Redeemer of Israel

Almost every Nativity scene features three wise men, each wearing a golden crown, and arriving from the east riding heavy-laden camels. But ...

Luke begins his Nativity narrative with the annunciations of the angel Gabriel to Mary and Zacharias. It seems that Luke purposefully pl...

Ask almost anyone about the setting of the birth of Christ, and you will likely be told about a stable, a wooden manger filled with hay, ...

The story of the birth of Jesus Christ has been told for centuries. The account usually begins with the annunciation to Mary or the appe...

One of the things that has helped me better prepare for Christmas each year is to take up a study of the story of the Nativity about a mo...

According to the second chapter of Matthew, wise men brought the Christ child gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Because there were...

On the night of the Savior's birth, an angel of the Lord proclaimed to the shepherds that the Messiah had been born in Bethlehem. The...

Today marks the first day of the Christian  Advent  season. Advent means "coming" and is a time of preparation for the coming...

Interview with Rebecca Holt Stay , Instructor of Biblical Studies - BYU Continuing Education There's not a lot of description in ...

Interview with Rebecca Holt Stay , Instructor of Biblical Studies - BYU Continuing Education "When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, th...

Interview with Rebecca Holt Stay , Instructor of Biblical Studies - BYU Continuing Education "There were in the same country as Jo...

When we think of swaddling clothes, as mentioned in the story of Luke 2 , we generally think of white blankets wrapped around the infant ...

The story of the birth of John the Baptist begins with the visit of Marry to Elizabeth while they are both pregnant (see Luke 1:39-80 ). ...

Joseph is one of my favorite characters of the nativity story. I think it's because he not only shows an incredible amount of obedie...

Luke begins his Nativity narrative with the annunciation of the angel Gabriel to Mary and Zacharias. It seems to be very clear that Luke...

On Monday night I had the chance to go see a Live Nativity in Bluffdale, Utah. I heard about it last year, and thought it would just b...

Frankincense and myrrh were two of the gifts that the wise men brought to the young Jesus. To culminate the Christmas season, I enjoy bur...

In the gospel of Matthew we read of the wise men who came bearing gifts for the young Jesus (see Matthew 2:11 ).  This most likely occu...