Podcast: Mind Your Own Conscience and Love Your Neighbor (Andy Naselli and J. D. Crowley)
Should always obey our conscience? What should we do when our conscience disagrees with another Christian’s, and how the conscience relates to objective right and wrong?
How to Prioritize Family Prayer as a Leader
Ajith Fernando
We must proactively pursue the priority of prayer in the home and somehow make the time for it.
3 Losses of an Illiterate Culture
Leland Ryken
The decline of reading has impoverished our culture and individual lives. We have lost mental sharpness, verbal skills, and ability to think and imagine.
Is There a Silver Bullet of Sanctification?
David Powlison
Sanctification isn't a one-size-fits-all process—God guides different people in different ways.
What Is the Secret to Reaching the Next Generation?
Kevin DeYoung
What we need to do is keep doing the same things that Christians in every age have been called to do: make disciples, love one another, speak the truth, be kind, and ask good questions.
5 Tips for Teaching Your Kids about Church History
Andrew Wilson
Learning about church history can be exciting, uplifting and often funny. But if taught badly, it can also be turgid, pedestrian and dull.
Introducing ‘Be Thou My Vision’
This 31-day liturgical guide is designed to provide structure to the daily worship of individuals and families.
The Most Humbling and Most Beautiful Verses in Scripture
Megan Hill
Taking a long look at our past isn’t fun, but it helpfully humbles us. We couldn’t do anything by our own power. We deserved only God’s just judgment.
Is Beauty an Attribute of God?
Philip Graham Ryken
Beauty is clearly an attribute of God. That’s why the psalmist sometimes uses the term “beauty” to describe God.
Remember These Two Things When Your Emotions Feel out of Control
J. Alasdair Groves
There’s something deeply right about being out of control of your emotions. We were not made to control our emotions—at least that we were made to be affected by the world around us.
A Devotional for Talking with Your Kids About Why We Suffer
Beth Broom
Why do we suffer? Sometimes we suffer as a consequence of our sin, sometimes we suffer when other people sin, and sometimes we suffer because we live in a fallen world.
Is It Right for Christians to Think the World Is Not Our Home?
There really are two kingdoms that are competing within the gospels. There is the kingdom that is ruled by Satan and there is the kingdom that is ruled by Jesus.
The Scoundrels of Scripture: A 6-Day Video Devotional
Learn from the stories of a handful of the Bible’s scoundrels and see more clearly the ways in which they reveal the generous grace of Jesus toward sinners.
Reading the Bible Is a Discipline, Loving the Bible Is a Gift from God
Kristen Wetherell
Reading the Bible is an action. It's something that I do, but there is a supernatural reality going on when we open God's Word that we can't see with our eyes.
The Hope of the Resurrection That Is Found in the Old Testament
Nicholas G. Piotrowski
Where does the concept of resurrection come from? Why is it necessary for Jesus to be raised? It’s because it’s already predicted in the Old Testament.
What Makes Our Worship Beautiful?
Dustin Benge
The apex of our fellowship and communion with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is holy worship. Worship of God originates with God, not man.
Are You Intimidated by the Old Testament?
Alec Motyer
Do you find the Old Testament more than a little bit daunting? Don’t worry, you are not alone.
Why Doctrine Matters
Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Developing doctrine in the church is one more in a series of improvisations.
Podcast: Knowing Your Heart and When (Not) to Follow It (Craig Troxel)
What's the difference between a Christian and secular understanding of the heart, what are the heart's spiritual functions, and how we can think about them in terms of our minds, desires, and will?
10 Most Popular Articles from 2017
Catch up on some of this year's most popular articles.
How I Learned to Lament
Mark Vroegop
No one sets out to learn lament. But once you find it, you're so thankful because there's grace that God can give you when the dark clouds of hardship and pain roll into your life.
Podcast: The Greatest Chapter in the Bible (Andy Naselli)
Andy Naselli talks about what he considers to be the greatest letter ever written: Romans 8.
Podcast: What Is the Mark of the Beast? (Thomas Schreiner)
Thomas Schreiner reflects on the best way to approach Revelation when studying it for the first time, and explains what the mark of the beast is really all about.
How to Flourish in a Fallen World
James M. Hamilton Jr.
When the man and woman sinned against God, they were expelled from his presence, driven out of Eden.
How Spurgeon Avoided the Calling Calamity
Dave Harvey
Spurgeon understood the critical importance of helping men evaluate whether they were genuinely called to pastoral ministry.
The Hope of Hard Moments
Paul David Tripp
This gospel meditation by Paul David Tripp encourages us to turn to Christ in our hardships, taking even our most difficult moments to him.
Podcast: Do You Have a Theology of Exercise? (David Mathis)
David Mathis discusses what it looks like to build a theology of exercise, the ways physical training can be of value to Christians, and how this might look in different stages of life.
Common Pitfalls on the Path to Becoming a Pastor
Bobby Jamieson
Ministry is a gift of grace. So, hold your aspirations loosely and recognize any opportunity to serve God's people is a gift from him.