Don’t picture a smooth field full of tall grass. I saw no such fields around Bethlehem. In fact, I saw most rocky fields that no implement on earth could plow. The grass and shrubs that the sheep would eat grew in patches and clumps here and there...

Don’t picture a smooth field full of tall grass. I saw no such fields around Bethlehem. In fact, I saw most rocky fields that no implement on earth could plow. The grass and shrubs that the sheep would eat grew in patches and clumps here and there...

Trying to date the birth of Jesus is hazardous business. The Bible does not give us a date. We celebrate Christmas at a time set by the church back in the 4th century.

Recently I read an article about Zachariah and his priestly order. This article...

Trying to date the birth of Jesus is hazardous business. The Bible does not give us a date. We celebrate Christmas at a time set by the church back in the 4th century.

Recently I read an article about Zachariah and his priestly order. This article...

This is how. This is the Genesis (Matthew 1:1, geneology; 1:18, birth). The goal with the genealogy of Jesus is to confirm him as a descendant of Abraham and David and therefore qualified to be the Promised One. 

Last week we read Luke’s introductory...

This is how. This is the Genesis (Matthew 1:1, geneology; 1:18, birth). The goal with the genealogy of Jesus is to confirm him as a descendant of Abraham and David and therefore qualified to be the Promised One. 

Last week we read Luke’s introductory...

Someone asked me this week if I believed in angels. I told them, “Yes, I do.” Why would God not create powerful creatures to do his bidding? He made us.

Angels do not appear throughout scripture anymore than they appear throughout our lives. But they...