When we think of Christmas, the Nativity scene usually comes to mind. And most of us can picture the scene instantly — Mary and Joseph, a manger, shepherds, angels and a bright star overhead. Maybe ...

As familiar as the Christmas story of the baby born in a manger might be, it is also a cautionary tale for our age. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be ...

“Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel”. The question that the line re-asks and re-asks is not new, however: what is good about Christmas? It is: what ...

The exact date of Jesus' birth is unknown, though it is estimated to have occurred between 6 and 4 B.C. December 25th was chosen as the date to celebrate Jesus' birth centuries after his death, ...

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone ...