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

The reason that the Gospel writers seem so determined to have Jesus born in Bethlehem is found in an ancient Jewish prophecy. The Old Testament prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah would be ...

if the decree had been issued weeks or months earlier – or later – Jesus would have been born elsewhere, thus negating the prophecy. As it happened, “While they were there [in Bethlehem ...

It is supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus ... Bethlehem this late in her pregnancy?" Well, we know that God is a stickler for detail. Scripture had said the Messiah would be born ...

Even the Gospels that claim Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea cannot agree ... arose from the desire to link him to an ancient Hebrew prophecy. The prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah ...

Experts now question the traditional belief that Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea ... to align Jesus' birth with the Old Testament prophecy of the Messiah coming from the city of David.

This is the time of year when we hear the Christmas story of Jesus’ birth in the town of Bethlehem ... to write the following prophecies: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given ...

Jesus’ birth story has captivated billions of people for more than two millennia, as the Bible details a loving God’s decision to send His Son to die for the sins of humanity — and live again.

Jesus’ birth story has captivated billions of people for more than two millennia, as the Bible details a loving God’s decision to send His Son to die for the sins of humanity — and live again.

WHEN Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem more than two thousand years ago, it was a miracle that he and his mother survived. It was not a happy birth. Saint Luke tells us that it was an awful ...