Holidays and Holy Days Archives

Names of Jesus: The Vine

Published: December 15, 2025 (Originally published: December 18, 2015)

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5)

A Christmas Message

Published: December 8, 2025 (Originally published: December 24, 2014)

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

Let’s take just a moment to look beyond the controversy over when the Lord came and focus on why He came. I think Isaiah gave us the best explanation the Bible offers. What follows is my adaptation of Isaiah 53.

The Christmas Story … Part 2 (Conclusion)

Published: December 3, 2025 (Originally published: December 14, 2013)

On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived. Luke 2:21

The God Without … A Thanksgiving Message

Published: November 26, 2025 (Originally published: November 25, 2015)

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100)

God’s Blessing Game

Published: November 19, 2025 (Originally published: November 21, 2015)

When the Pilgrims had experienced their first successful harvest in the New World, they decided to give thanks for the Lord's provision, even though half of them had died in the year since their arrival. Inviting the neighboring natives to join them, they held a three-day celebration patterned after their knowledge of the Feast of Tabernacles.

Believe In Your Heart

Published: November 12, 2025 (Originally published: April 23, 2014)

If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9

The Feast of Tabernacles

Published: October 13, 2025 (Originally published: July 2, 2003)

If anyone is thirsty let him come to me and drink. -John 7:37

The Feast Of Tabernacles: Feast of Booths: Sukkot

Published: October 8, 2025 (Originally published: September 26, 2015)

Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name,

Happy Birthday Lord Jesus

Published: September 29, 2025 (Originally published: June 30, 2003)

For about 1400 years we've celebrated the Lord's birth on Dec. 25. Are we wrong?

The Fall Feasts Of Israel

Published: September 22, 2025 (Originally published: September 16, 2015)

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

The fall is arguably the most important time of the year in Judaism. Three of Israel’s holiest days are celebrated then, and all in the space of 3 weeks. They are Yom Teruah, also called the Feast of Trumpets, followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur,