Ever notice how the Bible gives us a pretty detailed account of Jesus’ birth, then suddenly skips ahead to his ministry at ...

Few ancient lives have left as many fingerprints on the modern world and yet remained so hard to fix on a single, stable ...

In building a biography of Jesus, we began last month by charting the years in which he lived. Now we move to Jesus’s family. But you already know Mary and Joseph from the Christmas story. What else ...

One of the biggest pieces missing from biblical accounts of Jesus’ life is his childhood. But apocryphal accounts, such as the Gospel of Thomas, do talk about Jesus’ reportedly miraculous early years.

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger — an animal feeding bin — ...

This is the latest in my occasional series of conversations about Christianity, aimed at bridging America’s God gulf. Previously, I’ve spoken with the Rev. Timothy Keller, President Jimmy Carter, the ...

Most of us know the basics of the story of Jesus’ birth. According to the ancient sources, he was born in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph, Jews living in Israel in the first century CE. Traditional ...

(The Conversation) — Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger – an ...