Justification and Adoption
Remembering the Incarnation After December
The first advent of Christ lays the groundwork for His impending second advent. While the first advent story explains how Christ, the Word, became flesh in the womb of a virgin, the second advent looks forward to Christ’s return as the enthroned King, enacting the final restoration of creation.
Let Us Bear Him in Our Hearts: Augustine on the Wonder of the Incarnation
The Lord Christ is for ever, without beginning with the Father. And yet ask what today is; it’s a birthday. Whose? The Lord’s. Has he really got a birthday? He has. The Word in the beginning, God with God, has a birthday? Yes, he has. Unless he had a human birth, we would never attain to the divine rebirth […]
The Absurdity of Christmas
Since the infinitude of God’s love is what begins to make sense of the incarnation and birth of the divine Son, then for those who do not know God’s love, the Nativity remains forever an absurdity—and nothing more. For only God’s powerful and gracious work in the human heart can make sense of the confounding wisdom of his redemptive plan and eternally unravel the great mystery of the God-Man.
Three Christmas Specials to Listen to This Season
If you’re looking for some fun listening for the holiday season—whether it’s to brighten your commute or have something edifying to play as you drive around looking at Christmas lights—we have you covered!
The Hope of All the Earth
We are no longer in the age of exclusion, but of inclusion, and God is pleased to use us to bring the gospel to our unbelieving friends, neighbors, co-workers, classmates, and local baristas—not by insisting on a “Merry Christmas,” any more than invoking a more inclusive “Happy Holidays”—but by demonstrating to them that love by which they will know we belong to Christ.
