The Birth of Jesus Christ — Part One
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December 8, 2013

The Birth of Jesus Christ — Part One

by Alistair Begg

Luke 2:1–5
 (ID: 2993)

While Luke tells the story of Christ’s birth in just seven verses, his brevity holds no bearing on the importance of the events that unfolded. In this study, Alistair Begg shows how the brief Gospel account uses detail, not drama, to establish its real-world context. Jesus was born not in a vacuum but to real people at a real place in time. Each one of us must consider the historical evidence of the birth of Christ and the relevance that the story has for our lives today.

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Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.