present, and future.

Today, we sit down with Dr. Sean McDowell, professor, apologist, and author, to discuss all things Holy Week. We talk about the proof of the existence of Jesus but also refute the claim that Jesus wasn't crucified. We also talk about whether or not Christians should be celebrating Passover and other Jewish holidays as well as the ongoing debate over whether Easter is actually pagan in nature. Dr. McDowell also answers some apologetics questions for us and gives some advice on how to look for our own spiritual blind spots in our walks with God. Share the Arrows 2025 is on October 11 in Dallas, Texas! Go to sharethearrows.com for tickets now! Buy Allie's new book, "Toxic Empathy: How Progressives Exploit Christian Compassion": https://a.co/d/4COtBxy --- Timecodes: (01:18) Separating the Resurrection from the Gospel? (04:12) Evidence of Jesus' existence and crucifixion (12:47) The best argument against the Resurrection (15:23) Is Easter pagan?  (18:05) Should Christians celebrate Jewish holidays?  (22:21) Jesus crying out to God (31:32) Why did the crowd choose Barabbas (38:08) The significance of Jesus' death & resurrection (44:00) Why is Christianity unique?  (47:56) Rapid-fire apologetics --- Today's Sponsors: We Heart Nutrition — Get 20% off women's vitamins with We Heart Nutrition, and get your first bottle of their new supplement, Wholesome Balance; use code ALLIE at https://www.WeHeartNutrition.com. Fellowship Home Loans — Fellowship Home Loans is a mortgage lending company that offers home financing solutions while integrating Christian values such as honesty, integrity, and stewardship. Go to fellowshiphomeloans.com/allie to get up to $500 credit towards closing costs when you finance with Fellowship Home Loans. EveryLife — The only premium baby brand that is unapologetically pro-life. Visit everylife.com and use promo code ALLIE10 to get 10% off your first order. --- Links: More Than a Carpenter by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell: https://a.co/d/h0znRM8 --- Related Episodes: Ep 900 | How to Reach Gen Z with the Gospel | Guest: Dr. Sean McDowell (Part One) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-900-how-to-reach-gen-z-with-the-gospel-guest-dr/id1359249098?i=1000633392634 Ep 901 | Does the Age of the Earth Matter? | Guest: Dr. Sean McDowell (Part Two) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-901-does-the-age-of-the-earth-matter-guest/id1359249098?i=1000633508243 --- Buy Allie's book, You're Not Enough (& That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love: https://alliebethstuckey.com/book Relatable merchandise – use promo code 'ALLIE10' for a discount: https://shop.blazemedia.com/collections/allie-stuckey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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We'll take a guess and say that your calendar, like ours, is booked with Sunday services, Easter brunches, and egg hunting this weekend. And all for good reason: It gives us many opportunities to rejoice with loved ones in the eternal hope Jesus secured for us through the resurrection. So in the spirit of celebrating Easter with our friends and family, Darlene and Julie take a closer look at the life of the ultimate relationship expert: Jesus! The Lord changed lives not only after his resurrection but during his years walking among us, and we have much to gain by reflecting on the many interactions he had with others. In this episode, Darlene and Julie discuss: the beauty in Jesus gathering 12 disciples, who were each so different in their work and their temperaments how he met people's needs with care and compassion in even the briefest encounters the way he returned to his friends after the resurrection to offer forgiveness to Peter, faith to Thomas, and a promise to see them all again We hope this glimpse into Jesus' conversations and interactions offers a glowing example of how we can show up in our relationships—both this Easter and in the years to come. Quote of the episode: “As personal as Jesus was with his followers, he is that personal with us, individually, today." —Julie Bender Resources Related "Would Jesus Unfriend You?" "Is Easter the Ultimate Call to Action? - 237" "This Is What Jesus Said About Equality for Women" Mentioned "Beginning Faith: Walking This Life with Grit, Grace, and God" "Building Faith: Growing In Your Relationship with God" "How to Read Your Bible: For Beginners" "Easter, the Best Love Story Ever Told" Be sure to follow us on social media! Facebook Instagram Twitter Pinterest #gritandgracelife

What is Easter really about? In this video, we walk through 10 life-changing truths every Christian must rememberduring Holy Week. From the cross to the empty tomb, these truths are meant to ground your faith, encourage your heart, and push back against cultural confusion.We also respond to common critiques and Easter controversies:⛔ Is Easter just a pagan holiday?

Is Easter the Super Bowl for Churches? How should we view the importance of the weekly worship gathering?

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Is Easter something we celebrate once a year, or is it something that can affect our lives for the better every single day? It’s the

Prepare for an illuminating journey on the latest episode of the HYP Podcast!

Is Easter about more than just a miracle? Highlighting the resurrection of Jesus the message emphasized that it's not just about Jesus' triumph over death, but a validation of all his teachings and promises. Through stories like the humorous dilemma of a man in Israel and the paralytic man's friends in Mark 2, it illustrated how we often overlook our spiritual needs, focusing on immediate problems. The crucifixion story, especially the conversation with the two other men on the crosses, shows that anyone, regardless of their past, can find hope and salvation in Jesus. This celebration of Easter urges a re-evaluation of life's challenges, prioritizing spiritual fulfillment and eternal promises.

Is Easter about more than just a miracle? Highlighting the resurrection of Jesus, the message emphasized that it's not just about Jesus' triumph over death, but a validation of all his teachings and promises. Through stories like the humorous dilemma of a man in Israel and the paralytic man's friends in Mark 2, it illustrated how we often overlook our spiritual needs, focusing on immediate problems. The crucifixion story, especially the conversation with the two other men on the crosses, shows that anyone, regardless of their past, can find hope and salvation in Jesus. This celebration of Easter urges a re-evaluation of life's challenges, prioritizing spiritual fulfillment and eternal promises.

