Category: Christology
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O Come All You Unfaithful
As much as I appreciate and enjoy the traditional Christmas hymns and carols – O Come All Ye Faithful high up on my list – here is a worthy addition to the Christmas song catalog: O Come All You Unfaithful. Though not an especially new song, (it has been around for several years,) this song beautifully…
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J.C. Ryle on the Incarnation
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. ~ John 1.14 Anglican Bishop J.C. Ryle elaborates on these words to deepen our appreciation for the Incarnation of Christ: The plain meaning of these words…
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Our Great Shepherd
“The Lord’s my shepherd – I shall not be in want.” (Psalm 23.1) I am completely satisfied with his management of my life. Why? Because He is the sheepman to whom no trouble is too great as He cares for His flock. He is the rancher who is outstanding because of His fondness for sheep…
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Lord of Heaven & Earth
Michael Horton, in his book The Gospel Commission, offers this important corrective perspective of Christ: The privatized view of Jesus merely as ‘personal Lord and Savior’ does not really provoke controversy today. After all, our non-Christian neighbors shrug: ‘Whatever works for you’. However, these ascriptions of praise to Jesus Christ were subversive on the lips…
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Why We Need Jesus
According to Michael Horton: “Reason and morality cannot show us a good and gracious God. For that, we need the Incarnation.” *** A passenger on a recent plane trip happily divulged his spiritual views. Raised in a conservative religious home, he proudly dismissed traditional Christianity, with its radical claims about Jesus of Nazareth, because it…
