Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

"Our earliest Gospel—Mark—says nothing about his birth. And the Apostle Paul—who knew the brothers of Jesus—says nothing about Bethlehem," Dr. Taylor is cited by the Daily Mail. This ...

It is supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ but we get caught ... they made their journey to Bethlehem—which was David’s hometown (Luke 2:1-5). When this announcement ...

“We might wonder why setting up a putz and telling the story of Jesus’ birth is so important to the Moravians, and now to the city of Bethlehem,” Rice says in the recording. “One reason ...

So, in preaching God’s word, our churches need to assure the world of God’s love, God’s concern, and God’s forgiveness.

Moravian missionaries named the Pennsylvania city of Bethlehem after the biblical birthplace of Jesus on Christmas Eve in 1741 ...

from the prophecy written in the book of the Jewish prophet Micah 700 years before the birth of Jesus – “but you, Bethlehem Ephrath … out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over ...

According to the Christmas story, Mary was forced to give birth to Jesus in a stable because there was no room at the inn. Today, nearly all of Bethlehem’s 5,500 hotel rooms are empty.

In the last few decades, that knowledge has taken a back seat to the hustle and bustle of shopping, parties and Santa Claus. Even the "comfort and joy" heralded is more about general feelings of ...

Thus inspired, Zinzendorf named the settlement Bethlehem. Beloved tradition retells the story of the birth of Jesus Bethlehem's first settlers brought with them hand-carved figures to retell the ...