Bible Teacher Dan Slagle examines the Christmas message through the lens of Matthew 2, when Herod orders Bethlehem's baby boys put to death, hoping to kill Jesus. You see, when Jesus arrived, joy and danger collided. Kings were threatened, evil pushed back, and innocent lives were caught in the middle. Yet this is exactly why Christ came—not to avoid darkness, but to confront it. Jesus entered the world as a King at war with sin, death, and everything that destroys life. Christmas is merry not because life is easy, but because the Light has come—and the darkness has not overcome it.
In Luke 18, Jesus makes clear the essence of "child-like faith" — a kind of faith that seems harder to come by in our...
What's happening on the campus of Asbury Seminary, and what does it mean? Guest Teacher and former Dean of Chapel at Asbury, J.D. Walt,...
