There are a few Christmas songs I wish we could sing all year long, not because I love them so much and want the sentimentality of them all year long, but becasue they're really not about Christmas. One of those songs is Joy to the World. I love the song, but if it's about Christmas, … Continue reading Christ in the Carols – Joy to the World
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Christ in the Carols – O Come O Come Emmanuel
Hi all. I drove to work in the midst of a little snow squall, which to be honest, wasn't all that fun. It took a long time. But now that I'm in the comfort and extreme warmth of my office looking out, it looks real pretty. Anyway, last night we had a small group over … Continue reading Christ in the Carols – O Come O Come Emmanuel
Delighting in Jesus
Yesterday afternoon I was listening to a good friend of mine preach a sermon on Isaiah 42. My friends name is John and he shares my heart for God. Actually, I share his heart. He had it first and shared it with me, and I am forever indebted to him for that. He was preaching … Continue reading Delighting in Jesus
Edwards was more than Hellfire and Brimstone
I did you all a huge disservice by propagating the stereotype of Edwards as being all hellfire and brimstone when I drew so heavily from his imagery in Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God. Edwards talked about much more than wrath and hell, but becasue that is the only sermon most of us … Continue reading Edwards was more than Hellfire and Brimstone
Christ and the Kingdom of God
Sunday night I mentioned a concept that I thought I should say more on. I mentioned that with the person of Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God broke into human history. Prior to Jesus' coming, their existed on kingdom on earth - the kingdom of this world, also called in various places, the kingdom of … Continue reading Christ and the Kingdom of God