For the Word perceived that death was the only way that the corruption of people could be undone. However, it was impossible for the Word to suffer death, being immortal and Son of the Father. Therefore, he takes to himself a body capable of death, so that such a body, by partaking of the Word … Continue reading Athanasius: The human race would have gone to ruin if the Lord and Savior of all, the Son of God, had not come.
John Chrysostom: For we remain ignorant of many things, even while learning of them.
Do not speculate beyond the text. Do not require of it something more than what it simply says. Do not ask, “But precisely how was it that the Spirit accomplished this in a virgin?” For even when nature is at work, it is impossible fully to explain the manner of the formation of the person. … Continue reading John Chrysostom: For we remain ignorant of many things, even while learning of them.
C.S. Lewis: “The Divine labour to redeem the world cannot be certain of succeeding as regards every individual soul. Some will not be redeemed”
[I]t was admitted that the pain which alone could rouse the bad man to a knowledge that all was not well, might also lead to a final and unrepented rebellion. And it has been admitted throughout that man has free will and that all gifts to him are therefore two edged. From these premises it … Continue reading C.S. Lewis: “The Divine labour to redeem the world cannot be certain of succeeding as regards every individual soul. Some will not be redeemed”
The Holy Spirit at Pentecost: Insights from Peter’s Sermon in Acts 2
During the Jewish Feast of Pentecost, just weeks after Resurrection Sunday, the Holy Spirit descended upon the first followers of Jesus Christ. Empowered by the Spirit, believers began speaking in other tongues, declaring “the mighty works of God” (Acts 2:11). [1] Crowds quickly gathered as Jesus’ followers proclaimed God’s works in the various languages of … Continue reading The Holy Spirit at Pentecost: Insights from Peter’s Sermon in Acts 2
Athenagoras: Worship the Composer, Not the Instrument
Beautiful without doubt is the world, excelling, as well in its magnitude as in the arrangement of its parts, both those in the oblique circle and those about the north, and also in its spherical form. Yet it is not this, but its Artificer, that we must worship. For when any of your subjects come … Continue reading Athenagoras: Worship the Composer, Not the Instrument
Noelle Mering: At the heart of the woke movement is not unity but rupture….
At the heart of the woke movement is not unity but rupture — rupture from our shared past, from a shared vocabulary, from an ability to reason together, from a canon of Western philosophy and literature, and from a shared purpose and identity as human beings. This scattering has severe and far-reaching effects. Globally, we … Continue reading Noelle Mering: At the heart of the woke movement is not unity but rupture….
Francis Schaeffer: If we demand, in any of our relationships, either perfection or nothing, we will get nothing
Knowing that all men are sinners frees us from the cruelty of utopianism. Utopianism is cruel, for it expects of expects of men and women what they are not and will not be until Christ comes. Such utopianism, forgetting what the Bible says about human sinfulness, is hard-hearted; it is as monstrous a thing as … Continue reading Francis Schaeffer: If we demand, in any of our relationships, either perfection or nothing, we will get nothing
Pentecost: The Day Heaven Drew Near
“When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place” (Acts 2:1).[1] Pentecost—also called the Feast of Weeks—was one of the great pilgrimage festivals in first century Judaism. According to Mosaic Law (Leviticus 23:15–16; Deuteronomy 16:9–12), it was celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover, following seven complete Sabbaths. Originally, Pentecost marked … Continue reading Pentecost: The Day Heaven Drew Near
Charles Spurgeon: Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who hath grace so rich and free?
Pause then, O Christian, and thus soliloquize: “I once scorned him who loved me with an everlasting love, I once esteemed him as a root out of a dry ground. I served him not, I cared not for his blood, his cross, or his crown; and yet I am now become one of his own … Continue reading Charles Spurgeon: Who is a pardoning God like thee? Or who hath grace so rich and free?
John Chrysostom: The cross has broken our bond, it has made the prison of death ineffectual, it is the demonstration of the love of God.
