As the mother of the Lord Jesus Christ Mary is blessed among women. She received the good news of the incarnation of the Son of God and believed what the…
The miracle of the incarnation upended everything. The Greeks were fine with gods gallivanting around the world just so long as they and their followers supported the state. The Jews…
At the incarnation, the Word of God took on flesh and dwelt among us. He did not become less God, and He did not remain fully God while only appearing…
Sometimes traditions shape our view of Scripture instead of the other way around—Scripture shaping our traditions. As people who hold to sola Scriptura—the Bible is our highest and only infallible…
Advent is the season anticipating the coming of Jesus of Nazareth, four weeks of preparation for Christmas. We are getting ready to celebrate the greatest miracle ever accomplished or even…
At Christmas time we sing that Jesus was “born a child, and yet a king”. This fact affected everything for Jesus and His parents right from the beginning.
Centuries before Jesus was born, Isaiah prophesied what Christmas would mean for the world. The one to come will be called Wonderful and Counselor, revealing Jesus and how He would…
Christmas carols are some of the richest songs ever written. Some date back potentially to Christ, while Joy to the World, written in 1719 by Isaac Watts, is just coming…
John doesn’t give us a birth narrative, a genealogy, a story of a manger or shepherds, angels or wise men. His Gospel is different and startling. This is a relaxing…
The birth of Jesus is like a stuffed stocking—overflowing and full of surprises. Many of these surprises are found in things we’ve heard already. The names of Jesus are stupendous,…