And the early biographers of Jesus created the story of the virgin birth to counter the same claim by followers of Augustus Caesar. Such conclusions are reached by scholars who have more extensive ...

Although many parts of the story of Jesus’ birth are historically unverifiable, certain pieces can be tied to the events sweeping the world at the time. One is the Church of the Nativity in ...

Jesus is the reason for the season, they say. This is undoubtedly true, but despite what Nativity plays and Hollywood epics would have us believe, the story of the birth of Jesus is more complicated ...

Every year, Christians around the world mark Jesus’ traditional birth story with Nativity plays and Christmas festivities. The celebrated event is described in the Book of Luke, stating Mary ...

This Christmas Eve, let’s step into the story of Jesus’ birth as told by the author of the Gospel of Luke. It is only in Luke’s narrative of the Nativity that we encounter the shepherds ...