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December 15, 2015 By Andreas Köstenberger

Christmas: Time to Get Excited!

It’s that time again, the most wonderful time of the year!      It’s the most wonderful time of the year      With the kids jingle belling      And everyone telling you “Be of good cheer.”      It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And on it goes … So what’s… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Jesus, Christmas & Easter Tagged With: Angels, Christmas, Gospel of Luke, Jesus's Birth, Mary, Nativity, Shepherds

November 30, 2015 By Andreas Köstenberger

Advent Reading Plan

Advent Reading Plan The following Advent Reading Plan, reproduced from The First Days of Jesus: The Story of the Incarnation by Andreas J. Kӧstenberger and Alexander E. Stewart (foreword by Justin Taylor; Wheaton: Crossway, 2015) includes six readings from the Old Testament, six from Matthew, nine from Luke, and four from John. The readings, keyed… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, New Testament Tagged With: Advent, Advent Reading Plan, Christmas, First Days of Jesus, Incarnation, Jesus, Nativity

October 1, 2015 By Andreas Köstenberger

What Happened at the First Christmas?

In order to appreciate the significance of Messiah’s coming—and thus to understand the true meaning of Christmas—we need to travel back in time, back to the first Christmas, before this event even carried that name. We can’t offer you a time machine, but we can point you to the earliest written witnesses to the first… Read More

Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, New Testament Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas Story, First Days of Jesus, Incarnation, Jesus, Nativity, Story, Virgin Birth

September 16, 2015 By Andreas Köstenberger

Scandalous Christmas (with Alexander Stewart)

God does not always do things the way that we think he should or act as we might expect. He does not always act in accordance with human wisdom (Paul develops this point in 1 Corinthians 1:18–25, 27–29). Nowhere is this clearer than in the infancy narratives of Matthew 1–2 and Luke 1–2. The birth… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Jesus, Christmas & Easter Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas Story, First Days of Jesus, Incarnation, Jesus, Miracle, Nativity, Story, Virgin Birth

December 23, 2010 By Andreas Köstenberger

When Was Jesus Born?

In an earlier blog post, I wrote about the question of whether or not Jesus was born on December 25. To continue the conversation, here is what I continue to be the best article on the subject, by Paul Maier, Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at the University of Michigan. The piece appeared originally in Chronos, Karis, Christos: Nativity and Chronological Studies presented to Jack Fingan (ed. J. Vardaman; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1989), and appears here with permission of the author.

Filed Under: Blog, New Testament Tagged With: Christmas, Jesus, Nativity, Virgin Birth

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