A Devotional on Communing with God through Nature by George Washington Carver
Leland Ryken
Nature in its varied forms are the little windows through which God permits me to commune with Him, and to see much of His glory, majesty, and power by simply lifting the curtain and looking in.
Parents, Your Children Were Never Intended to Give You Identity
Paul David Tripp
If you are not resting in your vertical identity, you will look horizontally, searching to find yourself and your reason for living in something in the creation
A Story of Grace in the Face of Infertility
Matthew Arbo
Read the personal story of a couple who experienced infertility for a period long enough to know the pressures, anxieties, absences, and losses that so commonly define the experience.
9 Passages to Read about Marriage
Scripture speaks to how husbands and wives should honor and love one another for the good of each other and the glory of God.
4 Crucial Truths the Gospel Presents
Greg Gilbert
Perhaps more clearly than any other book of the Bible, Romans contains a deliberate, step-by-step expression of what Paul understood to be the good news.
Who Is John Feinberg?
Gregg R. Allison,
Stephen J. Wellum
In God’s providence, it was to a teaching career that God graciously called John to use his gifts and abilities to serve the larger evangelical church.
4 Ideas for Art Journaling with Your ESV Digital Scripture Journal
Here are just a few ideas for how you might use the ESV Digital Scripture Journal to express your creativity and connect with God through Scripture.
An Unnecessary Pastoral Disconnect
John Currie
Pastoral leadership should be by appointment of Christ and in union with Christ and should prioritize preaching the word of Christ on the mission of Christ.
Podcast: 15 Questions about Reading and Understanding the Bible (Greg Gilbert)
Greg Gilbert answers common questions about reading the Bible such as: How do I get started with a consistent habit of Bible reading? When should I read it? How long? And what if I don’t understand something?
Podcast: If You Don’t Catechize Your Kids, the World Will (Kevin DeYoung)
Kevin DeYoung talks about how Christians (parents and non-parents alike) can help children to trust Jesus, embrace the Bible, and love others—even those with whom we disagree.
Cultural Christmas
Andreas J. Köstenberger,
Alexander E. Stewart
Christians know that Christmas is all about Jesus (or at least it once was all about Jesus), and we want it to be all about Jesus again.
"Just Say No" to Sin?
Kenneth Berding
Can we simply say “no” whenever we are tempted?
How Professors Can Integrate Faith and Learning
Laurie Matthias
Christian scholars must demonstrate a deep humility before a sovereign God before they can learn anything.
Podcast: John Owen’s Advice for Killing Your Sin (Kelly Kapic)
Kelly Kapic discusses John Owen and his insight into the corruption of the human heart and the gospel’s power to change us from the inside out.
The Many Ways God Changes Us
David Powlison
We live with a God who has many, many, many ways of meeting us, and it's good to become aware of them all.
11 Notable Quotes from Missional Motherhood
Gloria Furman
There is eternal value in even the most mundane moments if the Great Commission informs how we’re thinking about all of life, including what it means to be a mom.
Observing the Sabbath Starts on Monday Morning
Guy Prentiss Waters
I need to order my life Monday through Saturday so that I can do the work God has given me to do in the six days that he's given me. And if I can't do that, then the problem is on my end.
4 Distinct Ways That God Is Unchangeable
Stephen Charnock
God is unchangeable in his essence. He is unalterably fixed in his being, so that not a particle of it can be lost from it, not a mite added to it.
Reconciling the Reality of Hell and the Grace of God
Bryan Chapell
We can’t scare people into heaven. Our union with Christ is not simply a self-serving choice to walk streets of gold rather than be cast into a lake of fire.
Jesus’s Temptation Changes How We See Our Own
Thomas R. Schreiner
As believers in Jesus Christ, we constantly face temptation. We have been transformed by God’s grace, but we are not yet free from temptation.
3 Questions about Christ’s Sinlessness
Robert Letham
Temptation cannot be defined in terms of the capacity of the one tempted to succumb. Temptation is enticement to sin from whatever source.
Renouncing Narcissism
JR Vassar
Life is a war for glory. Even those of us who have rested in Jesus to bring an end to our battle for glory still fight skirmishes in which we feel our reputations are at risk.
Introducing ‘Do You Believe?’ by Paul David Tripp
Paul David Tripp takes a close look at 12 core doctrines and how they engage and transform the human heart and mind.
Have You Any Room?
Charles H. Spurgeon
My Master wants room! Room for him! Room for him! I, his herald, cry aloud, Room for the Savior! Room!
Custom ESV Bibles for All
The Custom ESV Bible Program allows you to create a custom cover to represent your church, ministry, or organization.
Podcast: The Surprising Power of Lament (Mark Vroegop)
Mark Vroegop shares his family’s story of loss and grief, recounting how God used that experience to introduce him to the biblical concept of lament.
Practical Atheism Comes Naturally to Us
Stephen Charnock
Practical atheism is natural to man in his depraved state and very frequent in the hearts and lives of men. “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’” He regards him as little as if he had no being.
How Did We Get Our Bible?
Peter J. Gurry
We get our Bible, first of all, because God has chosen to reveal himself to humans. If it weren’t for that first step, of course, there would be no Bible.
How the Modern West Is WEIRDER than the Rest of the World
Andrew Wilson
Joseph Henrich introduced the term WEIRD about ten or fifteen years ago, and he said that people in the modern West are WEIRD: Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic.
The Hidden Prayers and Pray-ers behind Great Movements
Paul E. Miller
God designed his church to look like his Son who spent most of his life hidden, so the most important people in the church are often invisible.