For the cross destroyed the enmity of God towards man, brought about the reconciliation, made the earth Heaven, associated men with angels, pulled down the citadel of death, unstrung the force of the devil, extinguished the power of sin, delivered the world from error, brought back the truth, expelled the Demons, destroyed temples, overturned altars, … Continue reading John Chrysostom: The cross has broken our bond, it has made the prison of death ineffectual, it is the demonstration of the love of God.
A.W. Tozer: Our woes began when God was forced out of His central shrine.
Our woes began when God was forced out of His central shrine and “things” were allowed to enter. Within the human heart “things” have taken over. Men have now by nature no peace within their hearts, for God is crowned there no longer, but there in the moral dusk stubborn and aggressive usurpers fight among … Continue reading A.W. Tozer: Our woes began when God was forced out of His central shrine.
Acts 1:12-26: Judas, Matthias, and the Significance of the Twelve Apostles
After telling about Jesus’ incarnation, resurrection, and ascension, Luke shifts the spotlight to the apostles—the ones the Lord entrusted with carrying the gospel from Jerusalem, out into Judea and Samaria, and eventually to the ends of the earth. But before the mission could move forward, something had to be addressed: the vacancy left by Judas. … Continue reading Acts 1:12-26: Judas, Matthias, and the Significance of the Twelve Apostles
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Even in the best of all hearts, there remains…an uprooted small corner of evil.
It was granted to me to carry away from my prison years on my bent back, which nearly broke beneath its load, this essential experience: how a human being becomes evil and how good. In the intoxication of youthful successes I had felt myself to be infallible, and I was therefore cruel. In the surfeit … Continue reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Even in the best of all hearts, there remains…an uprooted small corner of evil.
Thoughts on the Death of Charlie Kirk
On September 10, 2025, I was at the office when a notification flashed across my computer screen: Charlie Kirk had been shot and killed. It was one of those moments that leaves a sinking feeling in the gut—the sudden realization that a public figure’s life had been cut short. Apart from a few video clips … Continue reading Thoughts on the Death of Charlie Kirk
St. Augustine: The only cause of all created things is the goodness of the Creator
St. Augustine asserts that the pursuit of knowledge through natural sciences is limitless and often uncertain. However, believers should hold firm to the understanding that all existence originates from a benevolent Creator, who is the Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Martin Luther: The Everlasting Pity swore to save me from my anguish…
In devil’s dungeon chained I layThe pangs of death swept o’er me.My sin devoured me night and dayIn which my mother bore me.My anguish ever grew more rife,I took no pleasure in my lifeAnd sin had made me crazy. Then was the Father troubled soreTo see me ever languish.The Everlasting Pity sworeTo save me from … Continue reading Martin Luther: The Everlasting Pity swore to save me from my anguish…
G.K. Chesterton: The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason
The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason….Mysticism keeps men sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity.
The Epic Nature of Christ’s Ascension and Resurrection
The content reflects on the epic moments in both Star Wars and Christian theology. It emphasizes the significance of Jesus’ resurrection, ascension, and the promise of the Holy Spirit in empowering believers. Acts 1:1-11 serves as a foundational narrative, linking Christ's mission with the church's call to spread the Gospel and anticipate His return.
Justin Martyr: The Word became man for our sakes, that, becoming a partaker of our sufferings
Whatever things were rightly said among all men, are the property of us Christians. For next to God, we worship and love the Word who is from the unbegotten and ineffable God, since also He became man for our sakes, that, becoming a partaker of our sufferings, He might also bring us healing. For all … Continue reading Justin Martyr: The Word became man for our sakes, that, becoming a partaker of our sufferings
Watchman Nee: The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
We did nothing whatever to save ourselves; we simply laid upon him the burden of our own sin-sick souls. We began our Christian life by depending not upon our own doing but upon what he had done. Until a man does this he is no Christian, for to say, “I can do nothing to save … Continue reading Watchman Nee: The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus.
Why Did Jesus Thrice Ask Peter “Do You Love Me?”
