The archaeological evidence for Christmas tells a remarkable story. For nearly two centuries, skeptical scholars dismissed the Christmas narrative as a pious legend disconnected from historical reality. The virgin birth was claimed to be borrowed mythology. Bethlehem appeared too small and obscure. The census under Quirinius created supposed chronological problems. The manger in a cave…
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The Unexpected Story No One Would Write Christmas is very odd! If you were inventing a religion to reveal the heart of God, or at least your specific god, to capture hearts and change the world, you wouldn’t start in a cave that smelled of animals. You wouldn’t choose a teenage peasant girl as your…
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It may surprise some to find that Jesus is actually referred to in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament of the biblical writings. What follows is as complete a list as can be formed of all the names of Jesus of Nazareth used in the Bible. Taking all the names of Jesus used in the Bible into consideration,…
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One of the reasons that the Bible is thought by so many to be the inspired word of God is because it has writings which predict events far future from the dates of those writings. Through linguistics, archaeology and general historical analysis of various kinds, we can determine the approximate dates (sometimes very precise dates)…
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On the occasion of Christmas and the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ (God incarnate), it is appropriate to consider the following insightful commentary from Harry Reasoner from Christmas Eve of 1973, “Christmas is such a unique idea that most non-Christians accept it, and I think sometimes envy it. If Christmas is the anniversary…
