Christ The Holy Temple

Why did Jesus refer to himself as the Son of Man? Did he ever specifically make the claim that he was God? Why did the world need “God in human flesh” to rescue us in the first place, and was this idea of a divine descent ever mentioned anywhere in the Old Testament? The hosts […]

In the Gospel of Matthew we find the following lines from Isaiah’s prophecy applied to Jesus, “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel which means, God with us.” Yet the context of that original passage appears to be about a child who was to be born […]

Many commentators have argued that the Gospel of John makes use of categories from Greek philosophy, particularly in its portrayal of Jesus as the divine Word. But is this really the case? Has John blended the story of Jesus with the ideas of Plato? On this program, the hosts walk through the opening lines of […]

Was Jesus merely a nice Jewish teacher who over time began to be worshiped as a kind of god by later generations, or was he thought of as a divine from the earliest days of Christianity? What can we learn about this by examining the earliest documents of the Christian faith? On this program the […]

What’s the true spirit of Christmas? That’s the question at the heart of countless Christmas movies that clutter the airwaves and cable listings at this time of year. But the answer one typically receives from films of this genre is not merely a departure from the biblical narrative, but rather is a kind of anti-gospel […]

Have you ever taken the time to really listen to and think about the lyrics of the various Christmas carols that you hear on the radio and in the shopping malls at this time of year? On this program the hosts will do just that as they consider popular songs like “Jingle Bells” and “Santa […]

Christmas is the time in which we celebrate the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Word who “became flesh and dwelt among us” (Jn 1:14). But this same Word, who was God and was also with God (Jn 1:1-2), actually made a number of appearances throughout Israel’s history. On this program the hosts will take a […]

Although we live in a busy society, God invites us to come away and rest. Throughout the Bible, we see Jesus withdraw from the crowd to spend time with his Father. Although he is fully God, Jesus was fully man, too, which means he had limits like ours.

Nobody really knows what to do with the Sabbath anymore. A frequent point of contention between Jesus and that group of ultra-religious elites was what was lawful or unlawful to do on the Sabbath. Even a quick perusal of the Gospels reveals how common this conflict was. From healing the man with a withered hand […]

Jesus is baptized, receives the Holy Spirit, and immediately crosses the Jordan and enters the wilderness outside of Israel to be tested for forty days. The story of Jesus’s temptation is an Israel-shaped story. By sojourning in the wilderness and embodying the story of Israel, Jesus shows us that he is the true and faithful Son of God.

This presentation analyzes the crisis of justification in today’s church, tracing its biblical foundations, reformational clarity, and modern challenges.