Delighting in the Ordinary Wonders of God’s Grace

“The human ability to tune out things like traffic noise is a blessing. In our spiritual lives, however, that blessing can become a curse. The steady roar of God’s faithful work and constant grace in our ordinary days becomes so familiar that we simply stop noticing it. As we treat His ongoing mercy as white noise, the extraordinary loses its luster, and our hearts grow dull to the beauty of His presence and power.”

What Does It Mean to Have the Christmas Spirit? J.I. Packer’s Answer

“When J. I. Packer’s book Knowing God came out in 1973, I was a young Christian. God used it in my life profoundly, and it is still one of my top five books of all time. I appreciate these challenging words from Knowing God about what it means to truly have a God-honoring ‘Christmas Spirit’.”

Against the World, for the Sake of the World

“The fourth-century African theologian Athanasius is known for standing contra mundum, against the world. When much of the church had turned toward Arianism, he stood firm on the truth that Jesus is, and always has been, fully God. For this, Athanasius endured opposition and exile. Yet he never wavered.”