Dear High School Community,

As we close this semester and enter Christmas, I am reflecting on the heart of our faith; the Incarnation, God the Son taking on true humanity for us and our salvation. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” is not a slogan but a reality that changes everything (John 1:14; Matt. 1:23).

Years ago, a senior I taught in South Korea who described himself as skeptical, chose to study Christology for his final project in my Bible class. Immersing himself in who Jesus is and what he has done moved him in ways nothing else ever could, and while presenting his final project he shared he had put his faith in Christ. It reminded me that our students can handle the deep things of God, and many of them hunger for it.

The Gospels each introduce Jesus from a distinct angle, and together they give us a full, living portrait of the one Lord:

• Matthew roots Jesus in a real family line and announces him as “Immanuel, God with us” (Matt. 1:1, 23).

• Mark rushes in with the headline: “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1).

• Luke offers a carefully investigated account “so that you may know the exact truth” (Luke 1:1–4).

• John lifts our eyes to eternity: “In the beginning was the Word … and the Word was God … and the Word became flesh” (John 1:1, 14).

Why does this matter to a school? If God has drawn near in Christ, then learning is worship. Our aim is to study, live, and teach God’s Word with Ezra’s resolve, setting our hearts to understand it, to do it, and to pass it on (Ezra 7:10). We want classrooms where questions are welcomed, minds are stretched, and hearts are formed, places where truth and love meet.