“Bah! Humbug!” These two words are instantly associated with Charles Dickens’ immortal fictional anti-hero, Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge was the prototype of the Grinch who stole Christmas, the paradigm of all…
Category: THEOLOGY
Following Christ’s Example – John Piper
How can we follow Jesus’s example of not returning evil for evil? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to 1 Peter 2:18–23 to help us overcome…
How John Piper Marks Up His Books – John Piper
Pastor John never reads a book — even novels — without a pencil in hand. What does he do with it, and why won’t he use a pen? Listen Now…
Practicing Faith in a Post-Faith World: Five Ways to Respond – Andrew Wilson
The West is not as post-Christian as many imagine. No doubt there are places on earth, including Middle America, where it might feel like the wider culture is currently rejecting…
Wallpaper: Shepherds
“And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to…
3 Things You Should Know about Philemon
At face value, Paul’s letter to Philemon seems like a private letter written to address a painful problem that had arisen in a Christian family in the New Testament world.…
What encouragement can you offer Christians facing hardship and suffering?
I think we have the false notion that life should be easy and that we should just be blessed in life. The reality is that being a Christian is probably…
Help Make Disciples in Hard-to-Reach Places
Jesus Christ commands His followers to go into all the world to make disciples. And chaplains can go where most others cannot: into military bases and correctional facilities. Ligonier Ministries…
What’s It Like to Be a Christian? Faith, Obedience, and Living as Strangers – David Mathis
What is Christian faith? Hebrews 11 not only answers the question but tells us what faith feels like, and how it leads to obedience, and living as exiles in this…
Tangible Acts of Christmas: A Missing Ingredient in Evangelism – Jon Bloom
I’ve been ruminating on a text of Scripture that has me rethinking how I’ve typically sought to share the gospel with others at Christmastime. For while we were still weak,…