God's Work Through the Holy Spirit1. Jesus Born of the Holy SpiritBible: Luke 1:34-35 (NRSV)“The Holy Spirit will come upon ...

God's Plan of SalvationThe life of Jesus Christ begins with His birth and proceeds through the cross, resurrection, ascension ...

Both infancy narratives build upon the memories of historical events and contain useful historical data. However, readers today should not assume that everything in the narratives is certain ...

Many of us have likely heard the story of Jesus' birth. We've either had our children participate in Christmas pageants at church (as angels or donkeys or sheep) and many of us have our own clay or ...

In their differing accounts of the first Christmas, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke provide important historical details about where and when Jesus was born. Sacred originsWith its shepherds and wise ...

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Through Nativity art, the Word takes on flesh across diverse Eastern cultures. Jesus was born in Asia. He was Asian. Yet the preponderance of Christian art that shows him at home in Europe has meant ...

A pope writing a book is an event for publishing and a risk for the papacy. Readers are a contentious lot, and the chances of criticism only increase when the topic at hand is the New Testament. As ...

The tradition of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25th has a fascinating history, and while it’s become the universally recognized date for Christmas, the journey to this specific day ...

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke tell stories about Jesus’ birth and infancy with incompatible details. The geographical movements cannot be reconciled. In Matthew they are from Bethlehem and want to ...