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Adoption is God’s Gift to Us at Christmas
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son born of a woman…..so that we might receive adoption as sons. Galatians 4:4 Musa aged 18 was the biological father. He had disappeared...
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Christmas: The Clue is in the Name
Hands up if you’ve spotted or perhaps already eaten anything pertaining to Christmas. Depending on what part of the world you live in, different things signal the arrival of Christmas, arguably the...
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Why Did Jesus Come To Earth?
Christmas is the time when we celebrate Jesus’ coming to earth. Yet why did Jesus come? What’s the reason? Why Did Jesus Come? In this sermon Martin Morrison looks at the story of Zacchaeus the tax...
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Have Yourself An Attentive Christmas
We moderns, wherever we are located in this global village, are intuitively oiled by the social media machine. An undesirable result of this is the tendency to speak at each other rather than to each...
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Black Friday: 4 Things African Christians Need to Know
In this episode of The Gospel Coalition Africa Podcast, host Blaque Nubon explores the shopping event of the year: Black Friday. We unpack the four main things you need to know about this global...
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Baby Jesus: What’s The Big Deal?
On Christmas day we celebrate the birth of Christ. The incarnation – when God came down to earth and became human. The implications of this event are enormous – huge! Jesus became a baby. A real,...
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The African Christian Christmas Survival Guide
Christmas is amazing, but it can be challenging too. As African Christians, there are a few questions we’re pretty much guaranteed to get at this time of year, and not all of them are easy to answer....
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After Darkness, Light: Isaiah 9 and the Comfort of Christmas
At the dawn of the Protestant Reformation, many Reformers adopted a Latin slogan to capture the unfolding wonder: Post Tenebras Lux. It means: “After darkness, light”. The glorious light of the gospel...
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Indeed Our God Is With Us // The Coming Of The Messiah
Believing the truth that God is with us should be at the core of our faith. How does the true meaning of Christmas direct us to this gospel truth more? Indeed Our God Is With Us As a man this Jesus...
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Why Does Isaiah Call Jesus the “Everlasting Father”?
I have been privileged to witness several Christmas seasons over my lifetime. And for each one, Isaiah’s prophecy casts a golden glow across the landscape. We rejoice over the birth of a Saviour, and...
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Our Prince of Peace Will Have The Final Say
December is the time to visit with family and friends. It is usually the time when food is more abundant than air. Interestingly, it’s that time of the year when you will hear no one say they are...
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Why Bother With Jesus During Christmas?
Is Jesus truly at the centre of Christmas? In light of all the celebrations and festivities why should where care about where he fits into all of it? Why Bother With Jesus During Christmas? Every one...
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Tracing The Christmas Story Through History
If you have been an adult for any length, waiting is ingrained in your human experience. At every season of life, there comes the heart-wrenching need to wait for the tides to turn in your favour. It...
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We Love Christmas Presents, but Long for God’s Presence
What is Christmas to you? Good gifts and rare delicacies? Family visits? In Uganda, Christmas means trips to ancestral villages as ‘lost’ sons and daughters return home, bearing bags. Acquaintances...
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Christmas and the God Who Is Here
For 10-year-old Tendo, it is confusing that God would become man, like us, to save us. ‘Why didn’t he use his power like Wonder Woman to save the world,’ she muses, during her Advent Sunday School...
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When Waiting For Christmas Was Over
Imagine standing in the long line of a bus queue for an exciting journey you planned for. You finally get to the front only to be told that you have been in the wrong line, or even worse, your bus has...
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The Comforting Consistence of God’s Immanence
The messenger in Isaiah is exhorted to exclaim to the people: “Behold your God!” This is a call to see the majesty, splendour, and power of God, who is transcendent from all his creation, but also a...
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Will the Real Father Christmas Please Stand Up
Christmas can be a conflicting time of year for believers. It should be an opportunity to focus on Jesus’ incarnation and delight and celebrate that. Yet, alongside this celebration of Jesus coming to...
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Interrogating Nestorius: Was Mary’s Son God or Mere Man?
When our Catholic friend calls Mary ‘the mother of God’, we may, with Nestorius, recoil or retort: ‘God has no mother!’ Thus we may be inclined to say that Mary gave birth to a mere human being, Jesus;...
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How to Flourish in the Festive Season as a Follower of Jesus
In one way or another, we all look forward to the festive season. It’s a time when people wind down and enjoy a good time. The festive season is highly anticipated, because navigating the 365 days we...
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How to Love Your Neighbour This Christmas
Christmas is a season of reflection. It’s time to celebrate God’s love for us in Jesus Christ, who came to reconcile us to God. To our Creator. Below is a very brief guide on how you might extend that...
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A Thrill of Hope, the Weary World Rejoices
When was the last time you heard a good story? And what did you like about that story? We all like stories. Stories are good when they are real, when they encourage a person. Some stories are fun to...
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Who Is Christmas About?
It is easy to get into the Christmas spirit, put up our trees and lights, sing our carols, and not meditate or even remember that our celebration is because of the humiliation of the eternal Son of...
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Three Ways to Light Up the Darkness This Christmas
This past November was a truly dark period here in Nigeria. A Brigadier-General in the Nigerian Army and three of his men were abducted and killed by terrorists in Borno State 64 civilians were...
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How to Love Your Domestic Workers This Christmas Season
In many African economies, unskilled labour is abundant. This drives the cost of labour down. As a result, many households opt to pay domestic workers to perform menial tasks around the home, such as...
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Christmas Carols: Still Connecting Our Culture to Christ
Every December, something remarkable happens across the world. Millions of people who’d never darken the door of a church happily sing about the incarnation of our Lord. They sing about the virgin...
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For Those Who Hurt at Christmas, There’s Hope Too
I lost my uncle the day before Christmas. My dad’s only brother. He had my father’s build and was big-hearted, gentle, and strong in a way that made you feel safe. He loved with a deep and undeniable...
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The Supernatural Conception of Jesus and Its Saving Significance
This Christmas, some Christians in the pews will be sceptical about the virgin birth, even as their pastors carefully expound the scriptures. Others will scarcely give it much thought. Perhaps this is...
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