In this week's study, I continue in Chapter 18 with verses 6 thru 8. Before I get into the study, I discuss “Is Easter in the Bible” Coming to the word "Easter" in the Bible, the churches seize upon it imagining that they have found proof that the Bible is not perfect. Fortunately for lovers of the word of Yahweh, they are wrong. Easter, as we know it, comes from the ancient pagan festival of Astarte. Also known as Ishtar). This festival has always been held late in the month of April. It was, in its original form, a celebration of the earth "regenerating" itself after the winter season. The festival involved a celebration of reproduction. For this reason the common symbols of Easter festivities were the rabbit (the same symbol as "Playboy" magazine), and the egg. Both are known for their reproductive abilities. At the center of attention was Astarte, the female deity. She is known in the Bible as the "queen of heaven" (Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-25). She is the mother of Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:14) who was also her husband! These perverted rituals would take place at sunrise on Easter morning (Ezekiel 8:13-16). From the references in Jeremiah and Ezekiel, we can see that the true Easter has never had any association with Yahshua Messiah. Nowhere in the Scriptures do we find where Yahweh tells us to keep ‘Easter'! This is a church tradition that was set up by The Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed that Easter should be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox (March 21). Easter, therefore, can fall on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25.Exodus 12:18  In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even."It is elementary to see that Herod, in Acts 12, had arrested Peter during the days of unleavened bread, after the Passover. The days of unleavened bread would end on the 21st of April. Shortly after that would come Herod's celebration of pagan Easter. Herod had not killed Peter during the days of unleavened bread simply because he wanted to wait until Easter. Since it is plain that both the Jews (Matthew 26:17-47) and the Romans (Matthew 14:6-11) would kill during a religious celebration, Herod's opinion seemed that he was not going to let the Jews "have all the fun." He would wait until his own pagan festival and see to it that Peter died in the excitement.6.   Reward = Render. Compare Mark 12:17 and Jerm. 51:24.    rewarded = rendered. Same word. “repay.”   double. = This word is put for full compensation. Of sorrow. Contrast with this the double of joy which Jerusalem shall receive for her past suffering (Isa. 61:7; Zech. 9:12); even as she has received double punishment for her sins (Isa. 40:2).in the cup = (Rev. 18:3; 14:8; 17:4). filled = literally “mixed.”fill to her double = of the Lord's cup of wrath. Literally, "double the double things." Now keep in mind, this is not double in strictness, but in measure. The idea is that of an exact equivalent. So give back to her double according to her deeds and "the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her." In other words, make sure she gets every ounce of what she deserves.7.            How much = that is in proportion as  Glorified = Been proud, boastful, arrogant. lived deliciously = luxuriously  sorrow = Greek, “mourning,” as for a dead husband I ... am no widow = for the world power is my husband and my supporter.Have any questions? Feel free to email me at keitner@netzero.net

Is Easter a Christian holiday or is it pagan? What is the origin of things related to Easter such as the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs?  Are Christians allowed to participate in Easter traditions?  In this episode that I recorded in 2023, I answer all of your Easter questions.

Is Easter pagan? Of course the answer is yes but how pagan? Where do these traditions come from and does it have any connection with the death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ? #easter #paganism #ostara #eastre #ishtar JT & Bryan: Ancient Angels: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/demonerasers/ JT's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jtfollowsjc JT's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jt_follows_jc?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Bryan's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@demonerasers?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Bryan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/demonerasers/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jtfollowsjc/support

Ah, the age-old tale of Easter's supposed pagan roots!

Is Easter truly a Christian holiday or does it have pagan roots? What are we celebrating on Easter? Where do our Easter traditions come from? Listen in as we discuss all this and more! Happy Easter!   Sources: https://www.gotquestions.org/easter-origins.html https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/easter-symbols   Let's Talk About it with Jacque and Megan is a podcast born from our … Read More Read More

Is there something to say for being a boring leader? How is the secular world struggling to stay neutral? Why did King's Cross celebrate Ramadan? In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director), John Stevens (FIEC National Director), and Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) discuss stories in the news over the past fortnight. 00:00 - Introduction00:35 - FIEC conferences03:26 - The Everything Conference and Affinity07:59 - The death of Colin Hart11:26 - Leo Varadkar resigns17:06 - Boring leaders22:02 - Scottish Parliament and secular neutrality25:01 - Ramadan at King's Cross29:41 - Is Easter an evangelistic opportunity? You can watch a video of this episode and get more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website. Show notes FIEC Local Conferences (fiec.org.uk) FIEC Leaders' Conference (fiec.org.uk) Some sad news about our Director, Colin Hart (christian.org.uk) Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigns, saying: 'I'm not right for the job now' (news.sky.com) Labour's ‘boring, snoring' Rachel Reeves is winning over Brits (politico.eu) Scottish Parliament staff banned from wearing rainbow lanyard (bbc.co.uk) Network Rail removes King's Cross Ramadan message after complaints (standard.co.uk) Bible App advert on the tube (twitter.com) About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC's official podcast, where you'll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. About FIEC: We are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠a fellowship of Independent churches⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Follow FIEC on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X

Easter is the pivotal event standing as the bedrock of our faith.  Do you know why? Is Easter just another holiday or do you understand the freedom of the cross and the power of Christ's resurrection back to life? Join us as we begin our Easter season of celebrating our risen savior. 

Continuing our "Blind Spots in Parenting" series, today's topic is going to hit on the controversial topic of holidays.  Some believe that widely accepted holidays like Easter and Christmas have pagan roots making it wrong for Christians to celebrate.  Is this correct?  Join the Parenting to Impress duo as they look at what the  Scriptures have to say (or not say) about holidays and how a family can decide what is best for them. Helpful Links from this Episode:  What's a Christian to do with Halloween?Is Santa Good or Bad? Is Easter Pagan in Origin or Roots?Is Easter a Pagan Holiday?ABCJesusLovesMe Easter, Christmas, and Halloween Jesus-centered activitiesEpisode Sponsor:  The Be Intentional Planner - the planner created to help you be the intentional woman God has called you to be.  Order now for only $15.00.Contact and get connected with Parenting to Impress:Facebook Group: /groups/parentingtoimpressFacebook: /heidi.franz.2911Instagram: /abcjesuslovesme/Thanks for listening!

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Not an Easter Special, but it IS Easter, and this is quite special, sooo...We reckon you'd be hard-pressed to find another show that includes references to Dostoyevski, Pot Noodles, otters, and cinematic redemptive theology.  Deep and daft in equal measure.  Thanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and find more Take A Pew stuff on https://www.youtube.com/@thetakeapewpodcast/

Grab your useless ass pig and watch out for predatory birds on an all new LIVE! What are some meaningless holidays? Oklahoma celebrates Oklahoma Day. China celebrates a new year on a calendar that doesn't exist. Rhode Island is the only state that celebrates Victory Over Japan Day. Plus, could Nate resist hut dogs at a baseball game? Is Easter a dessert holiday? Will a squirrel see its own shadow? And how bad has Matt's word game addiction gotten? It's time to celebrate Flag Day on an all new LIVE!

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What happens when we have no submitted questions for NP+? We make up our own! Is Easter really a pagan holiday that Christians have latched onto? And why is it so difficult to maintain the excitement and passion we have on Easter throughout the year?

Is Easter relevant in your seat? Is what happened 2000 years ago on a cross relevant to our lives today? In our Easter experience, we put Easter back in its context and help answer three of the fundamental questions of humanity: "Where did I come from?", "Why am I here?", and "Where am I going?". Our prayer for you is that you'd have an experience and encounter with the resurrected Jesus in your seat.

Is Easter a religious holiday or a pegan holiday? Let's find out!

Kicking off our new series, "Risen", we look at the history of Easter. Where did it start? Why did it start? Is Easter really pagan, and are our traditions really pagan? We'll also talk about how the date of Easter created one of the first real church controversies and almost caused an entire sect of Christians to be excommunicated by the Catholic Church! All this and more on this episode of the JNN Podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jesusnamenews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jesusnamenews/support

Happy Easter! Is Easter really 50 days long? Why? In this episode of On The Road To Perfection, Mama and Daddy talk about the Easter season, what we do during the Easter season, why Catholics celebrate it for so long, and how we celebrate it. Join Mama and Daddy in as they talk about this wonderful time of the year!