The previous post looked at Christ reconciliation of the wayward disciple. This post will take a closer look at Christ restoration of Peter. Simon’s open denial of Christ can hardly be misconstrued as a minor infraction. It is in the company of another disciple and before the eyes of Jesus that thrice Peter denies being … Continue reading Why Did Jesus Thrice Ask Peter “Do You Love Me?”
Francis Schaeffer: Our attitude toward all men should be that of equality because we are common creatures.
Our attitude toward all men should be that of equality because we are common creatures. We are of one blood and kind.
Peter Denies Christ and The Wayward Disciple Reconciled
Peter’s denial and return to Christ is among the most gripping and grace-saturated happenings in all of Scripture. In them we find Cephas, one of the prominent followers of Jesus, experiencing the shame of failure but discovering the betrayed Son of God risen from the dead calling out for the wayward son to come back.
Frederick Douglas: I love the Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land.
What I have said respecting and against religion, I mean strictly to apply to the slaveholding religion of this land, and with no possible reference to Christianity proper; for, between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest, possible difference—so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, … Continue reading Frederick Douglas: I love the Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land.
Walter Martin: Christianity is first and foremost the Person of the Savior, Jesus Christ, His nature and His work for “us men and our salvation.”
Christianity is first and foremost the Person of the Savior, Jesus Christ, His nature and His work for “us men and our salvation.”
The Significance of Communion in Jesus’ Last Passover
During the final week of His earthly mission, Jesus and His apostles gathered in a large upper room in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover meal. This feast commemorated Yahweh’s powerful act of redeeming Israel from Egyptian slavery.[1] As was customary, the meal began at sunset—in April around 6pm.[2] Reclining around the table, Jesus and His … Continue reading The Significance of Communion in Jesus’ Last Passover
Augustine’s Prayer on Seeking God’s Grace and Guidance Through Jesus Christ
Turn we to the Lord God, the Father Almighty, and with pure hearts offer to Him, so far as our meanness can, great and true thanks, with all our hearts praying His exceeding kindness, that of His good pleasure He would deign to hear our prayers, that by His Power He would drive out the enemy from our deeds and thoughts, that He would increase our faith, guide our understandings, give us spiritual thoughts, and lead us to His bliss, through Jesus Christ His Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Him, in the Unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen
Francis Schaeffer: Much can come from little if the little is truly consecrated to God.
The Scripture emphasizes that much can come from little if the little is truly consecrated to God...
Simon Greenleaf – It is impossible that the apostles persisted in affirming the gospel had not Jesus rose from the dead.
The great truths which the apostles declared, where that Christ had risen from the dead, and that only through repentance from sin, and faith in him, could men hope for salvation. This doctrine they asserted with one voice, everywhere, not only under the greatests discouragements, but in the face of the most appalling terrors that can be presented to the mind of man.
On the Scribes who Take All and the Widow who Gave All: Some Observations from Luke 20:45-21-4.
Brooklyn Museum - The Widow's Mite (Le denier de la veuve) - James Tissot As Jesus Christ neared the end of His earthly ministry, His words and deeds became increasingly sharp, focused, and prophetic. Worship of Yahweh was central among the first century Jews, but Jesus sensed sacrilege in the offerings. What was to be … Continue reading On the Scribes who Take All and the Widow who Gave All: Some Observations from Luke 20:45-21-4.
John Newton: There are many who stumble in the noon-day, not for want of light, but for want of eyes.
…There are many who stumble in the noon-day, not for want of light, but for want of eyes; and they who now see, were once blind even as others, and had neither power nor will to enlighten their own minds…
Sing to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
A third-century hymn invites all creation to worship the Triune God, celebrating God's grace and glory. Inscribed on pottery, it expresses the belief that no one can approach the Father except through the Son, emphasizing that recognition of Jesus as Lord is enabled by the Holy Spirit's power.
Life After Death: Jesus’ Encounter with Sadducees
In the final week of His ministry, Jesus confronted the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection of the dead. Their skepticism was challenged by Jesus, who affirmed the resurrection and explained that relationships would transform in the age to come. He emphasized that God is the God of the living, offering hope beyond death.
