The birth of Jesus was a divine intervention, the moment God Himself stepped into our world as a baby. Now this, in itself, is a gift beyond measure, a gift of love, grace, a gift of salvation ...

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 ...

An infant in a manger, a brilliant shining star, and adoring shepherds: All are familiar parts of the Christmas story. For many of the world’s Christians, the celebration of Jesus’ birth ...

I wanted children to hear the story of the nativity through the eyes of a child, not the experience of an adult. There are many excellent picture books about Jesus’ birth, from simple retellings ...

Numerous displays along the path featured real folks and animals re-creating key scenes from the biblical story of the birth of Jesus Christ, including the three wise men’s journey, Mary and ...

angels, shepherds, stable animals, innkeepers, drummer boys, wise men or the holy family. Mixed with music and dialogue, the story celebrated the birth of Jesus, a news release said.

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 ...

Now, I have nothing against sentimentality, but if that’s all we get out of the story of the birth of Jesus, we are pretty much missing the point. Luke’s deceptively simple tale is subversive.

All of the evidence suggests that Matthew and Luke had heard stories of Jesus’ birth and added them later to their accounts. The infancy narratives are not integral to their gospels, but they do serve ...