Is Easter actually a pagan holiday? If not, what about bunnies and eggs? This episode is an adventure through church history as we look at where Easter comes from, how it got its name, and how it was celebrated over the centuries. We also touch on Christian Passovers and the resource guide if you want to study further.

This week we flip the tables. Like Jesus did in the temple? No, not like that. Last week, Rev. Joel interviewed Rabbi Eric about Passover. This week, Eric interviews Joel about Easter. Is Easter the core of the Christian faith? Does every Christian believe the same thing about Easter? Did Easter HAVE to happen? We hope this episode feeds you with hope and curiosity to know God better.   Jesus sweats blood asking God to "take this cup from me" Docetism - Jesus "seemed" human How to follow Rabbi Eric Twitter @geekyrabbi Blog Geeky Rabbi | Theology, Technology and a bit of Music Home - Congregation Children of Israel, Athens Georgia (ccisrael.org)   How to follow Rev. Joel Twitter @treblotj Blog Cross Purposes | Blog of Rev. Joel Tolbert Presbyterian Church of Chestertown – Planted Deep. Growing Strong. Reaching Wide. (presbyterianchestertown.org)   Send feedback, show ideas, comments, and suggestions to: REALigionPodcast@gmail.com Music "Modulation in the Spirit" by Little Glass Men, Composer Ryan Claus (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

For Christians around the world Easter Sunday commemorates one of the most significant events in all of history. Is Easter just wish fulfillment or some ambiguous metaphor for Springtime? Or, does there exist good evidence for the resurrection of Jesus? And if such evidence does exist, where should we look for that evidence? Join Pastor Jim as he reminds us how unexpected yet unparalleled the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was and is; and how it literally changes everything.

John 20: 16 NIV - Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”) Easter called Mary by name. Easter became a personal experience for her. Easter became real, genuine. Easter became powerful and authentic and most of all, Easter became life changing. Is Easter genuine to you? Is it authentic? Life changing? Or is it just Easter: another holiday in our calendar. Today, on Easter Sunday, Mark encourages us to listen to our risen Saviour, Jesus Christ, as He calls us by name. He can change our despair to hope, anguish to happiness, pain to freedom, unknown into a known exciting future with a certain eternity.

In this special Podcast, I take a look at Passover. Are we instructed to keep Yahweh's Holy Days, such as Passover or do we follow the church tradition of Easter? Listen to this explosive study on what Yahweh has to say about this.What day was the Passover on?  What was the significance of Passover? What does the number of the days have to do with Yahweh? Did Yahweh have a plan for all of this?Is Easter found in the Bible? Just what does Easter mean? Is Easter the correct English word? Who is Ishtar and how is she related to Easter? Now I realize that the conditions set forth by Yahweh differs from what He set forth in the beginning. What caught my interest into these 7 Holy Feasts was the Prophetic Message contained within them.We find that within these 7, 4 are in the season of the spring, while the remaining 3 are in the fall or “harvest. In studying the Prophecy aspect of Yahweh's Words, we realize and conclude that these 7 Holy Feasts play an important role in the Prophecy of Yahshua Messiah concerning the past and the present. Today we will focus on Passover.Let's take a brief view of the first 4 Feasts:The Feast of Passover pointed to Yahshua's death on Calvary as “the Lamb of Yahweh, who taketh away the sin of the world”, John 1:29The Feast of Unleavened Bread attested to the fact that Yahshua's body, unlike all others would not decay in the grave. The Son of Yahweh, in speaking with His Heavenly Father said, “for Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, neither wilt Thou permit Thine Holy One to see corruption” Psalms 16:10The Feast of Firstfruits proclaimed the certainty of His bodily resurrection. The acceptance by Yahweh of the Firstfruits [sheaf] of the spring barley harvest guaranteed a full harvest to follow. By virtue of the resurrection of Yahshua Messiah, He is the Firstfruits and guarantees that all the Saints within Him will one day rise from the grave.The Feast of Pentecost, which occurs exactly 50 days after Firstfruits [the resurrection of the Messiah] anticipated the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the origin of the “Ek-kelsia”. We read in the Jewish Talmud, in the tractate of Sotah, foli #48 it reads in part “when Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi died, the Holy Spirit departed from Israel; nevertheless they made use of the Bath Kol.” [a divine voice from Heaven]These 4 events in the life of Yahshua Messiah, which the 4 spring feasts depicted, are history. We can look back at these events and they can be examined as historical facts. We can say that the first 4 set the foundation for the remaining 3. [As I think on this foundation, I think of the Tabernacle, which is to come, and when this Tabernacle comes, then all of His Elect come to dwell in the eternal]The fall Feasts have not yet occurred! They are yet future and predict with absolute certainty, events that will most assuredly unfold. As the 4 spring Feasts were fulfilled literally and right on schedule in connection with the Messiah's first coming, the 3 Fall Feasts will likewise be fulfilled literally and right on schedule in connection with His second coming.This is a MUST LISTEN show!!Some of the verses/writings that I use: Lev. 23; Deut. 16; John 1:29; Psalms 16:10; Jewish Talmud “Sotah Foli #48”; John 8:39, 12:31, 1:19; Galatians 3:, 29; 1 John 3:8; 2 Corin. 4:3; 1 Peter 5:8, 1:19; Exodus 12; Dr. Bullinger's Appendix 156; Matthew 15:1-6; Colossians 2:8, 20-23; Acts 12:4; Jeremiah 7:18, 44:17-25; Ezekiel 8:13-16; 2 Chronicles 8:13, 30:15, 21; Ezra 6:19, 22; Jeremiah 10:2Join with me as we “Unravel the Words of Yahweh” on keeping Passover or Easter!Have any questions? Feel free to email me at utwoy@netzero.net 

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Do rabbits lay eggs? Is Easter actually a Pagan holiday? In this special episode of WitchStory, hosts Stephanie and Kayla talk about the surprising history of Ostara and how you can honour and celebrate this magical time of year.

