
Zechariah and Elizabeth have loved God their whole lives, and they have prayed for a child for just as long. Now they are old, and the answer still hasn't come.

Far to the east, wise men who study the night sky see a brand-new star rise, a sign that a great king has been born. They pack their treasures and set out on a

Joseph is a carpenter in Nazareth, engaged to marry Mary. Then he learns she is going to have a baby, and he knows it isn't his. He is a kind man, so he decides

Jesus and his disciples climb the road toward Jerusalem for Passover. On the Mount of Olives, Jesus tells two of them to find a young donkey tied in the next vi

Stephen is one of the first deacons — chosen by the early church to serve widows so the apostles could focus on prayer and preaching. But he is also full of the

It''s Sunday evening. Two of Jesus'' disciples are walking the seven miles from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus. They are heartbroken — they had hoped he w

Jesus has been crucified. His body is wrapped, laid in a stone tomb, and sealed behind a massive rolled stone. Roman soldiers stand guard. His friends scatter,

Fifty days after the resurrection, Jesus'' followers are gathered in an upper room in Jerusalem. They have been praying together for over a week. Suddenly there

Saul is the early church''s worst nightmare. He has watched Stephen die. He has dragged Christians from their homes and thrown them in prison. Now he is on the

Caesar Augustus orders a census, and a young couple from Nazareth has to travel ninety miles south to Bethlehem. Mary is at the end of her pregnancy. They arriv

When the angel Gabriel appears to a young woman in the small town of Nazareth, he carries news that turns the world upside down. Mary, engaged to a carpenter na