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May 3, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

Christmas Is Too Big for One Day: Why We Celebrate Advent

Christians, and even many non-Christians, around the world celebrate Christmas as the day when Jesus, the Messiah, was born in a stable in the little Judean town of Bethlehem. Whether Jesus was born on December 25th or not, his birthday has easily become the most widely celebrated birthday in human history. But what about Advent,… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Christmas, Jesus, Jesus, Christmas & Easter Tagged With: Biblical Theology, Blog, Christmas, History, Jesus

May 3, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

10 Things You Should Know about Christmas

1. Jesus is the reason for the season. The primary purpose for observing Christmas is remembering Jesus’s birth. At Christmas, we celebrate Jesus’s birthday, not the little drummer boy or Santa Claus! 2. Jesus preexisted with God in the beginning before the world began. Jesus’s birth as a baby in a Bethlehem manger doesn’t mark… Read More

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May 3, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

The Scandal of Christmas

The infancy narratives in the Gospels proclaim Jesus as the fulfillment of messianic hopes and expectations. God, however, didn’t do things the way most people expected. Our familiarity with the Christmas story may cause us to miss the unexpected wonder, shock, and newness accompanying these events. In our book The First Days of Jesus, Alexander… Read More

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May 3, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus: A Case of Confounded Expectations

This Christmas provides yet another opportunity to read the biblical accounts of Jesus’s birth and to reflect on their significance for our lives. As Charles Wesley wrote well over two centuries ago, “Come, Thou long-expected Jesus, …, Hope of all the earth Thou art, Dear desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart.” While… Read More

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May 3, 2017 By Andreas Köstenberger

Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room

“Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare Him room, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven, and heaven and nature sing!” (Isaac Watts) The hymn writer’s words, of course, echo Luke’s ominous remarks that at the birth of Jesus, there… Read More

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