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Jesus Doesn't Need Help  Subscriber access only

Well-intentioned impulses can lead to modeling ourselves after the wrong Christ.

Vicarious Humanity: By His Birth We Are Healed

Our redemption, it turns out, began long before Calvary.

Jesus and the Goodness of Everything Human

Why it matters that God became the human prototype.

The Christmas Epistles: A Most Human Understanding of Godliness

Incarnational grace in the Pastoral Epistles.

Why We Need Jesus

Reason and morality cannot show us a good and gracious God. For that, we need the Incarnation.

A Cosmic Culmination

Recalling the earth-shaking, kingdom-sized message of Christmas.

An Un-Christmas-Like Idea

Four days of Advent readings, excerpted from 'God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas.' By Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Holy Incarnation!

It may be impossible not to "demean God" since he mixed it up with sinners.

Mere Churchianity

Finding your way back to Jesus-shaped spirituality.

More Important Than Christmas?

Why pro-life Protestants don't say much about the Annunciation—or the unborn Jesus.

The Dusty Messiah

Why I no longer believe in a spiritual Jesus.

How to Have a Merry Christmas

And it doesn't require you doing another blessed thing.

Our Divine Distortion

We can't see God clearly without Jesus. O come, Emmanuel.

Still the Way, the Truth, and the Life

More people than ever doubt that anyone has a corner on truth. So why do Christians keep insisting on the incomparable uniqueness of Christ?

'All Israel Will Be Saved'

God's 'first love' awaits Jesus' second advent.

Doctrine Bears Repeating

Evangelicals need to brush up on basic Christian teachings.

The Advent of Humility  Subscriber access only

Jesus is the reason to stop concentrating on ourselves.

'The Purpose of Christmas'

An excerpt on "A Time for Celebration."

Always Summer, Never Christmas

Bolivian evangelicals wonder how—and whether—to celebrate the holiday of the Incarnation.

Prepare the Way of the Lord

An Advent calendar.

Westminster Theological Suspension

Peter Enns's book Inspiration and Incarnation created a two-year theological battle that resulted in his suspension.

Ongoing Incarnation  Subscriber access only

Would Christmas have come even if we had not sinned?

Is Life Worth Living Before Death?

Dwelling in the Holy Land has become a curse for many of its inhabitants.

History and Parables

The author of The First Christmas reviews the other First Christmas.

All I Want for Christmas Is a Bigger Bust

How the incarnation helps Christians think about plastic surgery.

It's a Wonder-Full Life  Subscriber access only

It takes a special kind of birth to grab the world's attention.

Not Just A Clump Of Cells

What the Christmas story says about our bodies and our bioethics debates.

Our Lord's Virgin Birth

Why it matters that "a real son of a real mother" did not have a human father.

The Invasion of God  Subscriber access only

The so-called Christmas wars are much larger than we imagine.

King Jesus the Disguised

There's a reason it's not easy to spot him.

What Is This Word?

The incomprehensible, intimate Christmas story.

Yes to Shame and Glory  Subscriber access only

Mary is a model of openness to the power of God.

Bethlehem's Bioethics  Subscriber access only

Christmas in the early 21st century.

Truth, Christmas, and the Eucharist  Subscriber access only

Why I didn't like the hymns and praise songs we were singing—and why I was missing the point.

The Virgin Birth? Come on!  Subscriber access only

Millard Fuller steps down as Habitat CEO after sexual harassment allegation, worries the movement will lose focus. Also, an adult stem-cell media conspiracy?

Preaching the Christmas Gospel

More than a semi-annual crack at irregular churchgoers, the Christmas sermon has traditionally invited us to worship and wonder.

The Nativity of Christ  Subscriber access only

A Christmas sermon preached by Jerome.

The Real Twelve Days of Christmas

Celebrating Christ's birth with saints of the faith during the actual Christmas season.

When Backward Is Forward  Subscriber access only

Christmas may be the best argument against genetic enhancement.

Word Become Flesh  Subscriber access only

Quotations to Stir Heart and Mind

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