Category «Theology»
Christmas is a Good Day to Forgive

Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest,And on earth peace among menwith whom He is pleased.” A Christmas letter has this sentence, referring to some things that had not gone quite right: “There have been mistakes—but this is a good time of year to forget them.” That is part of the teaching of Christmas—to …
The First Christmas
The Theology of Christmas

“To put it mildly, Christmas is a little bit confusing to the watching world, I’m pretty sure. I never really get over that. Year after year, I’m struck by the paradoxes of Christmas, the strange juxtaposition of Christianity and a kind of carnival mentality, the humility and poverty of the stable confused with the wealth …
The Problem of Christmas

Luke 2:14“Glory to God in the highest,And on earth peace amongmen with whom He is pleased.” Think what the problem of Christmas was. The mission of the Christ-Child was to change the sin and sorrow of earth—into the holiness and the joy of heaven. Earth was very unlike heaven that night. It was a place …
The Maker of Man Became Man
What the Magi Mean to Christmas
The Lovely Things of God
Glory To God

“Let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.”—Psalm 72:19 There was a time when every star was bright; when all space was filled with loveliness, when holiness, purity, and happiness, were like a robe which mantled the entire creation. This world itself was once fair and lovely—so fair and lovely that …