Michael Patrick Barber is Professor of Sacred Scripture and Theology at the Augustine Institute Graduate School in Greenwood Village, CO. He is the author of numerous scholarly publications and popular-level works. His two most recent books are The True Meaning of Christmas: The Birth of Jesus and the Origins of the Season (Augustine Institute Press / Ignatius Press, 2021) and The Historical Jesus and the Temple: Memory, Method, and the Gospel of Matthew (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). He lives in Aurora, CO, with his wife Kimberly and their six children.