Why Gifts of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh? December 17, 2023 by: John Piper The Gifts of the Magi God is not served by human hands as though he needed anything (Acts 17:25). The gifts of the magi are not given by way of assistance or need meeting. It would dishonor a monarch if foreign visitors…
Dear Pastor . . . Let’s Cultivate Honesty in Our Churches—Starting with Us December 16, 2023 by: Sam Allberry This article is part of the Dear Pastor series. Dear Pastor, It happened again, but this time it was someone I knew. He’d been spiritually, physically, and it seems even sexually abusing church members for years.…
Why We Feel So Tired and Confused by What We See Online December 15, 2023 by: Samuel D. James We’re Disconnected We feel tired and confused by what we see online, primarily because there’s no real way to connect with it. Everything that is online is presented at a distance. For example, some time ago…
How to Love People Who Feel Impossible to Love December 14, 2023 by: Jamie Dunlop “But That’s Impossible” Is the Whole Point God often asks his people for the impossible. In Exodus 13–14, God led his people out of slavery in Egypt and into an impossible predicament. They were trapped between the Red Sea ahead…
A Devotional on the Excellency of Christ Seen in Christmas by Jonathan Edwards December 13, 2023 by: Leland Ryken Infinite Condescension In this act of taking on human nature, Christ’s infinite condescension [“descending to be with”] wonderfully appeared, that he who was God should become man, that the word should be made flesh, and should…