Twelve Days of Christmas #10: The Death of the Innocents

January 1, 2020

An essential point of the infancy story of Jesus involves Herod’s paranoid attempt to destroy the recently-announced king. He sends …

Twelve Days of Christmas #2: Was Jesus born in 1 AD?

December 16, 2019

Around Christmastime, we often encounter the assumption that Jesus was born in 1 AD (AD representing the phrase anno Domini, …

December 12, 2019

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has developed a reputation for encouraging parents to pull pranks on their children. In …