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  • Notes on Anti-Semitism

    Some thoughts on the current anti-Semitism trends: ———- Questions for anti-Semitic “Christians”: Much of the NT was written to instruct Christians about how to deal with their persecutors, most of whom were Jewish. Are you willing to follow those instructions? The book of James is particularly relevant here since it addresses precisely this issue. If you… Read more

  • Living a Red Pill Life in a Blue Pill World

    Living a Red Pill Life in a Blue Pill World

    The red pill/blue pill metaphor has gotten mangled to the point that it’s almost useless. I never saw the Matrix movies, but when I first encountered the red pill/blue pill categories, I thought they were fairly helpful interpretive lenses for navigating certain aspects of life in the modern world. I thought the red pill/blue pill… Read more

  • Merry 8th Day of Christmas!

    Merry 8th day of Christmas! And happy Jesus’ circumcision day! Today is the Feast of the Circumcision and Naming of Jesus. Luke takes care to record Jesus’ circumcision in 2:21. The shedding of blood on Jesus’ 8th day can rightly be viewed as a foreshadowing of the cross. His circumcision confirms that Jesus is a… Read more

  • Christmas and Christology: The Reason for the Season

    Merry Christmas! As we approach Christmas, it’s important to remember what this season is about. In a word, Christmas is about Christ. Christmas is about Christology. Christmas is about the Father sending his Son, the Christ, into the world through the work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is God and man, two complete natures… Read more

  • A Christmas Chronology: Notes on Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2

    If you put the first two chapters of Matthew and the first two chapters of Luke together, you can basically plot the first 40 days of Jesus life with a good bit of detail. Both Matthew and Luke record the day of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem (day 1). Luke tells us he was circumcised on… Read more

  • Exhortations: Four baptisms, a funeral, and the Eucharist

    God calls some to himself in the womb. Others he calls to himself later in life. R is one called later in life. God has worked powerfully in R’s life over the last several months, opening his eyes to see the horror of his sin and the beauty of Jesus. R has come to see… Read more