Remember, we welcome comments, questions and suggested topics at thewonderpodcastQs@gmail.com   S2E10 TRANSCRIPT: ----more---- Mark: Welcome back to The Wonder: Science-Based Paganism. I'm your host, Mark. Yucca: And I'm Yucca. Mark: And today we are talking about celebrating the Spring Equinox, which is the point at which on the equator, the sun and, or I'm sorry, the day and the night are of equal length. It's the midway point in the lightness darkness cycle that goes through the, the world every year. Yucca: It's the point at which the Earth passes through the ecliptic, the Sun's equator. So the plane that reaches out through the Solar System, that's like the table that the planets are orbiting on and we aren't perfectly aligned with that. We're at a little bit of an angle. And so we pass through that twice a year and that's the, that's what the equinoxes are for us. Mark: Right, right. But before we talk about that we thought that because we're on the year anniversary now of when the shutdowns began, that we would say a little bit about the pandemic. Yucca: Yep. And we know that a lot of people are pretty tired of talking about it because it's, well, a lot of us wish that it would just be done already. It's been a whole year. But it touches all of our lives everywhere. And a lot of people, a lot of our listeners have lost, loved ones this year. Mark: Yes, we were. We were talking before we began to record. And one of the things that I noted is that there are about 540,000 minutes in a year. And what that means because the United States is rapidly closing on that total of deaths from COVID that roughly one person per minute died in the United States of COVID-19 for a year it's incomprehensible it's beyond our ability to get our minds around just how much loss that is, how much sorrow, how much grief and. If you're one of the folks that lost someone, we're very sorry. It's really been a terrible tragedy. One of the worst things ever to be fall this country and the world, of course, I mean millions and millions of people. Yucca: And that number is just the death numbers. That's not all of the other impacts that has had. Mark: Of course and that those impacts are not even only health impacts. They're people losing their houses because they lost their jobs. They're you know, people being cast into poverty or not being able to pay for healthcare or, you know, all the various other maladies that can happen to people when money is pulled out of the equation. The economy naturally they took a terrible dive. And we suffered hard in 2020. It was really a difficult year, but that said things appear to be turning the corner. Now we have a vaccine. There is, there are massive programs to implement that vaccine across the world. And we can start imagining a time when we can get together in person with our loved ones and hug them and have the kind of social interaction that we had before. And in the United States, it's we have just passed a very large economic stimulus package, which is not only about getting shots into people's arms so that they're protected, but also about rekindling the economy after the collapse of last year. And there is cautious optimism that this is going to lead to some very good things, especially for the most vulnerable people in American culture. So we're here in the U S we're pretty excited about that. Yucca: Yeah, I'm feeling pretty optimistic myself. It feels very appropriate for the beginning of spring. Really. It's a very different sense to what it felt like a year ago. Looking forward. At 2020 with the uncertainty and dread. Yeah. Going, what is what's going on our whole world, knowing that our whole world was changing, but not knowing what was coming. And now, like you said, we've been through a hell of a year, but it looks like there's a lot of work before us. But that it feels much more hopeful. Right? Much more hopeful. And feel ready to get out there, ready to get back out into the metaphoric garden. Right. And get stuff planted and get stuff growing and start that year that was lost. Right. And in a weird way, it feels like we're like, like we just skipped last year was just a year out of time. And okay. Now this is the real 2020, right? We'll see. Mark: Well, and we were also saying that there are some silver linings to 2020, the pandemic and I saw this at a local level at the organization that I work for as well as at a national level, we were forced. We basically had a fire lit underneath us to make technical improvements and improve efficiencies and use new tools and a lot of things that we needed to do for a long time. But we were just kind of stuck in our ways and we're doing it the old way. And we really made some tremendous leaps over the course of the last year. Some of them we're going to want to sag back from because they were mostly about safety and they reduced human interaction and we value a human interaction. So we want to bring that back. But I think the zoom revolution has been super powerful. You know, I, I think I still want to see my friends by zoom who live in other parts of the country. More often than I see them in person, which wasn't something I was doing before. Yucca: And now everybody knows, not everybody, but most folks know how to use that. And they're comfortable with the system now. And I think it also really gave most people, a moment of pause to, to look at our lives and go, what do we value? It was a step back. Stepping out of normal space and normal awareness and going okay. Is this what I want, what really matters to me? How do I, you know, also who matters right? In terms of what relationships are really the ones that are feeding that maybe we didn't realize were, or ones that we did. And it really showed up during the pandemic and being separated, physically being able to look at all of that and look at our lives and. And just to step back and have that reflection around it. And that's something that, you know, can't speak for every single person, but it seems like that's something that on very large scale that's really been happening with many people. Mark: Yes. I think a lot of people, for example, have realized that their life at the office life at home balance was not what they really want. And I think we're going to see a lot more people working remotely now because they want to spend more time with their families. And I don't think that's a bad thing in the least. I see no indication that reduces productivity or people's effectiveness or any of that kind of stuff. But employers were very hesitant about allowing that in the past until they had to, they had no choice. Now. I mean, now there's a big question about what about all these office buildings? Do we really need those? How much centralization of activity does an enterprise really need? I just read that there was a new office building that Salesforce was going to build in San Francisco and they had reserved, I don't know, the bottom eight floors or something like that. And they've canceled the lease. They're not going to need the space. They already have the tallest building in San Francisco. And they're probably not going to fill that up because people are going to work remotely all over the world. Yucca: Yeah. So this is a really interesting time to see what comes from all of this, right? Where do we go with this? I'm really interested to see how the, this will influence the accessibility of medicine and education and things like that that had to go online. Now, there are some things that you have to be in person for, you know, there's with medicine, there are certain tests that you can't take someone's blood pressure over zoom and for although there are some things that can be done, but there's, or with education with actual skills that are with your hands. There are things that can't be done and certain ages that, you know, having someone in person really helps, but there's a lot of stuff that can allow for people to not be going somewhere and stay where they are not be having all those travel expenses, not have to live in the really expensive place in order to have access to those things. So it's really interesting. And. I look forward to a year from now. When we get to look back on this on 2021 and go, here's what happened and here's where we're going. Mark: Yes, it'll be really interesting. I mean living through a catastrophe like this is it's is something very strange. I'm almost getting used to having disasters because we keep having these wildfires here where I live and people's houses are burning down and people are getting killed and all that kind of stuff. But a global pandemic is an entirely different scale. And it's changed everything. It really has changed many things in our world, and it'll be exciting to see what advances we can make based on those changes. Yucca: Also curious to see how closely we mirror the roaring twenties of last century in terms of the cultural response to that. Mark: Yeah. I mean, I think we're getting some hints to that in the behavior of some people who just refuse to do the social distancing, because they're