Every year Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, yet the Incarnation is far more than a Christmas story. It is the central act of God’s redemptive plan. The eternal Son of God took upon Himself a true human nature to accomplish the salvation of His people. Romans 8 reveals the significance
At the end of John’s Gospel account of the life of Jesus, he writes, “Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written” (Jn. 21:25). If this was true of the thirty-three years
When was the last time you thought, I’ve got this. Perhaps you were facing a deadline for work. Maybe you had a medical procedure done. Your children might have been sick. Or perhaps you were trying to make your spouse feel loved and appreciated. It might not have been you who thought this, but some
It was utterly shocking. The way the common person would respond to seeing this guy–he’s just a musician! C’mon, folks. Settle down. Displaying his coffee grinds they had dug out of his trash, fighting over his pieces of music or parts of his broken instruments, that’s right, I’m talking about “Lisz
As happens in a fallen world, the publication of the Nicene Creed did not put a pause on new Christological errors. But post-Nicene, it could be argued that one phrase from the Creed itself, served as a theological North Star guiding and protecting Christological orthodoxy. Right in the middle of th
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. -Philippians 2:8 Any story worth telling has both a low point and a high point. Sometimes the story begins with a high point, then goes low (very low!), and only after that point […]
A Brief History Why did the Second Person of the Trinity unite himself to a human nature? One might think that early church history would enlighten this question, but unfortunately, it rather demonstrates a series of somewhat confused ideas. That is a question not so easily answered if one confines
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. -John 1:14 (KJV) I have the privilege of kicking off this brief series on the incarnation of the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. […]
When a trial comes into our lives it can be difficult to remember God’s faithfulness to us in the past. Oftentimes our focus in solely on the present and more than anything we want immediate relief. Think, for example, of the last health crisis you experienced. It’s unlikely your first impulse was t
For a good portion of my childhood and teen years, I heard 1 Corinthians 13 referred to as the “love chapter” of the Bible. It seemed to be a dependable text for the yearly Valentine’s Day sermon, or to be read at weddings. If I recall rightly, I believe I also heard it read at […]
