Don’t Throw Away Your Nativity Sets: Why Jesus May Not Have Been Born in a “Lower Room”
Jesus’s birth is a breach of human hospitality, not an example of it.

Jesus’s birth is a breach of human hospitality, not an example of it.

Loyalists to each side would claim their hero has the advantage. Superman has the death-vision and incomparable strength. Batman has the utility belt.

The Goldfinch movingly illustrates the human craving for beauty, the innate longing for transcendence.

If I can enjoy films about Christians, or about non-Christian heroes who serve as Christ figures, why wouldn’t I also enjoy a faithful reenactment of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ himself?

Is the virgin birth impossible? “Yes,” says science.
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