Satan's Plan for Your Family
Randy Newman
Given God’s high ideals for what families should be—reflections of the very nature of a loving, personal God, sources of intimacy and security, and environments that foster godly character—it should come as no surprise that the Devil would want to destroy them.
5 Steps for Maximizing Time with Unbelievers
Randy Newman
We interact with family in a host of mundane activities that seem disconnected from eternity—but they are most certainly not.
Pastor, Love Your Wife
Dave Furman
A pastor preaches on marriage often enough to know how a husband should love his wife, right?
How Suffering Crushes Our Unrealistic Expectations
Paul David Tripp
Our expectation is that tomorrow will be just the same as today was, but this world is not operating the way that God intended for it to operate.
How Middle-Earth Pointed My Kids to Heaven: Six Gospel Themes in ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’
Kathryn Butler
Careful Bible study helped my seven-year-old grasp God’s work in suffering and our hope in Christ. And once those truths took root, a journey through Middle-earth brought them to life.
Introducing the ‘ESV Reader's Letters of Paul’
Enjoy reading the thirteen letters of the apostle Paul without verse or chapter numbers in a clean, single-column format.
Is Jesus Worth Following at Any Cost?
John Piper
Are you ready to receive him and believe in him as your supreme treasure, even if it costs you the loss of your family and your life?
How Adoption Mirrors God’s Love for the Fatherless
Amy DiMarcangelo
Throughout history, God has faithfully used Christians to play a pivotal role in orphan care. Until Christ’s return—when he brings full restoration and makes all things new—we’re called to continue this work.
The ESV Study Bible now available in Korean
Crossway announces the publication of the ESV Study Bible into Korean, the first complete translation of the ESV Study Bible into another language.
Work in the New Heavens and New Earth
James M. Hamilton Jr.
This side of the sin at the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, our work is ruined by all manner of afflictions moral, physical, emotional, and mental.
4 Truths about Pentecost
Robert Letham
Our faith and all that flows from it in the Christian life is due to the Spirit, who renews us in the image of God and transforms us into Christ.
Why Most of Us Hate Silence
Zack Eswine
Quiet is a means of God’s grace. Why does it make us so uncomfortable?
How to Share Your Faith Even If You’re Uncomfortable with Making People Uncomfortable
Rosaria Butterfield
For people who tend to be more timid or uncomfortable with the thought of making other people uncomfortable, how do you share the gospel? Here are a couple things I would strongly recommend.
How Are We Supposed to Rest on Sunday?
Megan Hill
Sabbath rest isn’t merely for resting alone in the Lord. It’s for resting with all who also belong to him. It’s for resting with the church.
What Our Pro-Life Predecessors Can Teach Us about Standing against Abortion
Marvin Olasky
Success on the abortion supply side—cutting down the number of abortion suppliers—is only part of the battle. Work on the demand side is at least as important.
God’s People Are a Waiting People
Jonathan Gibson
As early as Eden, God’s people have been a waiting people. Following the fall of our first parents, God made a promise that permanently oriented his people toward the future.
A Christian’s Perspective on Economic Downturn
Greg Forster
Discipling people for the new economy is a major challenge. But our gospel is big enough, and our God is strong enough.
How Should Christians Engage with Arts and Culture?
Grant Horner
It is easy and common for Christians to look at the humanities—art, culture, literature, philosophy—and identify these human achievements as the source of much evil in the world.
What It Means that Christ Died for God's Elect
Jonathan Gibson
In the phrase definite atonement, the adjective definite does double duty. The death of Christ is definite in its intent and it's definite in its nature—Christ's death really will atone for his people's sins.
Should Ministry Be a Calling or an Aspiration?
Bobby Jamieson
Scripture doesn’t use the exact word calling. So, that means we don’t have to. It’s a question of wisdom. Is this helpful language?
How to Commune with Christ on a Crazy Day
David Mathis
How should you think about, and engage in the “spiritual disciplines” when God’s good, but often inconvenient, sovereignty has you reeling?
How We Learn to See the Face of Jesus
Michael J. Glodo
Experiencing the reassuring, transformative, and hope-giving power of God’s gracious gaze in Christ means we must practice seeing Christ’s glory.
What Does It Mean for Worship Music to Be “Good”?
Ryanne J. Molinari
We offer our music—like our finances—to God as we use it to build up his people. Goodness invites us to reframe every aspect of musical worship as an offering.
Podcast: The Misunderstood Doctrine of Total Depravity (Jonathan Gibson)
Jonathan Gibson answers common questions and engages with common objections that Christians often have about the doctrine of total depravity.
How Medicine Is a Means of Common Grace
Kathryn Butler
Common grace prompts us especially to love one another as Christ has loved us and to pursue medicine as a ministry of mercy.
Where Does the Bible Actually Teach That God Is Completely Independent?
Samuel G. Parkison
At what point does Holy Scripture introduce us to this attribute called aseity? In a sense, it never does; it doesn’t introduce divine aseity because it’s always assuming it.
Practicing Thankfulness during a Pandemic
Sam Crabtree
There is a kind of thankfulness that is grateful not only for what isn’t but for what is. The Bible doesn’t exhort us merely to be thankful in everything, but for everything.
Racism, Prejudice, and Christ
John Piper
When the eternal Son of God became flesh and dwelt among us, he crossed an infinite chasm.
Is There Such a Thing as Race?
John Piper
It is a healthy sign to wish that the term “race” did not exist. It has not served well to enhance human relations.
Why Use Written Prayers? A Personal Reflection
Jonathan W. Arnold
I understand and respect the hesitations that some believers have regarding the use of written prayers—either privately or publicly. I have close friends who fall on both sides of this discussion.