This Christmas, while we sing “Joy to the World,” there are believers whispering psalms into the night so quietly they will not be found. There are little boys asking if Herod still lives. There are girls named Rachel crying for brothers who are no more. And the road out of Bethlehem continues…But the promise remains: Herod... Continue Reading

Even though it might be rhetorically affirming for conservatives to think that it’s probably a good thing that all these far-left people aren’t raising far-left children, or, good, the problem solves itself, the reality is that the left’s refusal to participate in increasing and padding the birth rate is making the importation of even more foreigners to... Continue Reading

The Wonderful Counselor, our Messiah, wants our minds transformed by Word of God. From the day Adam and Eve fell and our sinful mind became clouded, we have needed the wisdom of the Wonderful Counselor. Now we have the Holy Spirit to help us—but we must still be the ones to seek it. And if... Continue Reading

The Stoic conception of duty implies a law. They often spoke of “Natural Law” as a binding force on the conscience of man. But a law implies a lawgiver. A command implies a commander. In the Christian worldview, moral laws are coherent because they reflect the will and character of a personal God. We ought to... Continue Reading

No office celebration can match the warmth of a family table. No salary bonus can replace the sound of children running through the house. No empowerment slogan can drown out the pain of a life lived alone.   Two weeks before Christmas, a young lawyer sits alone in her upscale apartment. A tree glows in... Continue Reading

Vos finds the sacramental intent in the Angel being God, showing God’s desire “to approach closely to His people, to assure them in the most manifest way of His interest in and His presence with them.” The spiritualizing intent, Vos finds in the Angel speaking for God as if to guard against the wrong conclusion... Continue Reading

The Christmas story is the story of mankind being captive to the monsters and ghouls and beasts. Man was under bondage to Satan’s tyranny at every turn. Yet God was not bound by this tyranny. His promised seed would soon be planted, and grow into a new Eden. The Lord raised up godly men at... Continue Reading

Prioritizing the well-being of the political and cultural environment here in America that actually empowers us to be a force for global missions is, again, a “distraction.” We use the term “gospel centered” too often this way. If I can convince you that it’s more “gospel-centered,” it must be the best. What we usually mean... Continue Reading

Pain is God’s reminder to men who are under original sin, the sin & misery of Adam, and of their own responsibility have participated in it, that Christ has come to deal with the fundamental problem of evil, which is sin. He has overcome the Evil One, the Devil, in His victory on the cross... Continue Reading

The most significant danger in evangelical churches is not ritualism but sentimentality. When Advent devolves into warm feelings, nostalgic stories, and cultural coziness, it loses its theological weight. The biblical themes of longing, judgment, promise, and hope are replaced with the generic “holiday spirit.” A biblical Advent draws from books such as Isaiah, Micah, Luke,... Continue Reading