Podcast: 6 Objections to Studying Theology That Don't Hold Up (Jon Nielson)
Jon Nielson addresses six common objections to studying theology that he's heard over the years as a pastor, including that it's too impractical, too confusing, and too divisive.
Podcast: Conservatives, Progressives, and the Pursuit of the Common Good (Andrew Walker and Robert George)
Dr. Robert P. George and Dr. Andrew Walker talk together about religious liberty, the common good, and the true heart of conservatism.
Finding the Good Life: A 5-Day Video Devotional
In this 5-day video devotional, Nancy Guthrie answers the question, “What is the good life?”
Devote Yourself to Good Works Even When It’s Hard
Amy DiMarcangelo
We don’t just naturally fall into doing good. So we want to orient our lives in such a way that we’re positioned to practice generosity, to show hospitality to the lonely.
Blessed: Revelation’s Message to Persecuted Believers with Karen Ellis (Episode 9)
Nancy Guthrie
Nancy Guthrie talks with Karen Ellis about what it looks like for believers to patiently endure persecution.
Issues of Race in Scripture
John Piper
Jesus was forceful about the issue of ethnocentrism, the conviction or the feeling that one’s own ethnic group should be treated as superior or privileged.
A Discipleship Compass
Bill Clem drew up a compass to help explain these aspects of discipleship.
Answering Kids’ Hardest Questions: Why Don’t I Fit In with My Friends?
Betsy Childs Howard
God made you unique. He gave you particular gifts and tastes and a personality. And having confidence in the person that God made you to be is very attractive to other people.
How Parenting Kids with Special Needs Shifts Your Reality
Andrew Wilson
In a sense, our story was really one of reconsidering every aspect of our lives.
How Grace Lets You Have It All
Paul David Tripp
The more you understand the magnitude of God’s grace, the more accurate will be your view of the depth of your unrighteousness; and the more you understand the depth of your unrighteousness, the more you will appreciate the magnitude of God’s gift of grace.
Is There a Wrong Way to Study the Bible? (Women of the Word Episode 3)
Jen Wilkin
Jen Wilkin describes the wrong ways we approach Bible study and what our failed attempts to engage with God's Word reveal about our own attitude toward Scripture.
How Can Christians Claim Old Testament Promises as Their Own?
Jason S. DeRouchie
What we hope for tomorrow changes who we are today. If we truly believe that the pure in heart will see God, that’s going to influence what we look at and what we touch, because we want to see God.
What Keeps God from Being a Megalomaniac?
John Piper
One of the values of Christian Hedonism is that it answers the objection of why or how God can be so God-centered—because he manifestly is.
Is Your Church Considering the ESV?
At some point in their ministry every pastor is asked the question, “What Bible translation do you recommend?”
The Key to Good Literature
God loves beauty, and he gives it to us as a gift. He is the source of beauty, and he is beauty himself.
How Work in the Home Reflects God
Courtney Reissig
As Christians serve and care for those around them, they are acting as God's hands and feet in the world.
The Food of Christian Survival
Abigail Dodds
When you understand Bible reading as the means, the food, the fuel, the sustenance of your Christian life, then you will consume it with joy, like a hungry person eats bread.
Podcast: Hope for Weak People—the Message of 2 Corinthians (Dane Ortlund)
Dane Ortlund walks through a number of key doctrines and themes found in the book of 2 Corinthians and discusses what Paul’s thorn in the flesh might have been.
Why Christians Should Encourage Consistent Atheism
times when I actually encourage unbelievers to continue in their error, in fact to do so more.
Where to Find True Wisdom
Brett McCracken
We need to remember that the Bible is God's direct speech to us. His word is the source of wisdom. It is God himself speaking to us.
A Sneak Peek at 'The New City Catechism' with Tim Keller
Tim Keller explains the value of catechesis and shares a sneak peek at ‘The New City Catechism.’
Podcast: Can Christians Lose Their Salvation? (Dennis Johnson)
Dennis Johnson discusses Hebrews 6:4–6, one of the New Testament's most famous—and debated—warning passages.
Loving the Church for Who She Is, Not for What She Can Do for You
Dustin Benge
We get wrapped up in the organizational structure of the church and in what she can give us, what she can do for us, or even, what's in it for us.
The Blessings of a Frustrating Church
Collin Hansen
Frustration is part of the sanctification process that God intends for us in church.
Taking a Closer Look at Romans 6
Brad Wetherell
If you have ever struggled to understand this chapter, just know you’re not alone. Martyn Lloyd-Jones wrestled with these verses too, but he found the wrestling to be very rewarding.
Overcoming Common Barriers to Bible Study (Women of the Word Episode 2)
Jen Wilkin
Jen Wilkin identifies a handful of perceived obstacles that prevent us from studying the Bible and how we can actually overcome those and take joy in reading and studying God's word.
God Taught Us to Pray
On May 3rd, across the country, countless will gather to come before the Lord for the National Day of Prayer.
Jesus Was More Than a Storyteller
Peter J. Williams
What if the great storyteller also lived a perfect life? What if he came from God? What if he was the long-anticipated Jewish Messiah?
Introducing the ESV Psalter
The Psalms, ESV is a wonderful edition for devotions, for liturgical use, or for giving as a gift.