1517 Blogcast

Perhaps this past year has prompted the recognition that God is not the tame projection of our highest hopes and dreams. Instead, he is the one who uses even his foes to make a point.

The church does well to remind the world that God is unmasked, indeed, that God has unmasked himself in the person of Jesus.

The setting for Luke 2 is the first century analog to my backyard. The stage is dressed with rust and decay, guilt and shame, sin and death.

Fred Rogers did not teach children how to live through a pandemic, but he had many profound things to say about loving our neighbors and finding our identity in that calling.

Christmas-time is the bold proclamation that God was born to save sinners.

God's Word is the final word on you, and his claim on you as his people, his children, is the ultimate claim.

The story, poem, and hymn have an even deeper level which resonates with me this year.

The Holy Spirit also waits with us as he did with Simeon.

People do not seek the gospel because they want to, but because God’s Word drives them to it.

I hope this Christmastime affords ample opportunities for you to publish the Good News of Jesus Christ.