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The Plain Principles of Paganism
Shane Vaughn2023-12-16John 4:23
Pastor Shane Vaughn teaches that pagans are worshippers but not true worshippers
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in 10 minutes: Why We Don't Celebrate Christmas in our ministry
Shane Vaughn2024-12-24No scripture reference explicitly cited in the transcript.
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- …rate his birth so why do we have to reach over to Pagan roots to celebrate the birth of Christ all of us that have chosen not to celebrate tomorrow we'…
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worship of nature
"The Secret History of Lent & Mardi Gras"
Shane Vaughn2025-03-03Ezekiel 8:14–15
“The Secret History of Lent & Mardi Gras” argues that both observances arose
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TABERNACLE AMONG US
Shane VaughnSeries: STANDALONE BOOK
death and resurrection story became the template for all dying and rising god myths throughout paganism. The Spread of Babylonian Religion From this Babylonian root, the same basic religious system spread throughout the world as peoples were scattered at Babel ... deep root? Through a process that has repeated throughout church history: Gradual Introduction: Pagan practices were not imposed overnight but introduced gradually through cultural accommodation and missionary prag- matism. Religious Justification: New Christian meanings were assigned to existing pagan celebrations
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Holy Halloween?
Shane Vaughn2023-10-31Romans 11:16
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- …l someone we can't celebrate Halloween because of pagan Roots what do they say what about Christmas what about Easter that's all Pagan so you know what…
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- …kbone because that's right Christmas 113 got more Pagan Roots than Halloween does it all starts in the home right but what if you've got a church now i…
The Lies of Lent and the Truth of Mardi Gras
Shane Vaughn2023-02-26Ezekiel 8:14
Pastor Shane Vaughn exposes the pagan origins of Lent and Mardi Gras, tracing their roots to pre-Christian Babylonian and pagan religious practices rather than biblical instruction. He argues that the Catholic Church incorporated these pagan celebrations into Christianity
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Are Birthdays Pagan?
Shane VaughnDeuteronomy 4:2Series: STANDALONE BOOK
rejects the creation of burdens Yahweh never imposed, while still maintaining FHMI’s rejection of holidays with demonstrable pagan religious roots
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Pastor Shane Vaughn exposes the LIES OF LENT and the TRUTH of MARDI GRAS
Shane Vaughn2023-02-26Ezekiel 8:14–15
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- …fore there Chapter 20: The Origin of Lent and its Pagan Roots 20:08 20 minutes, 8 seconds was Christianity there was religion Lenten comes from the old…
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The story you were never supposed to know
Shane VaughnSeries: STANDALONE BOOK
Unconquered Sun.” But when Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity in the fourth century, he did not abolish those pagan customs — he absorbed them. He simply gave the sun god a new name — Christos — and the feasts of Baal and Tammuz ... most openly pagan day on the modern calendar — a direct descendant of the ancient Festival of the Dead, when men sought favor from demons. ORIGINS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD The roots of Halloween go back more than two thousand years
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The Wine of Babylon, the Cup of Confusion
Shane Vaughn2016-11-26Jeremiah 51:7
This sermon explains Babylon as a symbol of religious confusion and false
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The Book of Colossians
Shane Vaughn2016-06-01Series: STANDALONE BOOK
Clark Rev. Steven Shelley Rev. Gene Simpkins CONTENTS 1 The Fullness of God 1 2 Paul’s Plight with Pagans 39 3 The Overcomers 90 4 A Call to Prayer 114 Shane Vaughn vi i I wish to thank ... good carnal works for our four and no more. If we had any good works before conversion they were rooted in selfish desires for the good feeling that they brought to us. We had no compassion for humanity
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Live Teaching
Shane Vaughn2018-03-31Matthew 12:40
Easter, and the chronology of Messiah's death and resurrection. Vaughn argues that Easter and Good Friday are rooted in pagan traditions and that the traditional Christian timeline contradicts Messiah's prophecy concerning three days and three nights
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The Story You Were Never Supposed to Know: Once Upon a Time
Shane VaughnRevelation 18:4
Easter, Lent, Halloween and Christmas. It traces the counterfeit system to Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz, explains the pagan roots of each holiday, presents the prophets' condemnation of mixing these practices into worship, and calls believers to separate and keep YAHWEH
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The Holy Days have no part in the modern church today, right? Part 3
Shane Vaughn2016-04-17Colossians 2:16–17Series: Holy Days in the Church
In the concluding message of the series, Dr. Vaughn addresses the principal New Testament passages commonly used against Sabbath and Holy Day observance, particularly Colossians 2:16–17. He argues that the passage has be…
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Shane Vaughn Preaches "No More Pigs On The Altar" an explanation of Hanukkah
Shane Vaughn2017-12-18John 10:22–24
In No More Pigs on the Altar, Pastor Shane Vaughn explains Hanukkah through John 10:22–24, emphasizing Yeshua's presence in Jerusalem during the Feast of Dedication. He recounts the desecration of the Jerusalem temple un…
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Thanksgiving - A Worthy Celebration, free from Paganism.
Shane VaughnJohn 10:22–23Series: Stand Alone
This teaching explains why First Harvest Ministries observes Thanksgiving while rejecting holidays
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Tim 4:1-4- All food is sanctified by prayer !!!!
Shane Vaughn2016-08-241 Timothy 4:3
This teaching examines 1 Timothy 4:1–5 and challenges the view that prayer makes all foods acceptable to eat. Vaughn argues that Paul was confronting false ascetic teachings that prohibited marriage and meat consumption …
biblical dietary laws food versus animals
Rom 14:5 Proves Why We Shouldn't Keep the Sabbath — Doesn't It?
Shane VaughnRomans 14:5
This teaching addresses the common objection that Romans 14:5 abolishes Sabbath observance. Shane Vaughn argues that the chapter’s context concerns food disputes and voluntary fasting days among early believers rather th…
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Christmas, the cute deception
Shane VaughnDeuteronomy 12:29-32Series: STANDALONE BOOK
This booklet examines the origins of Christmas and argues that the holiday is rooted in pagan practices later absorbed into Christianity through Roman religious transformation. It contrasts Christmas with Yahweh’s appointed Feasts and presents Sukkot as the more biblically
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thanksgiving a worthy celebration for believers no it s not pagan
Shane Vaughn2025-11-26John 10:22
The message explains why First Harvest Ministries celebrates Thanksgiving while rejecting holidays
tabernacles not pagan