Theology

This remembrance helps develop a confident, enduring Christian hope that is more than wishful thinking and leads to real-world action.

This is the message of Christmas hope: Jesus Christ is Immanuel, and he wants to be God with you.

This week the editors discuss Providence’s Advent series on hope.

If God’s example was deep concern for the lost and needy, then at all times, but especially during the celebration of Jesus’ birth, we should be so concerned as well.

Joseph and Mary’s expectations were rooted in submission to God’s plan: that was their basis for hope. We, too, can have hope in God, trusting that he will care for us and lead our families.

This is a message of Christmas hope—that the consolation of history is found in the Spirit of God, available to all who trust in the name of Jesus Christ as Lord.

Col. Tim Mallard, chaplain in the US Army, spoke about Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theology and lessons for today at the Christianity and National Security Conference.

Retribution is the form love sometimes takes when nothing else will requite injustice.

In this sense it is proper to pursue such proximate goals as expressions of Christian duty. Christianity should not be utilitarian, but it must be practical.