Come, Thou long-expected Jesus / Born to set Thy people free. — Charles Wesley, “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” (1744) The Redeemer has broken every bond: / The Earth is free, and Heaven is open. — Placide Cappeau, O Holy ...
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Think Twice Before Saying ‘Merry Christmas’
“The joyful news of the birth of Christ is this restoration of man to his original calling with the assurance of victory.” —Rousas J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) “He comes to make His blessings flow / ...
Read More »Advent In Space And Time
“After all, nitpicking the timeline of Xena: Warrior Princess is the surest way to madness.” Chris Sims on the Xena Christmas Special (2015) “Chronological Bible teaching presents a foundation for understanding Jesus’ death and resurrection” ...
Read More »Getting Ready For The Messiah
The three centuries which followed the Macedonian conquest of Asia, from the death of Alexander the Great to the fall of the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt, are perhaps the most thrilling of all periods of ancient history. —Peter Thonemann, The ...
Read More »The Victory of the Kingdom
In a unique way Zechariah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. —Charlie Brown, Peanuts (1994) All areas of life will be consecrated to the Lord: even the horses’ bells will contain the inscription written on ...
Read More »God’s Plan For The Stewardship Of Earth
As a result of the fall, however, man’s urge to dominion is now a perverted one . . . it is a desire to be God. —Rousas J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) Did God Fail? In the ...
Read More »The Suffering Servant of Yahweh: A Good Friday Meditation
The Scripture clearly teach that there is one human sacrifice that is allowable and proper: the one found in Isaiah 53. —Mitch Glaser, The Gospel According to Isaiah 53 (2012) And they didn’t recognize Him?! -a high school student on ...
Read More »The Meaning of History: Part Two
The idea of salvation by one’s own merit prevails in every religion on the face of the earth except Christianity. —Moncure Conway, My Pilgrimage to the Wise Men of the East (1906) This great apocalyptic battle, the greatest fight in ...
Read More »The Sociology of Sacrifice
Sacrifice is commonly treated as a relic of man’s primitive past…. —Rousas J. Rushdoony (1992) The bleeding Sacrifice in my behalf appears. —Charles Wesley (1742) The Purpose of Sacrifice Sociologists and anthropologists struggle with understanding and defining the rite of ...
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