Merry Christmas
Some good theological reflections here from David Mathis: Advent and the Incarnation Jesus Is Fully Human What Is the Hypostatic Union? The Virgin Birth
Month December 2007
Luther on Christmas
From heaven above to earth I comeTo bear good news to every home;Glad tidings of great joy I bring,Whereof I now will say and sing: To you this night is born a childOf Mary, chosen virgin mild;This little child, of…
Denny Burk on Joel Osteen
Denny Burk has posted a link to the Fox News Sunday interview with Joel Osteen ().
Osteen’s at it again
Joel Osteen appeard on Fox News Sunday this week with Chris Wallace. Consistent with Osteen’s many other TV appearances, the results were sad. Here is part of the exchange: WALLACE: And what about Mitt Romney? And I’ve got to ask…
Tom Brady and the Meaning of Life
Tom Ascol at Founders has written a very thoughtful response to a 60 Minutes interview of New England Patriot’s quarterback Tom Brady (Tom Brady, your questions have answers). It is a model of faithful evangelism.
Another good reason why I could never become Catholic
I could never be a member of any club that would have Tony Blair as a member:
The Moral Bankruptcy of Planned Parenthood
Russel Moore of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has posted a very disturbing look into the heart of Planned Parenthood (). When a people become accustomed to killing the weakest among them then their collective conscience becomes hopelessly distorted.
His Story
History is (of course) an essential category to use in describing the Bible. The Bible has a narrative structure. What kind of narrative is it? A theologically-annotated one (see previous post). Also, an historical one. It is not enough to…
Virginity and Humility
A friend has written with a seasonal quotation from Bernard of Clairvaux’s sermons on Advent:”Who is this Virgin so reverently saluted by the angel? and so lowlyas to be espoused to a carpenter ? Beautiful commingling of virginity with humility!…