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Before we begin: a lot of people like to refer to the building that Jesus was born in as a manger, however, this is incorrect. The manger is the feedbox that he had to lay in, since obviously no one keeps their crib in a barn.

I helped build a barn today. It was pretty simple, and small, just a 2'x4' frame with some old boards nailed to it for a roof and walls and an open front so you can see the plastic light up Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus inside. It looks pretty nice. The old wood makes it look rustic and stuff. And when it was done, and I sat there admiring our handiwork, I thought: Jesus, the Lord of lords, king of kings, God himself, was born in a barn. A barn! There was no room for the king of all creation in decent housing, so they turned him away and stuck him out back with the animals. There was no elaborate palace with many adoring nobles like other kings, just a simple, humble stable, with some shepherds to greet him. But in some strange way, it makes sense that Jesus was born in a barn. He is a lamb, after all, and you never see a lamb born in an inn. And his birthplace forshadows his whole life; it foretells how he would be turned away, and speaks of his humbleness and his insistance to do things according to the ways of God, not man.

This Christmas, let's continue to remember the lowly, humble stable, and the immense treasure that was born into it.

I wish I read this during Christmas. But I guess you can remember the birth of Jesus no matter what day of the year it is.

In a stable, wasn't He?

nooo Jesus was born in a stable

Someone once told me that an 'INN' properly translated meant he went to one of Joseph's relatives house and that people usually lived on the first floor, leaving the ground floor as a stable for their animals.

But like i say, someone told me it so it might not be true but it doesn't sound out of the question.

I've read that somewhere on the net. It makes sense, but it's discouraging when people act so dogmatic on something when it doesn't really mention it, such as people always calling the wise men the "Three Wise Men," even though the Bible doesn't number them. That's why I don't learn my doctrine from television and traditions.

I think they went to Jerusalem, then to Bethlehem. A trek that far on foot would take too long for them to be there right after the birth of Christ.

I advise every Christian to read the Bible for what it really says instead of believing everything you see on TV. There's plenty of snakes in the media who twist and distort the Bible to make it seem false. If you hear a verse on TV, check out your Bible and read it in context so you don't get misled.

So did many Christian martyrs, but I'm not going to worship them. What matters is that Christ is the perfect, sinless Son of God who rose from the dead.