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Day 3 of Simply Read, an 8-day Bible reading challenge through the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts.
Give Yourself to Prayer This Lenten Season
Lent could be one of those seasons where you take time to meditate, examine, and consider. Here are four categories that can organize this season of worship for you.
The Purpose of Vibrant Illustrations in ‘The Biggest Story Bible Storybook’
Kids—and really all of us—are drawn to images and pictures. The illustrations in this edition present a kind of mood.
The Reader's Bible Experience Using ESVBible.org
Here is a brief tutorial for utilizing the settings within ESVBible.org on your web browser for a similar reading experience as an e-reader edition.
Introducing the ESV Single Column Thinline Bible
At just over one inch thick and featuring a popular type setting, this edition combines readability with portability.
The Blueprint for Missions: 4 Steps Our Lord Took as the First Evangelist
What is mission? Many Christians answer this question by turning to Jesus’s familiar words in Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations . . .”
Why a Devotional Bible Specifically for Men?
The author of the epistle to the Hebrews reminds us that “it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace” (13:9).
Why Healing Requires More Than Self Help
We seek healing as if we have the power (and right) to obtain it, whereas it is our very weakness and lack of valid claim to such a cure which are defining characteristics of our illness.
Should We Look for God in Every Story?
Finding God is our primary task and our greatest treasure. Can he be found in every story? How can literature feed us spiritually?
What’s Your Ambition’s Agenda?
God’s glorious agenda for our ambition, like his glorious gospel, begins not with what we achieve but with who we are.
Podcast: The Power of Habitual Gratitude (Sam Crabtree)
Sam Crabtree explains why gratitude is actually more foundational to the Christian life than you probably think and offers practical advice for cultivating gratitude in the ups and downs of our everyday lives,
Illustrating the Overarching Story of Scripture
Gail explains how she worked to tie her illustrations together so as to communicate the overarching story of Scripture.
11 Notable Quotes from A Place to Belong
Though our congregations are made up of ordinary people engaged in predictable practices, we are an outpost of heaven itself.
Opportunities to Care for the Poor and Needy Are Closer Than You Think
Here are ways for you—in whatever season you’re in and whatever mundane activities you have to get done every day—to live for the mission of Christ.
Obsessed with Our Own Biography
Telling your own story is at the heart of expressive individualism. It is possible today to document your life story in considerable detail and publish it widely on a daily basis.
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?
The Why behind Rapid Cultural Shifts in Gender Politics
Christians are often prone to focusing on symptoms rather than looking at underlying causes.
Why Parenting Is One of the Most Significant Callings
Nothing is more important in your life than being one of God’s tools to form a human soul.
The Paradoxical Pattern of Jesus’s Life
God is unswervingly active in bringing about good from troublesome circumstances in the Christian’s life.
The Spiritual Impact of How We Treat Our Bodies
Go a night or longer without sleep and see if your heart appreciates appropriately, if your mind thinks clearly, or if your will is appropriately calibrated to choose good.
How the Bible Is One Big, Divine, Holy Story of Marriage
One of the amazing things about the Bible is the grand scope of its vision.
The Spiritual Marathon: Two Sides of Perseverance
In the book of Jude, we find two realities about perseverance that we must keep in tension if we are to persevere in faith.
Why We Can’t Lament without Listening
When it comes to loaded subjects like racism or ethnic tension, too often believers fall into the familiar ditches of denial or despair.
Do You Doubt God’s Ability and Willingness to Heal?
Have you ever doubted the power or the willingness of God to heal? This is a doubt we may have about our own circumstances if we’re going through a severe trial of body or even of soul.
Remember These Two Things When Your Emotions Feel out of Control
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.
Reading the Creation Story on the Shoulders of Giants
Reflect on God's creation of the universe and read from Genesis along with commentary notes from giants of the faith, such as John Calvin, Thomas Manton, Anselm, and Augustine.
Podcast: How the World Found Democracy—and Became Ex-Christian (Andrew Wilson)
Andrew Wilson explains why the idea of democracy was so transformative in the decades following the American Revolution and how industrialization changed the way people thought about the world.
How to Pray When You’re Feeling Shame
Here are three things to pray for when you’re feeling ashamed.
Taking a Closer Look at Psalm 45
The main question that I want you to ask as we look at this psalm, or to have in your mind at least, is “Why is this psalm here?”