Awaiting His Return by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | December 2005

There is a widespread fascination with the end of the world. Throughout history, we have witnessed the bold assertions of soothsayers, naysayers, and doomsdayers. Every day, self-proclaimed prophets of the end times make whimsical predictions about the future. Claiming to …Read More

Christmas According to the Apostle Paul - Gal 4:4-5 (Part 1 of 3) by R. Fowler White

One of the most beloved carols that Christians sing during the Christmas season is that of William C. Dix, What Child is This? As few other carols do, the lyrics of this selection prompt us to contemplate the identity, the …Read More

Christmas According to the Apostle Paul - Gal 4:4-5 (Part 2 of 3) by R. Fowler White

In our first installment in this series on Christmas according to Paul, we learned that, for the Apostle, Jesus is the Child for whom all of time had waited and who was born of a woman. In the second part …Read More

Christmas According to the Apostle Paul - Gal 4:4-5 (Part 3 of 3) by R. Fowler White

In the two previous installment in our series on Gal 4:4-5, we have learned four features of the Apostle’s answer to the question, what Child is this who was born at Christmas? We have focused on the Child …Read More

Christmas According to the Angels (Part 1 of 3) by R. Fowler White

Other than the Holy Spirit, they are the most pivotal players in the drama that we know as the Christmas story; they are the most pivotal players in the accounts God gave us about the birth of Jesus our Lord …Read More

Christmas According to the Angels (Part 2 of 3) by R. Fowler White

In our first installment in this series, we learned that the Gospel birth announcements of the angels brought “good news of great joy” to those humbled by sin, suffering, and death. In this our second installment, we focus on two …Read More

Christmas According to the Angels (Part 3 of 3) by R. Fowler White

In this final part of our three-part series on Christmas according to the Angels, we contemplate the truth that the birth announcements of the angels celebrated “glory to God” and “peace for man.” Consider first that the angels celebrated “glory …Read More

Marley and His Message to Scrooge by R.C. Sproul

Bah! Humbug!” These two words are instantly associated with Charles Dickens’ immortal fictional anti-hero, Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge was the prototype of the Grinch who stole Christmas, the paradigm of all men cynical. We all recognize that Ebenezer Scrooge was a …Read More