so committed to going out dancing or whatever it is. You know, especially younger people like college aged high school age people We may very well have kind of a boom of socializing and nightlife and all that kind of stuff. A lot, maybe even a lot more risk-taking because people realize how possible it is for them to die. I'm not sure that lesson has really percolated except for people who have actually lost someone. It's not quite like the Spanish flu, the Spanish flu of 1918, where millions of people died. it just in the United States, millions of people died. Something like 20 million people worldwide died. But that's a good thing. You know, if that means that it has less cultural impact than it would otherwise I'm still okay with Yucca: Yeah. Well, why don't yeah. Why don't we, we talk about now in terms of what season we're in the holiday we're coming up on and what it means to us also, what's going on in our environment, because as we've talked about a lot before you and I live in different environments. We're both in the same hemisphere, but certainly quite different climates. Mark: Yes, our climates are different. Our biomes are very different. So where I am, this is the height of spring and I actually celebrate this holiday as High Spring. The daffodils are actually failing now. All fruit trees are blooming, so there's clouds of white and pink. Blooms in trees that you see everywhere. We do still have some rain, but it's intermittent rather than, as it typically is constant or earlier in the year. There are days that are very warm days in the seventies and beautiful puffy white clouds on sparkling blue skies. And it's just a lovely time to be here. How about you? How what's happening, where you are? Yucca: Trying sort of pretending to be spring for us. This is First Spring. And this is closer to what I read the description that some people have for Imbolc where it's like the first signs of spring. We, this is a time of year that the temperatures could really go any direction. But if we have warm days there in the fifties for us and still freezing every night, we'll be freezing every night until partway into May, probably. So our last for our average last frost is usually just about May 15th or so. So this is we're crossing our fingers, begging the trees, not to bloom because if they do, then there will be no fruit for the year because it will freeze again. But. Some of the birds are starting to come back. We've got plenty of birds who live here through the winter, but the migratory birds are returning and there's more light and it's starting to feel like spring is here. It's starting to feel like, okay, we're ready to be out. It's Oh, it's time . For the annual garden, the plants that we plant ahead of time, it's time to get those tomatoes and peppers and all of those started in doors, so that they'll have time to be out, to plant them when the frosts finish up. So it's, yeah, it's a feeling of let's get going, come on, kinda ready to get skipping jumping around and it's. It's it's like he can kind of, that veil of winter is being lifted, but it's still chilly. Still. It's still nippy. Definitely up to of your layers. Yeah. Mark: Well, the common thread there though seems that it's, the things are unfolding. Things are there's definitely some indication that life is waking up again. Where I am, it's well awake and doing its reproductive thing. And and it makes perfect sense for this to be sort of the pagan equivalent of Easter. There's definitely a rebirth thing happening here. And of course, lots of birds are laying eggs right now. So, the traditional association with eggs is something that makes a lot of sense as well. The other thing about this holiday is that it is it is the balance of light and darkness. And so. In some ways, it's the balance of winter and summer. The much less challenging, easier, more comfortable time of summer mitigated by the bitter cold and and inhospitality of winter. And. Depending on which minute it happens to be. It can be any of those things at this time of year. And of course, metaphorically with light in darkness, we did a whole episode about darkness, but there's that as well the long dark days of winter are well behind us now. And unless you're in the couple of States that don't practice daylight savings time tonight. As we record this tonight will be the night that the clocks will turn forward and the days will start to seem quite a bit brighter. All of a sudden. Yucca: So, if you're listening to this, that'll have been the day that it comes out, that'll be an yesterday. So this'll be your first Monday with the new hours. Mark: Right, right. Yucca: And we've talked about this before, but I wish that we would just do away with that. Mark: Me too. Yucca: It's ridiculous. It's dangerous and annoying. And I don't mind fall back so much, but spring forward. Mark: Yeah. Spring forward is really irritating. The fallback actually it tends to fall right around the first the first weekend in November, which is kind of High Hallows time. So the sudden plunge into darkness feels appropriate. This always feels jarring. And I just don't see the point in it. Yucca: Well, hopefully within a few years we can get rid of it. That's the hope we say that every year. Mark: Well, it seems like there is some motion in that regard. There's openness to it at the federal level. And a lot of States have passed laws that will trigger if the federal government gives up on daylight savings. So that would be nice. So how do we Oh I was gonna mention another big association that I have with this holiday, which is children. One of the ways, one of the metaphorical layers that I map onto the years, what I call the arc of the year, which is the phases of a human life staged out around the calendars. So birth being that you'll infancy being at the February holiday, which I call River Rain, High Spring being children, you know, elementary school. Kind of time, maybe up to 11 or 12. And then Mayday being more young adults. And then the summer solstice, mid summer being kind of. Adult, you know, people in their thirties kind of in the prime of life and then in the August holiday dimming that being middle-age and then elderly at harvest and then death at Hallows. And then of course, between hellos and and you'll comes that magical amazing time of recomp of decomposition and recomposition into new life forms. So, this is about children and I associate that with happiness and playfulness and innocence and kind of a wide-eyed wonder at the world because at this time of year, That makes a lot of sense. The trees have alternate colors and they've got leaves on them again. What ha how did that happen? And where did all the old ones go? and birds are flying across the sky and the clouds are really dramatic and it's just a time to look around and go, wow, this is really a cool place. Yucca: Well, we do something a little different. For us it's less about the wheel of the years, less about the human life cycle or life history and more on the particular animals and types of ecosystems that we relate with. So there it's from the human perspective, but it's who really is playing into and influencing our lives. And this is the holiday of the egg layers, the birds in particular. So the celebration for the chickens who the hens most hens lay based on the light cycle. So there's enough light coming back that it's triggering to them as long as they're happy. It's triggering. Hey, start laying again. So there was a return of the eggs where you, might've not been getting very many in the winter. And for us also there's return of many of the migratory birds. And there's just that celebration of those creatures. Whereas other times in the year, we'll be looking at other creatures or types of lives, like last holiday, it was our Hovde or bovine and Caprini friends. And when we get to summer solstice, that's the arthropods. So, and our May Day is our annual crops that come in are flowering plants and all of that. And so we will go through that. But this is really, this is all about the birds. So we really enjoy the birds this time of year. The children element for me in my life, everything is all about children all the time. But yeah, is this is the time of year that you do the shoots and ladders, right? Mark: Yes, Yucca: like the kids' games. Mark: Yeah, we've done. We've done gatherings before. I mean, I don't think we'll do that this year because COVID, but we've done gatherings before where which have included young children and we've played children's games with them, and just kind of centered the celebration of the holiday on them and on their experience. Which has been lovely. It's been a really cool thing to do. So when we can do that again, I'm sure we will, but I'll still be dying eggs just cause it's a cool tradition. It's a fun thing to do. Okay. Yucca: So this is one of the holidays that has a parallel with mainstream holidays. So with the Winter Solstice and Christmas and with Hallows or Samahin and Halloween and the Equinox and Easter, but they don't line up within just a few