Yet the New Testament Gospels do not agree about the details of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem. Some do not mention Bethlehem or Jesus' birth at all. The Gospels' different views might be hard to ...

1:20). Both narratives insist that Jesus’ coming is in continuity with and the ultimate realization of Israel’s covenant with God. They repeatedly draw upon Israel’s scriptures to assert this. Both ...

Focusing on Jesus, Scripture begins to consider Mary in reference to Jesus ... Some scholars and theologians see Mary's question about the predicted birth (v. 34) as indicating her intention to remain ...

Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem enables Matthew to link his coming to ... 2:23’s “He will be called a Nazorean,” matches no exact text in Israel’s scriptures. Some have suggested a word-play on Judges 13:5: ...

One important category is prophecy: Prophecy in the bible refers to the words spoken ... hundreds of years before Jesus was born. Often the messages would call people to obey God's law and live ...

There's never a dull moment in the Howell household with 8-year-old Maisley's hilarious renditions of the Bible. Maisley attends ... One storyline in particular, the birth of Jesus, has gone ...

By Christopher Wells In his continuing catechetical series on “Jesus our Hope,” Pope Francis turned to the birth of Jesus in ...