Thoughts on Scripture and life
for the glory of Jesus Christ
Reflecting On Death During the Holidays
Surrounded by merry tunes and twinkling lights, the sadness of the season is like a bitter taste that refuses to be undone. Why do cars crush the life out of their passengers? Why do infections invade the heart and the lungs and the brain? Why do college students die with no explicable cause?
Weekly Roundup: Santa Claus
This week I dug around in the archives for some articles about our favorite jolly man in a red suit.
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus by Kings Kaleidoscope
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus by Kings Kaleidoscope
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing by Enfield
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing -Enfield
Article Roundup: 2018.12.24
Theological Primer: Hypostatic Union by Kevin DeYoung, The Peace We All Long For by Stephen Nichols | Ligonier Ministries, and Born to Die from The Art of Godliness
Article Roundup: 2018.12.18
Do You Believe in a Santa Christ? by Nathan W. Bingham and Romans 7: The Mature Christian’s Struggle by Jordan Standridge
The Incarnation of the Triune God - John MacArthur
At Christmas, we are confronted again, and I’m sure you’re aware of it, with the sometimes very difficult task of separating the reality of Christmas from the clutter that surrounds that reality. There is so much confusion that sometimes you feel like the real Christmas story is like a diamond lost in a haystack. It just seems impossible to find. Christmas has really become a hopeless muddle of confusion.
Born to Die
When Christ came into the world He says, "I did not come to make sacrifices for sin. I came to take on a body, to do God's will. I came to be the sacrifice." Jesus came to be the sacrifice for sin. The once-for-all sacrifice, the sacrifice that all of the animal sacrifices pointed to. Why did He come into the world? Why did He take on a human body? Why do we celebrate Christmas? Because Jesus came to die as the sacrifice for sin.