God in the Straw

Theodosius Harnack, Luther scholar of note, said that for Luther the imperative was to have "God deep in the flesh." Christmas celebrates just ...

Looking into Our Eyes

Joe Torre had been a catcher and a broadcast announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals. Shortly after he was named manager, according to the Pittsburgh Press, ...

Audience of Atheists

One of the awful things about writing when you are a Christian is that for you the ultimate reality is the Incarnation, the present reality is the Incarnation, ...

More Than an Economic High

Our whole society ... is focused on the celebration of Christmas. With the excessive commercialism which begins in our country immediately after Halloween ...

The Pattern of Bethlehem

At Christmas we say much of the meaning of His coming to earth, the mission, the message, but we sometimes overlook the manner of his Advent. God set ...

Only through Incarnation

As Man alone, Jesus could not have saved us; as God alone he would not. Incarnate, he could and did.

The Weakest Link

Jesus Christ founded His Kingdom on the weakest link of all--a Baby.

Because God So Loved

Jesus--a simple name with so much power and meaning, but on that night so long ago, the tiny baby, wrapped by Mary in swaddling clothes, waving little ...

The Staggering Miracle of Christ

In the super-miracle of the Incarnation, our very Creator, Preserver, Judge, becomes our Kinsman, Sinbearer, Redeemer! Of all miracles and mysteries this ...

On the Incarnation

The King Visits the Earth:

The champion of orthodoxy on why the Word became flesh.

What was God to do in face of the dehumanizing of humankind, this universal ...