From My Desk

Image source: www.chiarotino.com “We need to celebrate this Christmas. Jesus’ birth was – and is – good news of great joy” -Rick Warren (Pastor/Bible teacher/Best-selling author).               Christmas is derived from the old English words Cristes maesse, “Christ`s Mass”. Christmas is a Christian festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Present spelling of Christmas probably came into use around the 16 th century. It is arguably the most popular and most widely celebrated festival in the 21 st century. Though celebrated by a large segment of Christendom, it has been bastardized by a minority within the Christian fold and outside Christian circles. Chief among the most vociferous critics of Christmas is the religious group called the Jehovah`s Witnesses . Their antagonistic views regarding the celebration of Christmas will be considered since to a very large extent, their views represent that of man...

Quite recently, Mz B el, a Ghanaian music artiste was heard on live television and on a couple of radio talk shows state emphatically that Jesus Christ is a fictional character and not a historical figure as taught by the Church (and as contained in the New Testament of the Bible). Such a view is also held and expounded by a group in Ghana that calls itself Common Sense Family (a group the singer belongs to). They insist that the stories surrounding Jesus Christ as contained in the Bible were made up and claim they arrived at such conclusions through research. Their assertions have been given much publicity in the Ghanaian news media (the electronic media in particular).             Admittedly Mz B el and members of the Common Sense Family are not alone in their beliefs. They enjoy the company of several thousand across the globe and are obviously entitled to their views. However, such views do not necessarily represent t...