Rowan Williams. Christ the Heart of Creation. Bloomsbury Continuum, 2018. Hardback. 304 pp. $42.99. Advent has given us room for much needed reflection on Christ’s miraculous birth. To that end, I’m happy to recommend Rowan Williams’ Christ the Heart of Creation this holiday…
Many things in life fill us with wonder. Our world is full of profound mysteries, but the greatest mystery of all is the mystery of the incarnation. One of the profoundest statements of this mystery is 1 Timothy 3:16: “And…
Think back on an exciting time in your life when you were overwhelmed with emotion at the sight of something beautiful, a sudden surprise that captured your attention, or a moment of intense grief that seemed to cause your heart…
As 2018 draws to a close, we look back on a year in which perhaps the most pressing issue for Reformed Christians is the relationship between the church and the world. How does the church respond to cultural shifts in…
Sinclair Ferguson has recently released his second advent themed book, Love Came Down. Together with his previously published Child in the Manger, this has quickly become one of my favorite sources for advent meditations. That is not at all surprising, as I…
I love the ease with which C.S. Lewis answered objections to the Scriptural record of the the miraculous conception of the virgin Mary. In Miracles: A Preliminary Study, he wrote: “You will hear people say, ‘The early Christians believed that Christ…
A seasonal quotation from Sermons of St. Bernard on Advent and Christmas: “Who is this Virgin so reverently saluted by the angel? and so lowly as to be espoused to a carpenter? Beautiful commingling of virginity with humility! That soul…
2016 was a sobering year for our celebrity-driven culture. A recent CNN article reminded us of the many well known individuals that we lost over the course of the last year. More names have been added just in this past…
Christmas is a time of mystery and wonder. The Virgin Mary was told by the angel that she would conceive and bear a son: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow…
Regard for the Lord’s Day is on a steep decline, and, sadly, has been for quite some time. Disregard for the Lord’s Day is evidenced by the fact that many churches have decided to cancel their worship services this Sunday in…
