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God from God: The Eternal Son in the Crib

...a created Messiah. We are preparing to celebrate the arrival of: the eternal Wisdom of God the eternal Son of the Father begotten before all ages taking on flesh in the fullness of time The Child in Bethlehem is not God’s creation. He is God’s eternally begotten Son. As Melito of Sardis wrote in 180: For the one who was born as Son, and led to slaughter as a lamb, and sacrificed as a sheep, and buried as a man, rose up from the dead as God, since he is by nature both God and man. Eternal Light shines through infant eyes. Eternal Word coos from a manger. Eternal Wisdom rests in Mary’s arms. Here is the paradox of Christmas: The One who created...

The World's Oldest Anti-Christian Meme

...crucified Messiah didn’t merely seem unlikely; by the Law’s own terms, he appeared theologically disqualified. Paul addresses this head-on in Galatians 3:13, arguing that Christ became the curse on our behalf. He doesn’t sidestep the stumbling block; he walks straight into it and reframes everything. It’s worth noting too that our English word “scandal” traces directly back through Latin and Old French to skandalon — so every time someone calls something scandalous, they’re unknowingly reaching back to a Greek word for a snare and stumbling block, and beyond that, to the offence of the cross itself. Messiahs don’t get crucified. Gods don’...

Armageddon Is Not A Battle Plan: What Revelation Actually Says — And Why It Matters Right Now

...g warrior Messiah — but when he turns to look, he sees a Lamb, standing as though slain. The conquering one conquers as the slaughtered Lamb. That paradox is the theological centre of the entire book. Victory does not come through superior violence. It comes through faithful witness, sacrificial love, and the self-giving of the cross. The saints conquer by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. — Revelation 12:11 Notice what is conspicuously absent from that verse above: swords, armies, political power, military campaigns. The model of conquest in Revelation is the cross, not the sword. To read the book as a mandate for armed holy w...

Did Jesus lead the first youth group?

...ps of the Messiah.  I hope that this may encourage you in your faith if you are young still, or if you are a youth leader or pastor that you can hopefully see that even juvenile teenagers can still be entrusted with the faith and live it out seriously and in a committed way.  ...