Good News, Good Fear, and Good Change
The good news of Jesus brings good change, and that’s not always something that leaves us feeling warm and secure. For the last decade, I have been blessed to teach […]
The Fall: Adam and Eve, You and Me, and God’s Persistence
In the fall of Adam and Eve, humans stopped trusting God’s goodness, and they made their own decisions about what was right and wrong. Yet God continued pursuing the hearts […]
Where Christmas Originated
Where Christmas Originated: From Jesus’ Birth to Global Traditions Daniel McCoy explains that Christmas originated with the birth of Jesus in ancient Israel, as recorded in the Gospels of Matthew […]
10 Ways the Holy Family Experienced the Stress of Christmas
Stress of Christmas: How the Holy Family Faced It Daniel McCoy shows that Mary and Joseph experienced real Christmas stress through poverty, fear, confusion, inconvenience, and danger. The article traces […]
A Thrill of Hope: Rediscovering Joy by Returning to the Original Christmas
Original Christmas: Rediscovering Joy in the Real Birth of Jesus Tim Casey argues that Christmas can lose its meaning when nostalgia, tradition, and romanticism overshadow the real story of Jesus’ […]
Did Jesus Have Siblings?
Did Jesus Have Siblings? What the Bible Says About Jesus’ Family John Whittaker argues that the Gospel references to Jesus’ brothers and sisters refer to real siblings within Mary and […]
The Spiritual Meaning of Christmas: It’s Bigger Than “God Loves You”
What is the spiritual meaning of Christmas? The central message which defined the original Christmas and continues to shape spirituality today is that Jesus has come to earth as our […]
5 Insights from the Wise Men in the Bible
What can we learn from the wise men in the Christmas story of the Bible? By digging into the historical narrative, we come away with five surprisingly robust insights from […]