Now for the fourth time since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, we are celebrating the Word of God becoming flesh as angels proclaimed peace on earth. So where is the peace?

When Christmas so saturates our understanding of everything that we dwell closely with the God who wants to dwell with us, when we preach we will be able to represent him better than ever before.

The festival, ‘Murcia, with one voice for Christmas’, brought together evangelical churches and general audience, with music, gospel, theatre, and a public message of hope.

Let’s be sure to bring the most real concerns of our time to the Christmas story and find in it a Saviour who has learned what it is to be human.

After the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market last year, that killed 6 people, “the shock and grief drew many people to churches”, say evangelical leaders.

Days before, Fulani herdsmen also raided a village in Plateau state and killed 15 Christians.

Why did the angels play such a central role in the birth of Jesus? Some answers according to the Bible.

The uncertainty that surrounded Mary and Joseph when Jesus was born shows us what kind of God was coming to be with us. In a stable, a child arrived to identify with our helplessness.

The evangelical churches in the southern Spanish city brought the Christian message of Christmas to the city in a joint event attended by the authorities.

Stars have always made humans think of eternal things and of transcendence. Like the Psalmist, we gaze into the clear night sky and marvel at all the stars, being overwhelmed by the unfathomable size of the cosmos.

As we preach this Christmas season, let’s not miss the opportunity to highlight the glorious truths contained in the songs we sing. 

If the theme is Christmas, but Christ is missing, then there will be lots of peace on earth and goodwill to all men, but no basis for such a message of hope. 

Christians say that “the Cuban state refuses to open spaces for the exercise of fundamental rights”, and denounce the application of heavy fines to religious leaders.

At ChosenCon2024, Dallas Jenkins, creator of the popular series about the life of Jesus and his disciples, revealed how new projects are progressing.

On Christmas Eve, as every year, the program of the evangelical churches on state television broadcast the Christmas service.

In a Europe that has widely turned its back on the story that, far more than any other, has shaped its culture and civilisation, Christmas remains a paradox.

In the cities, nativity scenes seem to be back in fashion, and some political leaders even make explicit Christmas greetings mentioning the birth of Jesus.

A student killed 14 in a university faculty in the city centre. “I pray that the Light will shine once more in our darkness”, says a Christian leader in Prague.

As we preach Christmas, lets think about tapping into the reality of that first Christmas, and to look toward Jesus and all that He means.

Whenever we see a Christmas star these dark days, we can be encouraged that the Light of the Gentiles has indeed come.

Christians like me celebrate that God has come to us and offered us respite. He has declared his favour on fragmented and divided hearts.

In the United Kingdom, carol services organised by churches are a massive outreach opportunity.

Joseph and Mary face the stigma of sin because the child was Jesus, the One who would save His people from their sin, Immanuel, God with us.

Christmas brings the “promise of the resurrection, that death is not the end”, the President of Spain's capital region said in a speech.

Five hundred participants at the European Parliament Prayer Breakfast in Brussels last Wednesday listened intently to a Palestinian Christian leader and others who are suffering under the Israel-Gaza conflict.