Christ- Centered Christmas Countdown - The Dating Divas. Count Down to Christmas with CHRIST- Centered Family Activities and Traditions! We just LOVE Christmastime and all the fun crafts, presents, and goodies that come with it.

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But as parents, we’re always trying to find ways to make more meaningful memories with our family. With all the chaos and busyness of Christmas, we want to make sure we’re focused on the REAL reason for the season. You might remember that last year we shared LOTS of fun, Christ- centered family activities and traditions. Well, it was one of our all- time, most popular posts, so we figured you all were trying to focus more on keeping Christ in Christmas too! That’s why this year we decided to take it a step further and put our favorite ideas onto our own…Christ- Centered Christmas Countdown! Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. To learn more about ’em, click here.**** UPDATE: You all loved our little Christ- Centered Christmas Countdown so much that wee decided to create a whole NEW Christ- Centered Christmas Printable Pack! Our new Christ- Centered Christmas Countdown is a full blown kit that includes: a calendar, supply list, envelope covers, countdown activity cards, and even printables for 1.

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Christ- Centered activities. If you’re really serious about wanting to focus on the real reason for the season this Christmas- make sure you check it out HERE! Okay, carry on…We asked one of our favorite designers, Kristin Clove, to create some Christ- Centered Christmas Activity Cards. And we have to say, they turned out absolutely gorgeous! If you haven’t checked our her shop, Cdot. Love, you really need to! We’re always drooling over her custom designs. Watch Stomping Ground Download Full.

Make sure you stop by her facebook page to leave a quick “thank you!” and let her know the Divas sent ya.}To Make Your Own Countdown You Will Need: Here’s How It Works: First, print our Christ- Centered Christmas Activity Cards onto white cardstock. Cut and laminate each card. Next, frame your 1.

You can chose any 1. It’s just gorgeous!}Now, simply use sticky tack to attach your 2. We’ve included 3.

You should end up with 4 rows with 6 cards on each. Each day in December, choose one activity to do together as a family. When you’ve completed the activity, remove the card from your frame. As Christmas approaches, you’ll slowly start to see your nativity print. By Christmas morning, you’ll be able to see the full picture of Christ’s birth.

So Simple! It’s as Easy as…One. Two. Three. Want to Know What’s on the Activity Cards? For your convenience, we’ve listed each of the activity cards below. Many of them are linked to other posts with more details, ideas, and free printables to make the activities even easier to pull off!

We’re ALL about quick and easy during the busy holiday season!}*TIP: You might want to pin or bookmark this post now so you can refer back to the list below quickly each night when you pick a new activity. Oh, and we’ve also included a few BLANK activity cards as well, just in case you want to add your own, personal family traditions. This would also make an AMAZING Christmas gift idea for family and friends! It’s a gift their families can use for years to come! Ready to get started?!

The Case For Christ: Evidence for the Resurrection. Watch the trailer for The Case for Christ film, based on the true story of award- winning investigative journalist Lee Strobel, an avowed atheist, who applies his well- honed journalistic and legal skills to disprove the newfound Christian faith of his wife… with unexpected, life- altering results. Coming to theaters nationwide on April 7, 2. Pure Flix Entertainment.* * *This week’s Bible Study of the Week is from session five of The Case for Christ video- based small group study by bestselling author Lee Strobel.

Lee takes you on an investigation of the life of Jesus from historical evidence and expert testimony. Is there credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? Skeptics dismiss the Jesus of the Gospels by claiming there is no evidence in the case for Christ. Lee Strobel disagrees. The former legal journalist and one- time atheist knows how to ask tough questions. His own search for truth about Jesus led him to faith in Christ. Now Strobel invites you to investigate the truth about Jesus that guided Strobel from atheism to faith in Christ in this study that can be used for personal reflection or for group discussion.

Watch the free session five video below and get our PDF download of the study guide accompaniment. Click here to access the free PDF study questions. Watch the Video Trailer: The Case for Christ. A Case For Christ: The Scientific Evidence.

Sometimes called the study of durable rubbish, archaeology involves the uncovering of artifacts, architecture, art, coins, monuments, documents, and other remains of ancient cultures. Experts study these relics to learn what life was like in the days when Jesus walked the dusty roads of ancient Palestine. Hundreds of archaeological findings from the first century have been unearthed, and I was curious: did they undermine or undergird the eyewitness stories about Jesus? At the same time, my curiosity was tempered by skepticism.

I have heard too many Christians make exorbitant claims that archaeology can prove a lot more than it really can. I wasn’t interested in more of the same. When scholars and students study archaeology, many turn to John Mc. Ray’s thorough and dispassionate 4. Archaeology and the New Testament. When the Arts and Entertainment Television Network wanted to ensure the accuracy of its Mysteries of the Bible program, they called Mc.

