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 ...

Early Christians calculated Jesus' conception to align with Passover, believing he was conceived and crucified on the same date-March 25. Adding nine months brings his birth to December 25.

Those of us who read our New Testaments beginning with the four Gospels need to remember that current scholarship finds in the Epistles the earliest writings preserved in the New Testament.

the two different Gospel Infancy Narratives by examining a series of scenes in each of the narratives; the unique characteristics of each account; the limits of our historical knowledge about Jesus’s ...

The Old Testament contains a variety of books divided into different categories such as law or history. One important category is prophecy: Prophecy in the bible refers to the words spoken by the ...

Christo- centric history signifies that Jesus “so deeply marked and redeemed human history” that the chronology of recorded history is defined by His historical birth, the first Christmas.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. What is political power for? What is its essence? What qualities should a leader have ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. But several important Christmas traditions have nothing to do with Jesus. These are the five ...

The White House, Washington, D.C. 1804. Thomas Jefferson was frustrated. It was not the burdens of office that bothered him. It was his Bible. Jefferson was convinced that the authentic words of ...