Cultural Christmas
When you think of Christmas, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Perhaps you think of the manger…
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What Happened at the First Christmas?
In order to appreciate the significance of Messiah’s coming—and thus to understand the true meaning of Christmas—we need to travel…
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Scandalous Christmas
God does not always do things the way that we think he should or act as we might expect. He…
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When Was Jesus Born?
In an earlier blog post, I wrote about the question of whether or not Jesus was born on December 25. To continue the conversation, here is what I continue to be the best article on the subject, by Paul Maier, Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at the University of Michigan. The piece appeared originally in Chronos, Karis, Christos: Nativity and Chronological Studies presented to Jack Fingan (ed. J. Vardaman; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1989), and appears here with permission of the author.
