Lee Strobel: Seizing The Season

Summary

This sermon explores the historical origins of celebrating Christmas on December 25th, tracing how early Christians determined the date through theological reasoning about Jesus's conception and death. The speaker references early church leaders like Tertullian and discusses how the earliest Christians did not initially celebrate birthdays, but later sought to commemorate Jesus's birth by connecting creation and redemption. The key takeaway is that while the exact date of Jesus's birth is unknown, early Christian scholars used symbolic theological calculations to establish December 25th as a meaningful day of remembrance.