I met Dan at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in 1993. He was about to graduate from Cedarville University, and was out shopping for a seminary. Dan went on to earn his MDiv and ThM in New Testament at GRTS. I remember my last class with him in summer school 1995—it was the book of Revelation, and I was working out an eclectic progressive dispensational approach to the book on the fly. Dan was my conversation partner, while rest of the students looked on in varying degrees of bewilderment.
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The Epiphany of Immanuel: Living in God’s Withness in 2026
I get that Home Alone is a funny movie, but being alone is not a plan for most of us. Far from being a fun adventure, being alone usually leads to loneliness, not comedy. God didn’t cut us out for alone-ness but for community. God hasn’t left us home alone! Epiphany reminds us that God has made his ultimate appearance to us in Christ. Baptists like me typically don’t place Epiphany on their short list of major Bible doctrines, but we might be able to make our Christmas experience more than temporary euphoria if we did.