Christmas Brought Division

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” -Matthew 10:34 The essence of Christmas is Immanuel. Christmas as an historical event can, of course, never be repeated. Mary and Joseph went to the city of David nearly two thousand years ago and there Mary was delivered of the holy child, Jesus, the Christ, was born. The pro­phesied Prince of Peace had come and His birth was announced by the host of heaven and the one brilliant star that appeared,...