Articles

We know the depth of God’s love for us because the Father gave his eternally-beloved Son for our sake. For this reason, we owe a tremendous debt to giants like Victorinus and Hilary, who spent their lives defending the eternal Sonship of Christ.

The Nicene Creed declares that the Son, Jesus Christ, is “begotten, not made.” Now this distinction seems rather abstract. It may even seem irrelevant to the Christian life. Is the begottenness of the Son simply an issue for eggheaded philosophers perched in their ivory towers? Or does it bear practical significance?