The Peculiar Good News of Christmas

Every Advent and Christmas season, Christians around the world our attention turns to the most astounding event imaginable: the birth of Jesus. The incarnation of God the Son, the Word who was with God and was God in the beginning (John 1:1-2). The specific moment in history when this eternal Word became a human being.

But let’s be honest: For the rest of the world, Christmas is about presents and a general sense of goodwill and cheer. It is unmoored from what it commemorates. And what Chri...