Isaiah prophesied that God’s purpose was to shine on his people so that they might glow for all peoples as pilot-guides or representatives of God’s saving work in the deepening darkness. That is the frame through which Matthew tells the story of the Magi and the economy he calls his people to flow in. This…
In the midst of a hot dispute with people countering his gospel Paul outlines the shape and purpose of the gospel in cultural/legal terms of redemption and adoption to describe God’s purpose of bringing his children to maturity as heirs of what he has prepared for all in Christ. Christmas is central to this as Christ is born so we might be…