It’s been eleven years since I wrote about the tension I feel every December—the mixture of genuine joy in Christ’s coming and deep frustration with what we’ve turned the season into. Back then, I said that Christmas exists because of our sin, not our sentimentality.

I still believe that, maybe even more now.

My new album, A Treatise on Western Christmas in the 21st Century, grew out of that same tension. These songs are not meant to scold, nor are they meant to join the noise. They are simply an honest attempt to look at Christmas theologically, rather than nostalgically, and to acknowledge the ways we’ve reshaped the season into something safer, cleaner, and spiritually void and unrecognizable.

The first five tracks function like the Law—they hold up the mirror.

They confront our impatience, our shallow battles, our selective theology, our desire for a sanitized Jesus, and our eagerness to defend “Christmas” in the public square while neglecting Christ in our own hearts and homes.

The final two songs turn the corner to Gospel.

Joy Has Broken Through the Night begins the shift, pushing through the shadows we’ve created and returning to the promise that God Himself breaks in.
And Behold, the Lamb Has Come! is the proclamation—the full biblical arc from Genesis to Revelation. The promised Seed. The rising Light. The refining Fire. The reigning Lamb. The Christ who stepped into our suffering to save sinners.

This is not a cultural take-down, just a hope at re-centering.
It’s a reminder that the manger is not the endpoint; it’s the beginning of Christ’s humiliation.
Advent matters. Incarnation matters. Repentance matters.
And the Gospel—Christ for you—matters most.

I’m posting a secret link to SoundCloud here for anyone who wants to listen early!

Please listen and share with your friends and family!

Private SoundCloud link: A_TREATISE_ON_WESTERN_CHRISTMAS_IN_THE_21ST_CENTURY

The album will be available everywhere else on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 —
Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, and all major platforms…

As always, thank you for listening, thinking, and wrestling along with me.