Ray as well. And when National Geographic needed a scientist who could explain the intricacies of the biblical world, again the phone rang in Mc. Ray’s office at well- respected Wheaton College in suburban Chicago. His office features the kind of cozy couch you’d find on the front porch of a country home. I settled into it while Mc. Ray, casually dressed in an open- necked shirt and a sports jacket that looked comfortably worn, leaned back in his desk chair. Watch Session 5: Evidence for the Resurrection. Luke’s Accuracy As a Historian.

The physician and historian Luke authored both the gospel bearing his name and the book of Acts, which together constitute about one- quarter of the entire New Testament. Consequently, a critical issue is whether Luke was a historian who could be trusted to get things right. When archaeologists check out the details of what he wrote,” I said, “do they find that he was careful or sloppy?”“The general consensus of both liberal and conservative scholars is that Luke is very accurate as a historian,” Mc. Ray replied. “He’s erudite, he’s eloquent, his Greek approaches classical quality, he writes as an educated man, and archaeological discoveries are showing over and over again that Luke is accurate in what he has to say.”In fact, he added, there have been several instances, similar to the story about the harbor, in which scholars initially thought Luke was wrong in a particular reference, only to have later discoveries confirm that he was correct in what he wrote. For instance, in Luke 3: 1 he refers to Lysanias being the tetrarch of Abilene in about AD 2. For years scholars pointed to this as evidence that Luke didn’t know what he was talking about, since everybody knew that Lysanias was not a tetrarch but rather the ruler of Chalcis half a century earlier.

If Luke can’t get that basic fact right, they suggested, nothing he has written can be trusted. That’s when archaeology stepped in. An inscription was later found from the time of Tiberius, from AD 1.

Lysanias as tetrarch in Abila near Damascus—just as Luke had written,” Mc. Ray explained. “It turned out there had been two government officials named Lysanias! Once more Luke was shown to be exactly right.”Another example is Luke’s reference in Acts 1. NIV, in the city of Thessalonica.

For a long time people thought Luke was mistaken, because no evidence of the term ‘politarchs’ had been found in any ancient Roman documents,” Mc. Ray said.“However, an inscription on a first- century arch was later found that begins, ‘In the time of the politarchs . You can go to the British Museum and see it for yourself.

And then, lo and behold, archaeologists have found more than thirty- five inscriptions that mention politarchs, several of these in Thessalonica from the same period Luke was referring to. Once again the critics were wrong and Luke was shown to be right.”An objection popped into my mind.

Yes, but in his gospel Luke says that Jesus was walking into Jericho when he healed the blind man Bartimaeus, while Mark says he was coming out of Jericho. Isn’t this a clear- cut contradiction that casts doubt on the reliability of the New Testament?”Mc.

Ray wasn’t stung by the directness of my question. Not at all,” came his response. It only appears to be a contradiction because you’re thinking in contemporary terms, in which cities are built and stay put. But that wasn’t necessarily the case long ago.“Jericho was in at least four different locations as much as a quarter of a mile apart in ancient times. The city was destroyed and resettled near another water supply or a new road or nearer a mountain or what- ever. The point is, you can be coming out of one site where Jericho existed and be going into another one, like moving from one part of suburban Chicago to another part of suburban Chicago.”“What you’re saying is that both Luke and Mark could be right?” I asked.“That’s correct.

Jesus could have been going out of one area of Jericho and into another at the same time.”Again archaeology had answered another challenge to Luke. And given the large portion of the New Testament written by him, it’s extremely significant that Luke has been established to be a scrupulously accurate historian, even in the smallest details.

One prominent archaeologist carefully examined Luke’s references to thirty- two countries, fifty- four cities, and nine islands, finding not a single mistake. Here’s the bottom line: “If Luke was so painstakingly accurate in his historical reporting,” said one book on the topic, “on what logical basis may we assume he was credulous or inaccurate in his reporting of matters that were far more important, not only to him but to others as well?”Matters, for example, like the resurrection of Jesus, the most influential evidence of his deity, which Luke says was firmly established by “many convincing proofs” (Acts 1: 3). The Reliability of John and Mark. Archaeology may support the credibility of Luke, but he isn’t the only author of the New Testament. I wondered what scientists would have to say about John, whose gospel was sometimes considered suspect because he talked about locations that couldn’t be verified. Some scholars charged that since he failed to get these basic details straight, John must not have been close to the events of Jesus’ life.

That conclusion, however, has been turned upside down in recent years. There have been several discoveries that have shown John to be very accurate,” Mc. Ray pointed out. “For example, John 5: 1 – 1. Jesus healed an invalid by the Pool of Bethesda. John provides the detail that the pool had five porticoes.