days of each other. Typically. Is Easter moves around, but they often are a full month apart. So that's been an interesting one for us, with the kids in deciding how to handle that because we are not Christian, obviously. So there's no church element or anything like that for us, but we did grow up in the States having our own memories of doing Easter egg hunts and with my children their grandmother, on their dad's side, is very loves them whole thing of the dying eggs and doing Easter egg hunt and all that, that so we have separated way, like we'll still do some of the eggs, but the we've kind of separated the two and let that be its own thing. The Easter egg hunt with the diet eggs that's Easter. And then for us, the Equinox still has the celebration of the birds and. And eggs and all of that, but it is, but there's no Easter bunny, you know, there's no baskets you know, anything like that. Ours is more about feathers and the eating of eggs, and less dying of said eggs. Mark: Well, that all makes sense to me. I mean, in a culture, which is as deeply inculcated as ours is with the calendar and the values really of Christianity. It's a pretty steep push to try to overcome that. Especially with little kids when there are fun things that they would miss out on if you don't do them. So, I mean, I think you've arrived at a pretty good, happy medium where you've separated Easter, which happens at somebody else's house. It's somebody else's tradition. And the Equinox, which is our tradition. That's what we do in our family. Yucca: Yeah. And that's how we've handled Christmas as well. Where Christmas is also at her house. We still have the tree and do our get, but we do gifts on both solstices, then we have our solstice gifts and then they go and get way too many gifts from grandma Mark: Yeah, I'm afraid a lot of grandparents are like that. But that's Yucca: yeah. So grandma, we said just a few. This is just a few. No, Mark: no. Yucca: We're appreciative though. It's one of her ways of showing, showing her affection and love, even if it's not the way we would. Do it ourselves. So, Mark: Of course. Well, having said that what does your and it's a week away as we record this. What does your March 20th look like? Yucca: yeah. So for us, and we've talked about it before, it's the it's, holiday sort of stretch out. We celebrate the season and the holiday is the midpoint of that season. So we've already started to enter into this First Spring. Although, our Second Winter took up a lot more space. So most of the time they're evened out, but this year it just seemed like it just really was dragging on. It really wasn't until this week that it started to feel like, Oh, okay, we're transitioning over. But the thing that we've really, we did this a little bit in the past years, but we've really got into it this year. In terms of in the home is the feathers where we've been collecting feathers all year. And we now have them hung up all around the house. So some of them that like the big Raven feathers, we've got those on yarn, we've got lots of little ones of, and some of them, I don't even know what birds they're from and others, we've got these beautiful woodpecker feathers and these shining blue ones, and we've been stringing them up on, on thread and having them hang so that they move through the air. And changing out the colors and getting ready for doing a little bit of that spring cleaning, not one big day of it, but, you know, everything's just kind of changing, getting ready for that change and getting ready for the change of the year. I personally. We'll have an alarm set for the actual moment of the Equinox, just because it tickles me and I like to know when it happens, it's just fun. But we will also just do w we'll do like a family meal together close to the date, whenever it works out for us. And in non COVID times, we would invite family and friends. And so we'd have like, you know, eight different dinners or feasts throughout the year, which is kind of a nice break between, there they're still often, but spread out enough that it's not like you're trying to do a big gathering every single week, or it's not every single month either, but you know, they're still close together, but in terms of a any sort of formal ritual or anything like that we don't really have one of those at this point. It's not been one that has been really one that I've latched on to in my own practice and years past. And it's one that just hasn't caught on with the family yet. And we'll see how that changes throughout the years. Mark: I am going to be doing in the atheopagan ism group, zoom mixer that happens on Saturday mornings. We're doing a ritual where we're going to write our hopes and aspirations for the coming years cycle on squares of paper, and then fold them into paper cranes that we can keep until we burn them at Hallows or at the Harvest. And. I think that'll be a nice gathering. I mean, there's, there are limits to what you can do ritually over zoom, but we've gotten reasonably good at making a good feeling experience. So we'll do that. I know I'm going to make them going to dye eggs. I haven't decided whether I'm going to use natural dyes or the regular, I prefer food coloring actually to the. The Easter egg dive that's sold in those little kits. I think the colors are more vivid. Yucca: Never bought any of those kits. Are those not just food dyes in them? Mark: our food dyes, but they're not as vivid they're. You have to leave an egg in for a long time to get a good dark purple for example. And so I use the liquid food coloring instead. And of course it's artificial and all that kind of stuff. But if you really want to color eggs with natural ingredients, most of them, you're going to need them to sit for a very long time. They need to sit overnight. You know, if you use a onion leaf use, for example, to get that nice golden orange Yucca: Make some delicious eggs. That way. If you look up Sephardic eggs, putting onions and coffee and all kinds of things, you can really get delicious diet eggs. Mark: Nice. Nice. I will. I will look into that. Yucca: Red cabbage works pretty well. That's one that, yeah. Mark: And there are others. Mint actually does a pretty good green. Yucca: Oh, really? Mark: Yeah. I mean, you have to masquerade it a lot in order to really get the chlorophyll in there. And of course, vinegar helps with the absorption into the calcium carbonate. It, you know, it interacts. Not too much vinegar. You're just going to melt it right off. But a little bit of vinegar so that it engages with the calcium is helpful. I. There actually is a guide to using natural materials, to dye eggs on the atheopaganism blog. So if you go there and look at the tag cloud, that's in the right hand sidebar it's down at the bottom of the right-hand sidebar. And if you just click on High Spring, it'll bring up all of the spring Equinox posts. And one of them has information about how to do that. Yucca: Speaking of eggs. I have a quick tip for other parents with the Easter egg hunt who want to limit the incredible amounts of candy that can be involved in Easter is Lego packs. Instead of hand of, you can put some candy in the candy, but you can get Lego packs and put the Legos in the little plastic eggs. So then you can put together the Legos afterwards or whatever other little toy, but Legos are great because they don't just get, other than stepping on them, they don't just get thrown away the way, like a little, you know, little fake bunny or a little fake chick or some sort of plastic key, you know, party favor. Mark: Soon to be landfill. Yucca: Yeah. But the Legos are one that you can set most kids. And frankly, most your adults will go crazy over putting them together afterwards. And then it's exciting. Cause you want to make sure you get all of them so that you don't miss any of the Legos if it was a kit or something like that. So just a tip out there. Mark: Makes a lot of sense. Yeah. I can definitely see that. I never did Legos when I was a kid. It was tinker toys in our house. Which I think are less versatile. But you could build interesting things. I built a mill. Yucca: Yeah, you definitely build different kinds of things with them. Mark: Yep. Yucca: Do your molecules with tinker truck toys? Mark: You can. I, well, I remember it. Well, I hope everyone has a really wonderful Equinox celebration and welcome to spring if it's here and if it's not here, I hope it gets here soon for you. Yucca: And also for our listeners who are in the Southern hemisphere. Welcome to the entrance to winter. Right? So it's the opposite. Mark: Yes, absolutely. And harvest time and the time to eat all those wonderful vegetables and root vegetables and you know, have a big celebration of the bounty of the year. So, there's always one of the things that's great about paganism is there's always something to celebrate. Yucca: Yep. Mark: It's a great opportunity. Yucca: Yep. This was a lovely talk today. Thank you, Mark. Mark: Oh, you're so welcome. Yucca. I really enjoyed speaking with you as always. We'll see you next week.

