Today is Christmas! It is the day we celebrate and commemorate a very significant event – Jesus, our Savior is born in Bethlehem. When you get past all the tinsel and the presents and the Santa ...

The Gospel according to Luke was not written by a witness to the birth of Jesus. In fact, St. Luke probably never even saw Jesus. Rather, he studied the written accounts of the birth and life of Jesus ...

I recall hearing a story years ago, the impact which still touches me today. It is a story of a teacher who was teaching children in Russia the Christmas story of Jesus’ birth. She was teaching them ...

It is a simple story, but the birth in a stable some 2,000 years ago changed the world. On this Christmas Eve, as is tradition in the Southeast Missourian, the story is told again from the Holy Bible ...

The nativity display at the First Lutheran Church on 19th Street in Parkersburg. (Photo by Art Smith) Matthew 1:18 — This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : His mother Mary was pledged ...

NAMPA — They are symbols of the most momentous event in Christianity carved in wood, etched in glass and kilned in clay. Nativities and crèches from around the world created a magnificent setting for ...