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Just Where, Exactly, Was Jesus Born?

While Mary and Joseph could have been in a stable or cave (certainly not an inn!), Luke’s word choice is very telling. In 2:7 , inn is the Greek word kataluma. But in Lk. 10:34, Luke uses another word for inn : pandoxeion . This was the usual word used for what we conceive of as a motel. While kataluma...

Posted to Greg & Laile DeWeese (Weblog) by DeWeese on 07-29-2008
Where was Joseph?

We know from Luke 2:7 that Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn . But, was she alone? Was there a mid-wife? Was Joseph out with the other nervous first-time father in the waiting area? We see...

Posted to Greg & Laile DeWeese (Weblog) by DeWeese on 07-29-2008
Reconsidering the Christmas Story

This month at the International Bible Church we're considering all the ways that God the Father prepared his Son Jesus to begin his public ministry at 30 years old, a ministry that would end 3 1/2 years later in a brutal death on the cross. July is a great time to think about the Christmas story...

Posted to Greg & Laile DeWeese (Weblog) by DeWeese on 07-29-2008

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