...How can we authentically connect with the “joy” of Christmas when our hearts are aching or our lives are strained to the breaking point? If we are aspiring to connect with “happiness,” we have little chance.

...Happiness can be the result, not of spending more money on oneself, but rather of giving money away to others...The data shows this to be not simply a nice idea, but a social-scientific fact.

...Into an uncomfortable environment we gather together to celebrate “the holidays.” How do we navigate this terrain? How might we evangelize our family on what appears to be a minefield?

Jonathan Edwards was one of the most important religious figures in the history of American Christianity. He was a theologian, preacher, and prolific writer. The contribution printed here is its balance between...

...December 25 emerged from the early Christian belief that there was an association between the date of the conception of Jesus and the date of his crucifixion.

...The glory of Christmas is that the expectation of Isaiah 7:14 has become a reality. The virgin really did give birth to a son. He was called Immanuel, for He really was God with us.

Across the world, Christmas carols carry deep doctrinal truths...In particular, Charles Wesley’s “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” proclaims bold truths about the person and work of Christ that most carolers...

The Christmas season is a perfect opportunity to accurately retell the biblical Christmas story.

...While our individual experience of depression is unique, it helps to know we’re not alone in our struggle. Not only does Jesus relate to us, our fellow believers suffer as well.

...The sad reality is that elevating kindness above truth is not only a problem in secular society and among liberal denominations of Christianity, but it is also prevalent in mainstream American evangelicalism.

I smile when I think about a statue to Satan being torn down and decapitated---but this urge must be tempered with truth, the truth that toppling a ridiculous display doesn’t do anything to defeat the devil.

If facing overwhelming challenges in our life, we might face the holiday season with ambivalence toward celebration and its accompanying stressors. How can we have an emotionally safe holiday season?

...The first chapter of Matthew is designed to tell us the origin of the person whom we call Savior and Lord. Matthew begins with the genealogy of Jesus of Nazareth. Note carefully the wording of verse 16.

...In recent decades, many people have radically redefined or outright rejected the classical theism taught by theologians from Augustine of Hippo to Charles Hodge.

As we study Christmas, we see that Jesus, the true Savior, came to save His people from their sins. There are three questions that must be answered as we consider the salvation Jesus secured.

...God could have been all wrath, all fury, all judgement, and all the things many unbelievers make Him up to be. But instead, even before the foundation of the world, He is (and will always be) love.

God’s acts are purposeful. If the Scriptures teach that the Holy Spirit overshadowed the womb of the virgin Mary so that she conceived and bore a son, we should reflect on reasons for this virginal conception.