Discover why God fulfilled Isaiah's prophecy by coming as a helpless infant. Read about the profound meaning of Immanuel—"God ...

Christmas did not begin in Bethlehem. If we imagine the story starting only with Mary, Joseph, shepherds, and a manger, we ...

Long before the stable in Bethlehem, God was preparing the world for this moment. Isaiah foretold, “The virgin will conceive ...

“Immanuel” means “God with us.” God with us in all our flesh-and-blood realities and messiness. God with us. We see that “with us” in the life of Jesus. Jesus with the prostitutes and the lepers and ...

Among the many distinctions between Christianity and every other religion, one that stands out in particular is that God is not a far-off, uninvolved, detached deity. From the first book of the Bible ...

We are not destined to live a life of desperation. At Christmas we remind ourselves that God came close. Not that we deserved it but because He fearfully and wonderfully loves us. He did it ...