At Christmas, we often talk about what happened: a baby lying in a manger, angels singing in the sky, shepherds watching in the field.
Advent begins with longing—with God’s people sitting in the dark and remembering what it means to wait. And when we look back through the
The theological introduction that the Apostle John provides to his account of the life, death, and resurrection of Messiah (John 1:1–18) is as deep
Light is an essential component of life. Without it, human beings would struggle to understand, explore, and interact with the world in which we
This morning I want to go back in time together, before Christ on the cross and before Messiah in the manger, to a time
Christmas may be “the most wonderful time of the year” but it’s also one of the most expensive times of the year. One report
There are many words we could use to describe Jesus’s birth: miraculous, humble, anticipated, needed, epic, joyful, and merciful. But one word we cannot
Most people today—and, unfortunately, many Christians and churches—treat sin more like empty calories than like cancer, something that can be enjoyed in moderation but
My full name is James Stuart Turner Rennie. It’s quite a moniker to attach to a little baby! The Stuart part is from my
On August 5, 2010, the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile trapped thirty-three workers 700-meters underground. For seventeen dark days they survived