The Patriot Post® · Friday Opinion

Best of Right Opinion

• Rich Lowry: Nancy Pelosi’s Tax Apocalypse
• Tony Perkins: A Frosty Reception to Trump’s Prayer
• L. Brent Bozell & Tim Graham: Cultural Winners and Losers of 2017
• Erick Erickson: From Tent to Glory
• David Limbaugh: A Celebration of Life

For more of today’s columns, visit Right Opinion.

Opinion in Brief

David Limbaugh: “Christ suffered — so that we can live — more pain than anyone who has ever existed. It was not only his physical beatings and passion but also His excruciating separation from the Father and His endurance of God’s wrath for all of the past, present and future sins of mankind. Moreover, God created us knowing at the time that Christ’s human birth and sacrificial death would be necessary. John tells us that Jesus is ‘the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.’ A greater act of love is inconceivable. Having become human and suffering as a human being, Christ is an empathetic, personal God who is approachable to us and with whom we can have a personal relationship. ‘Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in the time of need’ (Hebrews 4:16). This Christmas, let’s celebrate the wonders of our existence as human beings created in God’s image and with the capacity for His love, which we must abundantly share with one another. Let’s draw near to His throne of grace, profusely thanking Him for the undeserved mercy He gave us and meditating on ‘whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable’ (Philippians 4:8).”