This past year was dominated by COVID-19, politics, protests, and dismay. A post-mortem on the year's top stories.
This past year was dominated by COVID-19, politics, protests, and dismay. A post-mortem on the year's top stories.
Nearly eight out of 10 Americans (77%) believe that 2020 has put the country into an "existential crisis." That can refer to questioning whether a person or thing can continue to exist, or to a loss of meaning.
Suggestions for spending the Amazon gift cards that you got for Christmas: Pick out some of the winners of this year's Christianity Today Book Awards, such as Kate Kresser's "Bezalel's Body" and Hal Senkbeil's "Christ & Calamity." Or Gospel Coalition's winners, such as Carl Trueman's "Rise & Triumph of the Modern Self." Or my own "Post-Christian."
The New Testament describes the events of Christ's birth as being "for you." That is, they are not simply historical facts. Rather, they are historical facts that convey the Gospel.
Christmas is mysterious. The notion that the transcendent God of the universe has been born as a flesh-and-blood baby is mind-blowing, an occasion not for sentimentality but for awe. There is Christmas music that reflects that.
The Apostle John doesn't write about the nativity in his Gospel, but he does write about the baby Jesus in his Book of Revelation. The account is highly symbolic and enigmatic--is the woman with the child Mary, Israel, the Church, or all three?--but the Christ Child with His victory over Satan is clearly presented.
Of the redistribution of sex, robotic consent, and a hit to the pornography industry.
Social trust is the glue that holds society together. But Americans trust each other less and less.
The Pharisees, Sadducees, and the Zealots--then and now--miss the meaning of the coming of Christ.
The city of Seattle, having defunded their police by 18%, is now considering removing the criminal penalty for misdemeanor theft, trespass, and assault if the perpetrator suffers from poverty.
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