Incarnation

Arianism lacked coherence in the fourth century and its warmed-over reiterations remain lacking to this day.

Leviticus makes sense of Jesus, and Jesus makes sense of Leviticus. The interpretive key works in both directions.

The Christo-centrism (and consequential cruci-centrism) of the magisterial reformers necessitated an appreciation for Mary.

The God of Love took a human heart as his own, just like yours and mine, and he loves us as one of us with that heart.

Yes, we have a savior who shared in our pain, sin, and death - our agony. But he also had authority to overcome it. And by his stripes we are healed.

An angel sent by God to a village in Nazareth majestically and respectfully waits upon a Virgin whose name was Mary.

In this space between Christmastide and the Baptism of our Lord, it is good to recall that God became man, and not for a moment, playing with human likeness and then giving it up for better things. This is a God who goes to the place of wielded swords and worse. And the child hums in the stable, "become like me."

I can be a grouser and complainer during the weeks leading up to Christmas. At no other time of year do I find my...

Will you see strangers at church on Christmas Eve? There is something of the mystery of Christmas in that. God comes to strangers and dwells with us.

This year, on the First of November, I found myself in a coffee shop attempting to work on a sermon. The Halloween decorations were...