What was the Star of Bethlehem?

Watch and listen to the video: Star of Bethlehem, January 2, 2005

There was an ice storm here in Memphis before Christmas so our church canceled all services on December 26, 2004. I had planned to take a break that Sunday with a fun, multi-media talk on the Star of Bethlehem. So we did that on January 2, 2005 instead. The multi-media part was an experiment in how to record and deliver video via the Internet. The challenge was to keep the file size down without sacrificing too much quality. So, this week I am featuring a 42.4 MB download.

If you are interested in astronomy or history and how this can confirm the Biblical text, you might like this one.