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Domesticated Transcendence

From Michael Gerson writing in The Washington Post: Christmas has become a kind of alternative religion, offering watered-down versions of profound theological doctrines. Its miracles are found on 34th Street, not in Bethlehem. The visitation of Gabriel has become the…

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Will a Christian deny the virgin birth of Jesus?

Writing for The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof once pointed to belief in the virgin birth of Jesus as evidence of that conservative Christians are a bit dim. There are even so-called evangelicals who cast doubt on the importance of…

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“The heart wants what the heart wants”…

So said Woody Allen as he sought to justify his sexual relationship with his step-daughter. In one sense it is easy to dismiss Allen’s behavior as isolated albeit disgusting. But now David Espstein, a political scientist from Columbia University, has…

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Not with a bang but a whimper

“That God would take human flesh, and that not of one of the great and the good but of a child born of apparently dubious parentage to a young woman scarcely more than a child herself, that he would be…

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Sunday’s Sermon

Today’s sermon was entitled “Born to Raise the Sons of Earth” and was taken from Matthew 1:18-25. You can listen to or download the sermon HERE.

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George and West

The following video is of Princeton professors Robert George and Cornel West. It is an excellent discussion. Dr. George is perhaps the most formidable conservative intellectual in America while Dr. West is a well known man of the left. Their…

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Thinking about Christmas…

Ref21 has posted some excellent articles by Carl Trueman reflecting on the miracle of the incarnation. These three articles are well worth reading. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3