Augustine: Thou, the One, the Good God, hast never ceased to do good
We therefore see those things which Thou madest, because they are; but they are because Thou seest them. And we see without that they are, and within that they are good, but Thou didst see them there, when made, where Thou didst see them to be made. And we were at another time moved to … Continue reading Augustine: Thou, the One, the Good God, hast never ceased to do good
George Whitefield: Jesus’ Resurrection Assures Us of Our Resurrection
It was necessary that our Lord Jesus should rise again from the dead, to assure us of the certainty of the resurrection of our own bodies.
C.S. Lewis: If God comes to work miracles, He comes ‘like a thief in the night.’
If the laws of Nature are necessary truths, no miracle can break them: but then no miracle needs to break them. It is with them as with the laws of arithmetic. If I put six pennies into a drawer on Monday and six more on Tuesday, the laws decree that—other things being equal—I shall find … Continue reading C.S. Lewis: If God comes to work miracles, He comes ‘like a thief in the night.’
Thomas à Kempis: TRUTH, not eloquence, is to be sought in reading the Holy Scriptures…
TRUTH, not eloquence, is to be sought in reading the Holy Scriptures; and every part must be read in the spirit in which it was written. For in the Scriptures we ought to seek profit rather than polished diction.
Jesus, Caesar’s Coin, and Christian Statecraft in Luke 20:20-26
Peter Paul Reuben: The Tribute Money Caesar’s coin. Also called a denarius. A single day’s wage for a peasant. Such coins were stamped with the image of Caesar along with the inscription “Tiberius Caesar, Augusts, son of divine Augustus.”[1] Jesus Christ used a simple Roman denarius as an object lesson on maintaining pure worship while … Continue reading Jesus, Caesar’s Coin, and Christian Statecraft in Luke 20:20-26
Miroslav Volf: God is Wrathful Because God is Love.
God isn’t wrathful in spirit of being love. God is wrathful because God is love
Athanasius: The Wisdom of God Handles the Universe Like A Lyre
For just as though some musician, having tuned a lyre, and by his art adjusted the high notes to the low, and the intermediate notes to the rest, were to produce a single tune as the result, so also the Wisdom of God, handling the Universe as a lyre, and adjusting things in the air to things on the earth, and things in the heaven to things in the air, and combining parts into wholes and moving them all by His beck and will, produces well and fittingly, as the result, the unity of the universe and of its order, Himself remaining unmoved with the Father while He moves all things by His organising action, as seems good for each to His own Father.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
...When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die....
The Rightful King Has Arrived: Contrasting the Triumphal Entry and the Lamentation of Jerusalem in Luke 19:28-47
“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!”
C.S. Lewis: God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain.
...God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world....
Jonathan Edwards – A Humble Broken-Hearted Love
A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is a humble broken hearted love.
A.W. Tozer: We are to hate sin in ourselves and in all men, but never undervalue the man in whom the sin is found.
We are to hate sin in ourselves and in all men, but never undervalue the man in whom the sin is found.
Ignatius: Stop your ears, therefore, when any one speaks to you at variance with Jesus Christ
Stop your ears, therefore, when any one speaks to you at variance with Jesus Christ
Seeing with Eyes of Faith: Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus
Jesus gave sight to the blind. This served as a sign of His messianic identity and mission (Lk. 7:18-26; cf. Isa. 29:18; 35:5-6). Luke recalls Jesus’ encounter with a blind man who persistently sought the Lord to be made whole, which unveils an illustrious example of profound spiritual insight and faith. This miracle occurs immediately … Continue reading Seeing with Eyes of Faith: Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus
Maximus the Confessor: Perfect Love…loves all men equally…
our Lord and God Jesus Christ, manifesting his love for us, suffered for all mankind and granted to all equally the hope of resurrection, though each one renders himself worthy either of glory or of punishment.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon: Let January open with joy in the Lord
Let January open with joy in the Lord, and December close with gladness in Jesus.
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