The question before us is, “Is Jesus God?” I have purposely worded the question that way. If I had asked, “Is Jesus the Son of God,” there are many who would readily say “yes.” But what they are saying is that He is “a son of God in the same way everyone else is.” They […]
In the volume of the book it is written of Me” (Heb. 10:7). Luther asks concerning this verse: What Book and what Person? The answers should be obvious: the Bible and Christ. These are two Words which man must never separate: the written Word, and the Incarnate Word, for these God has joined together. The […]
Mary’s story, as given [in Luke 1], is in fact two stories: the annunciation and the Magnificat. The one is Mary’s explanation of how she became pregnant before marriage; the other is her reaction to that pregnancy… Mary knows for sure that she is to be the mother of the Son of God. How will […]
I do not propose to discuss this question from a biological or a medical standpoint, fascinating beyond description though such a study would be. The times are too stern for trifling with a subject which is one of the essential foundations of Christianity. It is therefore as a Christian physician, a humble follower of Luke, […]
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan has a persona of toughness. The mining and logging history of the region have made it the land of austere, hard-bitten men. But the servants of Christ who have been sent there have often been gentlemanly folk. Leonard Sheldrake worked out of Sault Ste. Marie. The bookish Joe Balsam came […]
The Gospel records of the New Testament make abundantly plain that their chief character, Jesus of Nazareth, was a real man, an actual figure of earthly history. This truth is not open to doubt or to serious question. From the standpoint of the ordinary reader who comes to these records with no preconceived ideas—no religious […]
We must believe, according to certain critics of the Scriptures and the founders of false religions, that men are sufficient unto their own salvation—there is no need for a virgin-born Saviour. Others declare that the virgin birth is a mystery beneath the acceptance of modern minds. There can be no controversy with those of the […]
Augustus was sitting on the throne of the Roman empire, and the touch of his finger could set the machinery of government in motion over well-nigh the whole of the civilized world. He was proud of his power and wealth, and it was one of his favorite occupations to compile a register of the populations […]
How much is one person expected to carry anyway? The human body has a weight of its own, with muscles and organs, skin, nerves and blood vessels carefully wrapped around its skeletal frame. But the body is designed to carry more than itself. So it is with the soul. We have room in our hearts […]