Why was the town of Bethlehem so hardhearted that no private home would take them in if there was no room in the inn? If the Holy Family was in a dirty stable, why didn't the shepherds move them at once to their own homes? In these four half-hour lectures, Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey answers these and many other questions regarding the Christmas story, providing fresh understandings of the well-known Biblical stories of Christmas in a way that everyone can follow. Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey is a Presbyterian minister who spent 40 years living and teaching in seminaries and institutes in Egypt, Lebanon, Jerusalem and Cyprus.
Lecture 1: Where was the Manger and What was the Inn?
Lecture 2: Three Surprises - His Ancestors, Joseph and Herod
Lecture 3: Salvation and the Wise Men
Lecture 4: Herod's Atrocities and Simeon's Welcome