It’s Joy to the World, Not Joy to the Remnant

“This vision of historical optimism is not all that common in the Christian world, and so it can get pretty lonely sometimes. But fortunately, once a year the entire nation appears to come around to our way of thinking. You might be shopping in Target for some last minute stocking stuffers and not be at all surprised to hear the loudspeakers reminding you that ‘He comes to make His blessings flow, far as the curse is found.’ Think of this book as a small effort to get Christians to believe their Christmas carols year-round” (Heaven Misplaced, p. 65).