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The Magi knew what to do when they encountered the baby Jesus.

Until the other day, I would have said the Bible was somewhat indeterminate on when life begins. But as I was reading the Christmas story in Luke 1 and 2 when I made what were for me several new observations.

In reading Standiford’s history of “A Christmas Carol,” if not Dickens’s book itself, one sees more clearly the humanistic understanding of salvation that is presented there.

Wherever you live, and whether you have snow or not, when you celebrate the One born to live, die, and come again for us, you'll have a White Christmas.

In this Song of Zechariah, which is really a Holy Spirit-inspired praise and prophecy, there is enough Gospel to turn the lights on in our lives.

Christmas has become an odd mixture of pagan ideas, superstition, fanciful legends, and plain ignorance. The place to begin sorting it out is in God's Word, because we can't know Jesus if we don't understand He is real.

Was the star of Bethlehem a supernova? Halley's comet? A conjunction of stars and planets? Or something far more miraculous? Let's take a look at the theories...

The real message of Christmas is not the gifts that we give to each other, but the reminder of the gift that God has given to us. It is the only gift that keeps on giving, so I want to point out four things about it...

The words of the prophet Isaiah speak to a longing to recover what is now only a memory. So no wonder that Christmas is so marvelous, that Advent is such an important group of Sundays for us.

Looking at a litany of failed monarchs, and sitting in the rubble of Israel's monarchy, Isaiah looked across the centuries to a time when God would rule on earth through His Son...

Why wouldn't a Christian celebrate the birth of Christ? In actuality, the reasons are varied and the legacy long, going back to the Puritans and up to present day groups such as Advent Conspiracy.

Christmas reminds us that "today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord" (Luke 2:11).

We tend to overlook genealogic sections of Scripture, but sometimes they contain hidden treasure.

How can we make the most of this brief season and cultivate joyful, fruitful anticipation in our hearts and the hearts of our children?

Lawyer and professor uses the Bible alongside history and science to verify existence of the Christmas phenomenon.