by Kevin Bauder | Dec 5, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
[This essay was originally published on December 13, 2013.] These days humanism is often equated with secularism or human autonomy from the divine. Originally, however, the term was used to designate the celebration of the humanities, those pursuits and disciplines...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 22, 2023 | In the Nick of Time
[This essay was originally published on December 21, 2007.] If Jesus Christ were not truly and perfectly God, He could not be our mediator. If Jesus Christ were not truly and perfectly human, He could not be our mediator. This much, Scripture makes clear. Our problem...
by Michael Riley | Dec 23, 2022 | In the Nick of Time
As Christians, we believe that God exists as three eternal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. In God’s plan of redemption, the Son humbled Himself to assume to His person a fully human nature. When through the Spirit Mary conceived and was carrying...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 24, 2021 | In the Nick of Time
Certain professing believers are detractors of Christmas observance. They insist that real Christians must not celebrate Christmas in either their homes or their churches. The objections that they raise fall into two broad categories. The first category is grounded in...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 10, 2021 | In the Nick of Time
[This essay was originally published on December 7, 2012.] Any Christian discussion of holidays must begin with the recognition that we observe them in the absence of any biblical requirement. Does this mean that it is wrong to celebrate holidays? Not as long as the...
