Can there truly be peace on earth?

It's the holiday season, and for all of us who celebrate, it's often a time of reflection—on our personal lives, on the state of the world—and our place in it. It's also a time when much of the world pauses and indulges in food, family and gift-giving. Much of the secular world obsesses over these material pursuits in an ever-unsatisfying of consumption and excess.

For those of us who follow Jesus, however, Christmas is more than just gifts and food. It's a time when we reflect on a tiny baby who entered the world in a time of war and strife to bring peace "on earth to all men (and women, of course)". In the December 2025 issue of Signs of the Times, two articles focus on this theme of peace: one through the lens of a Roman emperor, and the other through a miraculous moment during the carnage of World War I.

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