 What do you picture when you picture Easter and Heaven? Is Easter a light-hearted affair, with pastels, rainbows, and bunnies, or is it a startling and terrifying event? Is heaven a place in the clouds where our spirits wander around, meeting historical figures, or is it a physical place saturated with the glory of God? This episode examines both Jesus' descent to the dead and his resurrection from the dead.If you would like connect further, please visit us: Facebook:  @ThisWeBelievepodcastTwitter: @We_Believe_PodE-mail: Thiswebelievepodcast@gmail.com

Is Easter only a promise for an eternal future in heaven? A risen Jesus is the basis for all Christian hope because it means God can do anything. All authority in heaven and on earth was given to Jesus. His parting words were a commission with a promise. "Go and make disciples...and I will be with you ALWAYS!" Our mood, approval, security, and sufficiency doesn't depend on us; we serve a BIG God and we don't need to fix things on our own. He is Risen! Now what? Remember, I am with you always! #ChooseHope #ConnectToJoy That's what! #messiahyl

Is Easter biblical? No, it’s not. Is resurrection biblical? Absolutely. The resurrection is a real historical event where Jesus conquered sin and death. It’s not only a historical event though. The apostle Paul shows us it’s something we can experience day by day.

Is Easter being overshadowed by COVID-19? Hear why Leonard says it's absolutely not! Let's celebrate the sacrifice Jesus made together, no matter where we are and honour God! If you feel comfortable to do so, please join us during this message as we partake of communion together at the end. Be blessed, be safe and may you know God more now than ever before!

Is Easter being overshadowed by COVID-19? Hear why Leonard says it's absolutely not! Let's celebrate the sacrifice Jesus made together, no matter where we are and honour God! If you feel comfortable to do so, please join us during this message as we partake of communion together at the end. Be blessed, be safe and may you know God more now than ever before!

Dive into the origins of the celebrations from Mardi Gras to Easter and discover which are Biblical, and which are not. Where do the customs of Fat Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, and Lent originate? Is Easter even found in the Bible? Did the Messiah really die on Good Friday? 

As a youngster, I remember on my birthday every year (in February, during or near lent), I would always receive some article of clothing as a gift. Whether it was a sweater, a new shirt, pair of pants or a jacket, as I opened the gift, my mother would say, “Save it for Easter!” In this podcast, Tony discusses the importance of Easter.Scripture: If there is no resurrection of the dead, then neither has Christ been raised.  And if Christ has not been raised, then empty (too) is our preaching, empty, too, your faith.  …And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain.  1 Corinthians 15:13-14 17Reflections: Is Easter just another Sunday to you and your family? What have you done to make Easter a special day? Have you explained to your kids the real meaning of Easter?If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast, please subscribe by clinking the Follow Link on the lest hand side of the page. Don't miss a single Five Minutes with Tony Podcast!

Stephen Dollins is an ex-Satanist High Priest of the Church of Satan and speaker on the videos: The Occult in Your Living Room, Under the Spell of Harry Potter and Illuminati: Game or Blueprint for World Domination. Stephen reveals the truth and the true origins behind Christmas, Easter and Halloween, the world’s most celebrated holidays. Topics include: Is Christmas the celebration of the birth of Jesus? Is Easter celebrating the resurrection of Christ? What is the hidden agenda behind Halloween?

Stephen Dollins is an ex-Satanist High Priest of the Church of Satan and speaker on the videos: The Occult in Your Living Room, Under the Spell of Harry Potter and Illuminati: Game or Blueprint for World Domination. Stephen reveals the truth and the true origins behind Christmas, Easter and Halloween, the world’s most celebrated holidays. Topics include: Is Christmas the celebration of the birth of Jesus? Is Easter celebrating the resurrection of Christ? What is the hidden agenda behind Halloween?

Is Easter really as important as Christians make it out to be, and how important is it to understand and study the theology of sin? What is it about sin, the bloody cross, and the resurrection that are so important to Christians? Joining Dr. John Neufeld in this episode of Truth and Life Today is theologian, pastor, writer, and speaker Darrell Johnson. Having dedicated his life to ministry, Pastor Darrell has been serving the Lord faithfully in his career for 50 years. Watch this episode as Dr. John and Pastor Darrell discuss different topics that all surround the subject of Easter and sin! Watch this episode and others weekly on VisionTV! Check your local listings for times and availability!

Is Easter really as important as Christians make it out to be, and how important is it to understand and study the theology of sin? What is it about sin, the bloody cross, and the resurrection that are so important to Christians? Joining Dr. John Neufeld in this episode of Truth and Life Today is theologian, pastor, writer, and speaker Darrell Johnson. Having dedicated his life to ministry, Pastor Darrell has been serving the Lord faithfully in his career for 50 years. Watch this episode as Dr. John and Pastor Darrell discuss different topics that all surround the subject of Easter and sin! Watch this episode and others weekly on VisionTV! Check your local listings for times and availability!

Is Easter a Biblical Holy Day or a Pagan Tradition?  What about the Lord's Passover; is it a relic of the past? What should we teach our children? The Bible or Pagan Satanic rituals. Join us as we discuss this topic as it pretains to the Holy Bible and the gosple of Repentance thru Jesus Christ. We air programs on Blog Talk Radio at the following times: Sun 2:00pm, Mon 8:00pm, Tue 8:00pm, Wed 7:00pm, Thur 8:00pm, Fri 7:00pm & Sat 9:00am.  All times are Eastern Standard Time.

In this episode, Jason, Dr. Bulzacchelli, and Dr. Smith talk about the meaning of Easter Joy. We discuss: - Is Easter joy sentimentalism? - The Eschataological Lens of the Christian - The Kingdom of God and wrong ways to think about it - Easter brings order - Metaphysical considerations - Matter and spirit - How to live this practically

Is Easter really the best time to give up sugar? Well, given that there’s always another holiday around the corner, there’s never really an objectively better or worse time to try it. So why not try it now? You don’t have to do it alone – herbs can help! In this episode we’ll talk about some of our favorite herbs to control sugar cravings and help you change your relationship to sweet treats.We always combine our herbalism with rational lifestyle interventions, so we’ll also discuss holistic strategies to cope with an oversized sweet tooth. Establishing a “sugar budget”, identifying your favorite low-sugar treats, keeping dessert close to mealtime, and finding ways to treat yourself that don’t involve food are all key here. Beneath that, there’s also value in recognizing what a sugar craving really is: a communication from the body, letting you know about an unmet need. This helps stave off guilt and shame!Mentioned in this podcast:How To Minimize Hyperglycemic Toxicity – this post discusses the ways in which a complex meal mitigates the glycemic impact of a carby/sugary food.The Holistic Herbalism Podcast, episode 23: Schisandra & Peppermint – in which Katja embarked upon her 100-day schisandra experiment.Nettle & Friends – our classic formula. For sugar control, add in tulsi, cinnamon, or even schisandra!Everything Will Be Fine – an example of a nervine blend to help cope with the difficult emotions that often drive us to seek sugar.Herbs discussed include: cinnamon, schisandra, tulsi, nettle, ashwagandha, licorice, calamus.If you’d like to learn more about sugar, its effect on the body, more herbs for sugar cravings, and (almost) everything else about food and your health, check out our Fundamentals of Holistic Nutrition course! In it, we teach you the foundational principles of nutrition which apply to any diet type, while identifying particular diet adjustments that can help with common troubles. We also look at herbs as nutritive in their own right – as providers of mineral, vitamin, and phytonutrient compounds that can bolster a diet that’s otherwise lacking. Learn more and get started right here: Fundamentals of Holistic NutritionSupport the show (https://commonwealthherbs.com/supporters/)

