Given all that we're seeing in the world today, I suspect that at least some Christians are wondering if we're in the Tribulation: the period of seven years characterized by many divinely-sent disasters upon the Earth before Jesus returns to set up his Millennial kingdom.

My answer is no, we're …

Advent is the season of the church calendar leading up to Christmas. During this time, Christians remember when the divine Son of God became a fully human man named Jesus, about two thousand years ago.

Jesus was born to the virgin Mary, in order for Jesus to grow up, live …