Christmas is about Authority

Dr. Bruce Ware, professor at Southern Seminary, writes, “We live in a culture that despises authority at every level. (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, pg 137). This is a problem, for in God’s eyes rebellion is cosmic treason. For this reason the Son of God became...

Waiting For God!

If you are like me, you think of prayer as activity. We speak to God. We wrestle with God. He listens and answers. But prayer also involves waiting. “For you I wait all the day long” (Ps. 25:5). “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for...

A Big God and Small People

As the nineteenth century progressed, the immensity of the universe became increasingly clear. In its shadow we became increasingly small. As Winston Churchill quipped, we looked “specks of dust, that [had] settled in the night on the map of the world.”This presented...

Why did God become Man?

Anselm, Archbishop of CanterburyChristmas is coming, the day we celebrate the Incarnation, the doctrine that God became man. This raises a great question. Why would God become man? Wasn’t there an easier way? Surely God could have forgiven sin without taking on human...

Who Commits Hate Crimes?

In his book, What Americans Really Believe, Rodney Stark, professor at Baylor University, makes an interesting observation. “The most virulent and common form of religious intolerance still to be found in America is that held by the irreligious toward the religious....