In this episode we bring back Sanda Allyson to ask the question; Is Easter a pagan holiday? We discuss the origins of Easter, including the easter egg and the bunny. Join us for this informative controversial discussion Please Share if you find this helpful.   Related Episodes should Christians celebrate Passover   Resources Sanda’s Ministry  El Shaddai Ministries – Our Online Messianic Service Wikibooks Article on the Origins of Easter Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn

Is Easter a Biblical Holy Day or a Pagan Tradition?  What about the Lord's Passover; is it a relic of the past? What should we teach our children? The Bible or Pagan Satanic rituals. Join us as we discuss this topic as it pretains to the Holy Bible and the gosple of Repentance thru Jesus Christ. We air programs on Blog Talk Radio at the following times: Sun 2:00pm, Mon 8:00pm, Tue 8:00pm, Wed 7:00pm, Thur 8:00pm, Fri 7:00pm & Sat 9:00am.  All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Is Easter a Biblical Holy Day or a Pagan Tradition?  What about the Lord's Passover; is it a relic of the past? What should we teach our children? The Bible or Pagan Satanic rituals. Join us as we discuss this topic as it pretains to the Holy Bible and the gosple of Repentance thru Jesus Christ. We air programs on Blog Talk Radio at the following times: Sun 2:00pm, Mon 8:00pm, Tue 8:00pm, Wed 7:00pm, Thur 8:00pm, Fri 7:00pm & Sat 9:00am.  All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Stephen Dollins is an ex-Satanist High Priest of the Church of Satan. Stephen reveals the truth and the true origins behind Christmas, Easter and Halloween, the world’s most celebrated holidays. Topics include: Is Christmas the celebration of the birth of Jesus? Is Easter celebrating the resurrection of Christ? What is the hidden agenda behind Halloween?

Stephen Dollins is an ex-Satanist High Priest of the Church of Satan. Stephen reveals the truth and the true origins behind Christmas, Easter and Halloween, the world’s most celebrated holidays. Topics include: Is Christmas the celebration of the birth of Jesus? Is Easter celebrating the resurrection of Christ? What is the hidden agenda behind Halloween?

Stephen Dollins is an ex-Satanist High Priest of the Church of Satan. Stephen reveals the truth and the true origins behind Christmas, Easter and Halloween, the world’s most celebrated holidays. Topics include: Is Christmas the celebration of the birth of Jesus? Is Easter celebrating the resurrection of Christ? What is the hidden agenda behind Halloween?

Stephen Dollins is an ex-Satanist High Priest of the Church of Satan. Stephen reveals the truth and the true origins behind Christmas, Easter and Halloween, the world’s most celebrated holidays. Topics include: Is Christmas the celebration of the birth of Jesus? Is Easter celebrating the resurrection of Christ? What is the hidden agenda behind Halloween?

Stephen Dollins is an ex-Satanist High Priest of the Church of Satan. Stephen reveals the truth and the true origins behind Christmas, Easter and Halloween, the world’s most celebrated holidays. Topics include: Is Christmas the celebration of the birth of Jesus? Is Easter celebrating the resurrection of Christ? What is the hidden agenda behind Halloween?

Stephen Dollins is an ex-Satanist High Priest of the Church of Satan. Stephen reveals the truth and the true origins behind Christmas, Easter and Halloween, the world’s most celebrated holidays. Topics include: Is Christmas the celebration of the birth of Jesus? Is Easter celebrating the resurrection of Christ? What is the hidden agenda behind Halloween?

Is Easter a Biblical Holy Day or a Pagan Tradition?  What about the Lord's Passover; is it a relic of the past? What should we teach our children? The Bible or Pagan Satanic rituals. Join us as we discuss this topic as it pretains to the Holy Bible and the gosple of Repentance thru Jesus Christ. We air programs on Blog Talk Radio at the following times: Sun 2:00pm, Mon 8:00pm, Tue 8:00pm, Wed 7:00pm, Thur 8:00pm, Fri 7:00pm & Sat 9:00am.  All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Is Easter a Biblical Holy Day or a Pagan Tradition?  What about the Lord's Passover; is it a relic of the past? What should we teach our children? The Bible or Pagan Satanic rituals. Join us as we discuss this topic as it pretains to the Holy Bible and the gosple of Repentance thru Jesus Christ. We air programs on Blog Talk Radio at the following times: Sun 2:00pm, Mon 8:00pm, Tue 8:00pm, Wed 7:00pm, Thur 8:00pm, Fri 7:00pm & Sat 9:00am.  All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Is Easter more difficult for pastors than it was for Jesus? We discuss! And other Easter aftermath: Sunrise services, Easter candy, the resurrection, Jesus Christ Superstar, and more! Plus Bryan is drinking beer again. Especially after Monday night.

This week, Josh & Jesse talk about Easter; most notably, its origins. Is Easter really pagan in origin? And if so, should we still celebrate it, or toss it out completely? If you disagree with the opinions expressed in this podcast, write us. We're keen to hear what you think!  Website and Blog | Facebook Page | Facebook Group | Instagram Send us an email at burnthehaystackpodcast@gmail.com.

Is Easter a Biblical Holy Day or a Pagan Tradition?  What about the Lord's Passover; is it a relic of the past? What should we teach our children? The Bible or Pagan Satanic rituals. Join us as we discuss this topic as it pretains to the Holy Bible and the gosple of Repentance thru Jesus Christ. We air programs on Blog Talk Radio at the following times: Sun 2:00pm, Mon 8:00pm, Tue 8:00pm, Wed 7:00pm, Thur 8:00pm, Fri 7:00pm & Sat 9:00am.  All times are Eastern Standard Time.

Is Easter really about forgiveness of sins, or is there something more? Listen to this weeks episode and find out.

After taking care of the official business of making Aimee "one of the guys," the hosts get into a discussion of Easter and its celebration in churches. Is Easter a pagan holiday? It is necessary for pastors to preach the resurrection, so its focus on Easter shouldn't be abnormal, but it should certainly be emphasized. Listen in to hear the gang's thoughts on Easter, chocolate bunnies, lent, and government-regulated nutritional guidelines. For the Easter season the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals has  offered this generous gift The Theology of the Cross. Use coupon code, 9ydunu, to redeem this great MP3 set. Only available to US and Canada addresses. 

Is Easter relevant to us today? It's fascinating to learn that Jesus was raised from the dead, but does it matter to us? The answer, as you might guess, is 'yes, Easter is relevant.' Easter changes everything! Jesus promised he would die and be raised, and if he was able to keep that central promise, it means we can trust all his other promises. Pastor Luke preaches from Luke 24:1-12 in "Looking for the Living."

Is Easter just a chocolate egg???... Pete shows us that it definitely was not cute and not chocolatey! Jesus demonstrated that He came to remove the barriers between us and God. Matt 21.

Is Easter just another myth or can we be certain that Christ rose from the dead? Tune in to this week's God Solution show to hear more from Dr. Habermas, the expert on the resurrection of Christ.

Is Easter really that important? Yes! A thousand times yes!!!