Peace To End All Wars: What Christ’s Birth Has Done and Will Do

There is a story from WWI that reminds us that in the worst of times, there’s still hope. Nearing the end of December 1914, 5 months after WWI began, British soldiers heard their German foes singing Christmas Carols after a day of fighting.

In the dark, huddled in their cold trenches, the British soldiers wondered what to make of this. But soon, they joined in, singing well-known and well-loved Christmas carols. And so, through Christmas Eve, the two warring armies celebrated the birth of their Messiah. ...

New Testament, Biblical Theology, Church HistoryDavid SchrockDecember 20, 2017ChristmasComment

Let Them At Least Understand

“Let them at least understand the religion which they oppose before they oppose it.” This quote has been attributed to Blaise Pascal, a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, and believe it or not, a noted theologian. As a teenager he began to invent mechanical calculators. He made significant contributions to mathematics and physics, working with vacuums and hydraulics. A computer language was named after him—which I studied in college. His quote about thoughtfulness is great advice for us in our day. Think about it my friends! “Let them at least understand the religion which they oppose before they oppose it.” ...

Church History, ApologeticsBrent HuberMarch 15, 2017 Comments

Truth & Unity at 499 Years

Next month marks the 499th anniversary of what is typically called the dawn of the Protestant Reformation. On October 31st, 1517 Martin Luther pinned 95 theses to the Wittenberg castle-church door in the hopes of engaging other ecclesiastics in theological debate. The theses were originally written in Latin, the theological lingua franca of the day. His zealous students, however, seeing the value of a wider circulation, took the theses down, translated them into German—the local lingua vulgaris of the day—and rushed them off to this new thing called the “printing press.” From there many copies could be made and disseminated, eventually, all over Europe. ...

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