Imagine, if you can, that you live in the First Century AD. Rome is persecuting Christians. Idol and Emperor worship abounds. People all around use religion as license to gorge themselves on sex, food, and drink. Rome has built a culture of death. The Colosseum is an active place of entertaining bloodshed. Christians are being... Continue Reading →
Jesus’s Christmas Vision
Last year on Christmas Eve we exposited the Christmas praise in Luke 2:14 together. This year, we heard about the Christmas hope, Christmas faith, Christmas joy, and Christmas peace we enjoy because of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. We have reveled in His many promises for His people and His earth—promises of restoration, redemption, justification,... Continue Reading →
The Christian Hope
Why did Jesus have to come and die on a cross? Could God simply have created a world with no sin? Could He not have gotten people into heaven without having to die? It’s His wrath, could He not withhold it if He wanted to? Why worship Jesus? Why celebrate Him? I’m so glad you... Continue Reading →