Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

As we celebrate another Advent season, what does the incarnation mean? How did God meet with his people in the past, like in this episode with Jacob’s ladder? What does this meeting place of God with men teach us concerning the nature of God’s salvation? Join us on this special episode of White Horse Inn […]

The Christmas season can be a dangerous time of the year for faith. Its not merely that Christ is over shadowed by Santa Clause and reindeer, but Christmas is a time when it is easy for people to think that everyone is basically good and that in the right circumstances people will do the right […]

Many people today think of Jesus as a kind of helpful teacher, healer, or therapist. But what does scripture say that Jesus came to do? On this program the hosts will discuss the three offices of Christ, showing how he fulfilled the roles of prophet, priest and king.

As we work our way to the Christmas season, we will be taking a look at Mary’s Magnificat. What were the Jewish expectations surrounding the coming messiah? How does Jesus fulfill those hopes and desires as expressed by Mary? Join us as we celebrate the Incarnation and birth of Jesus with this song from the […]

The famous Christmas hymn “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” reminds us each year of the deep longing and hopeful expectation for the fulfillment of all the messianic promises revealed throughout the history of the Old Testament. This Emmanuel, or “God with us,” would come in the fullness of time to “ransom captive Israel.” On this […]

How do the angelic announcements of Mary’s conception and of the birth of Christ relate to the Old Testament promises concerning the coming messiah, and what do they reveal about Christ’s forthcoming mission and work? On this program, the hosts are continuing their series on The Meaning of Christmas by taking a closer look at […]

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.