Many of the prophecies, like those in Isaiah, were written centuries before the birth of Jesus. Cumulatively, they predict the conditions of His birth, meek and lowly; the location of His birth ...

a scene depicting the birth of Jesus. As a child, I always looked forward to seeing Nativity scenes all across my native South Louisiana at Christmastime. My favorite Nativity, however ...

The other two gospelers, Mark and John, don't tell it at all. "I would say maybe our modern assumptions about Jesus' birth have a number of sources, both biblical and beyond the Bible," said Eric D.

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.

Nativity scenes like the famous life-sized wood nativity on display at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles are a creative religious reminder of the birth of Jesus as told in the ...

Although many parts of the story of Jesus’ birth are historically unverifiable, certain pieces can be tied to the events sweeping the world at the time. One is the Church of the Nativity in ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...

Langston Hughes' "Black Nativity" celebrates the birth of Jesus through Black American musical culture. For the eighth consecutive season, a local, intergenerational cast performed this joyful ...

Since at least the 2nd century AD people have believed that the place where the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, now stands is where Jesus was born. One particular cave, over which the first Church ...

In the story of the Incarnation, symbols of death and danger remind us of God’s renewal. The next time someone wants a good Advent book, Fleming Rutledge recommends Cormac McCarthy’s The Road ...