The Virgin Birth of the Son of God …
Sunday Evening Message
You may have never heard of Nazareth, and this young girl may be poor and obscure, but don't judge by merely human outward appearances. Her son is going to be great.
A Big God for Little People …
Seven Christmas Eve Meditations
All the mammoth political forces and all the giant industrial complexes, without their even knowing it, are being guided by God, not for their own sake but for the sake of God's little people—the little Mary and the little Joseph who have to be got from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
How We See Christmas Symbols …
We want our Christmas decorating and festivities to be as explicitly Christ-centered and Christ-exalting as possible.
Christmas Solidarity …
Christmas is a call to go on strike at the assembly plant of sin.
Joseph and Jesus: God's Successful Setbacks …
God has always delighted to show his power through apparent defeat.
Freed By Christmas And Calvary …
Christ became a man because the death of a man who was more than man was needed.
From Bethlehem in the Majesty of the Name of the Lord …
God uses little towns and youngest sons and slingshots to magnify his glory by contrast, to show that he is not the least dependent on human glory or greatness or achievement.
You Shall Go Forth Leaping Like Calves …
Christ came at Christmas to build a bridge across the chasm of sin to eternal life, but the name of the bridge is purity. The only way to eternal life is along the path of sanctification.
Christ Jesus Came into the World to Save Sinners …
Christmas Day
The meaning of Christmas is that what is good and precious in your life need never be lost, and what is evil and undesirable in your life can be changed.
Prepare the Way of the Lord! …
Five ways to get spiritually prepared for Christmas.
Three Meditations on "The Messiah" …
Christmas Festival
The high noon of God's glory will be the second coming of Christ. And that is where the sun will stay forever.
Triumphant Light …
The light shines in the darkness—Jesus shines, the gospel shines, the church shines—and the darkness will not overcome it.
A Burning Witness to the Light …
John the Baptist came so that we might believe in Jesus and have life like we never had it before.
How to Become a Child of God …
Not everyone is a child of God. Are you?
The Word Became Flesh …
Christmas Eve
God came to live in a tent so we can watch him more closely. God wants to be seen and known in his Son.
God Sent His Servant to Bless You …
God is moving toward you today with blessing.
12 Reasons for Christmas …
Twelve arguments from the New Testament for why God became flesh.
Born to Die for Freedom …
Hebrews 2:14-15 is a great passage for preparing for Christmas.
Six Shadows Flee at Christmas …
The meaning of Christmas is that the substance of true religion belongs to Christ.
The Word Was Made Flesh …
Christians must know Jesus well so that they can discern between the Christ of Scripture and the Christ that other religions claim to honor.
A Chapter Closes in Advent at Bethlehem …
John Piper announces the end of Advent poems.
Bless the Mother of Jesus, but Mainly Be the Mother of Jesus …
Be inspired by Mary, but don't venerate her more than the New Testament does.
Good News of Great Joy …
Daily Readings for Advent
"What I want most for Christmas this year is to join you (and many others) in seeing Christ in all his fullness and that we together be able to love what we see with a love far beyond our own half-hearted human capacities" (p. vi).
The Cross-Centered Christmas: An Interview with Ann Voskamp …
Authors on the Line
Related Topics
The Person of Christ The Trinity The Life of Christ
Related Resources:
- Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ for the Sake of Making Him Known (Sermons)
- The All-Conquering Love of Christ (Sermons)
- The Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness, Part 1 (Sermons)
- The Trinitarian Shape of Jonathan Edwards' Theology: An Interview with Michael McClymond (Authors On The Line)
- Jesus Declares His Kingship (Sermons)
- My Abandoned Life for Your Abundant Life (Sermons)
