The Work of Christ
Why Did Jesus Say “Don’t Cling to Me?”
Jesus’s words were a puzzle to me for a long time. Why would he push Mary away in her moment of joyful recognition? According to his own words, it seems he has some unfinished business: “I have not yet ascended to the Father” is how Jesus tells Mary—and us—that his ascension is absolutely necessary for his redeeming purposes to be brought to completion.
No Room for Post-Millennialist Optimism: Considering the Saints and the City of Chaos in Isaiah 24–27
Christians today join the saints before them in searching the Bible to understand what exactly God promises us about the Last Days. No shortage of speculation exists, and it would be hard to overstate the impact eschatology has had on Christian life as believers navigate the spaces of politics and culture. […]
Answering the Most Common Criticisms of the Cross and Resurrection
How do you explain the cross to someone who has no category for sin, atonement, or sacrifice? Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Walter Strickland, and Bob Hiller tackle the most common objections to Christianity’s central claims, from the “barbaric” nature of penal substitution to skeptics who dismiss the resurrection as legend or borrowed mythology, and more. […]
Why Jesus Had to Be Both God and Man
The Christian faith rises or falls with the identity of Jesus Christ. At the center of Christianity stands one incomparable, historical, divine-human Person—Jesus of Nazareth, who claimed unity with God, yet walked among humanity in frailty, hunger, and suffering. For two thousand years, theologians have articulated what Scripture itself makes unmistakably clear: Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man.
Prophecies of the Cross
Not just from a pagan or anti-Christianity standpoint was it true that death on the cross was a shame ridden thing, however. The prophecies of the Old Testament speak of the curse of the cross, too. In understanding the reputation connected with those hung on a cross or tree, the great love of our Savior in becoming a curse for us shines forth (Gal. 3:13).
