Resources Blog 2025

The Birth of Christ

Written by Dr. John V. Fesko | Oct 31, 2022 5:00:00 AM
What can we do to ensure that we do not distort, dilute, or diminish the truths surrounding Christ’s birth? The simplest answer is to meditate upon the scriptural accounts of Christ’s birth―examine every detail so we can insulate our hearts from the world’s efforts to silence the gospel as well as our own tendencies to forget the reason for the season. This small reflection is a collection of 15 years of preaching with the singular message of not losing sight of the real meaning of the birth of Christ. The Birth of Christ is applicable both during the Christmas season and throughout the year for every Christian to refocus upon Christ―the reason for the season.

So many of us have learned about neo-Calvinism through one thinker such as Abraham Kuyper or Herman Bavinck or J.H. Bavinck or Klaas Schilder, but here we are presented with it as a whole tradition with many rich variations and dimensions. [...] Highly recommended.

Timothy Keller, Pastor Emeritus

This is a book that has long been needed. Finally, it's here!

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theolog

This is a much-needed reintroduction to neo-Calvinism in our day and age, when misunderstandings, misinterpretations, and misapplications of neo-Calvinism abound in Christian as well as non-Christian communities worldwide.

Alex Shao Kai Tseng, Research Professor, School of Philosophy

Gray Sutanto and Cory Brock provide readers with a state-of-the-art introduction to the theological agenda of neo-Calvinism. I highly recommend it.

Oliver Crisp, Principal of St. Mary’s College; Head of the School of Divinity

At last we have a thoroughly theological introduction to neo-Calvinism! Those who are new to this stream of thought could have no better guide. Those who are acquainted with neo-Calvinism will find this sure-footed account of key loci in Kuyper and Bavinck to be a richly helpful resource.

Suzanne McDonald, Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology

Essential reading for all students of Reformed theology.

James Eglinton, Meldrum Senior Lecturer in Reformed Theology

Cory Brock and Gray Sutanto serve as able guides in reintroducing the witness and wisdom of these two theological giants, Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck, and the catholic force of their effort to take every thought captive to Christ. Take and read of what they saw and said and of what we may be called to hear and herald, too.

Michael Allen, John Dyer Trimble Professor of Systematic Theology