With Christmas upon us, celebrating Jesus’ birth brings forth many conversations ... They not only believed the stories in the text, but they also lived out the associated lessons.

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.

This is the time of year when we hear the Christmas story of Jesus’ birth in the town of Bethlehem. We know how long ago it has been since his birth because our calendars count the years since 0 ...

Noting such diverse evidence, I thought that these stories sounded plausible in a way I had never imagined. The virgin birth is just one miracle among many in the Gospels. Jesus walked on water.

“We might wonder why setting up a putz and telling the story of Jesus’ birth is so important to the Moravians, and now to the city of Bethlehem,” Rice says in the recording. “One reason ...

but it is estimated that Jesus was born between 6 and 4 B.C., due to the Biblical story of King Herod the Great's reign, which coincides with the birth of Christ. As for the actual month and day ...