Many are familiar with this story,  but there is something powerful here you may not know. What is it the heavenly host?  The word host is a military term for a group of soldiers. We've seen this 'heavenly host' before –...

Then who were they?  Just two specks among the teeming masses of humanity! It was through Joseph, a simple Jewish carpenter, and Mary, both from a small village in a tiny region of the Middle East occupied by the Romans, that Jesus would...

At first we may be tempted to dismiss the 'swaddling clothes' as simply a poetic phrase we remember from ancient Christmas carols. But that simple statement if  FILLED WITH MEANING! The words 'swaddling clothes'  is only found in...

Luke tells us in his Gospel:   And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,  and laid him in a manger .  (Luke 2:7) Imagine!   The King of Glory , who spoke a word and the universe...

Giving is a part of the Christmas season  – not because of an overweight elf in a red suit, but in remembrance of the gifts the wise men brought to lay at the feet of the Christ Child. According to Matthew,  "Then they opened...

Who were these wise men from the East?  Why were they looking for a sign?  And why was their story so important it became part of the Gospel record?  Originally, the word translated 'wise men' referred to a class of Persian...