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Angels, being spiritual beings, can take on different forms. As we see in Scripture, at times they can appear as humans. But because Scripture offers some bizarre imagery as well for these beings, we cannot definitely know what one looks like.

The presence of angels in the Bible signals important, miraculous, and life-changing events. At the resurrection, the angelic messengers delivered the most important message about the greatest event in all of history: Jesus had risen from the...

So, God created all things, including Satan. That would lead one to think that, if He created everything, He must have created evil as well. However, even though sin and evil exist, God is certainly not the author.

We're inspired by the faithfulness of Mary and Joseph in the gospel accounts of the events leading up to Jesus' birth. Despite everything they faced, they held onto their faith. I hope we can all cling to God this holiday season.

Christmas is one of the most important Christian and cultural holidays of the year, but what is the true meaning of Christmas? For Christians, the true meaning of Christmas is the celebration of the Savior, Jesus Christ.

How are you called to reveal the presence of Christ in the world? In what way can you “shine your light” so that Jesus is known, recognized, and received? This is the heart of a theophany and the call of our Christian lives.

The prophet Daniel fighting a dragon? Praying in the fiery furnace? If you've read the deuterocanonical books of the Bible, you may know these stories. But are they divinely inspired Scripture?

We hear the Bible mention altars many times, and you may attend a church that calls its communion table an altar. But what exactly is an altar in Christianity? What purpose does it serve?

God, in His fullness, came to be with us. Although Jesus was fully God when He was a baby, He emptied Himself and was found in the appearance of a human — in the most vulnerable way — for us!

More than 300 Messianic prophecies like this were made in the Old Testament and then fulfilled through Jesus' life, death and resurrection.

The Garden of Eden was a paradise that could have brought humanity into an era of peace and closeness to God. Instead, something terrible happened that seemed like it had ruined humanity beyond repair. But that wasn't the end of the story.

The main problem with belief in the immaculate conception surrounds the idea of Mary being conceived without sin. The Bible is very clear that Jesus is the only human who will ever walk the earth without sin.

God chose Mary to care for and teach Jesus, the Savior of the World. Yes, her heart would break, as all mothers do, but she also knew the joy of being an instrumental part of God’s redemptive plan for all humanity.

The bottom line is that false prophets bring a message that is not from God. Their message contradicts what God instructs, often appealing to our earthly cravings or passions. And ultimately, they produce “bad fruit.”

Find the dates and days of the week for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day for 2021. Also, learn the meaning and origin of the Christmas timeline and traditions.

Playing devil’s advocate is meant to get people to think about something a different way, or to get someone to think through their point – taking an opposing, often unpopular viewpoint, and throwing it into the ring.

Mary's life and circumstances were so arranged that she would fulfill all of the prophecies necessary to the birth of the Messiah. Very few people could have fulfilled all of these requirements to be the mother of the Messiah.

It is recorded in Luke that everyone had to go to their own town to register for an empire-wide census. Joseph had to travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem for it was the town of David and Joseph was of David’s lineage.

What matters most is trusting the main purpose of Revelation: that God will triumph in the end, and if we cling tight to faith and resist caving to the fear and temptations of evil, we can avoid God’s wrath and be part of His victory.

From Mary’s song, we can learn about a girl who demonstrated true faithfulness to the Lord. She chose to worship and rejoice in God despite not knowing what the future held for her and the Son who would be born to her.