God Offers Christians a Better Way to Measure the Fruitfulness of Their Lives
Megan Hill
We get into trouble when we start to measure our self-worth and how the Lord sees us by how much we got done, by what we can check off our list, and what we can accomplish.
8 Notable Quotes from What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?
God’s word addresses how we, as Christians, should think about sexuality and offers us hope and wisdom for navigating today’s cultural landscape with humility and grace.
We Need Another Storyline to Put Ours in Perspective
Mark Talbot
Orienting ourselves by stories involves using their storylines to put our lives in proper perspective.
How to Study the Bible with Purpose
Jen Wilkin
How can we begin to be more purposeful in the way we approach Bible study?
Our Advocate
Dane Ortlund
Do not minimize your sin or excuse it away. Raise no defense. Simply take it to the one who is already at the right hand of the Father, advocating for you on the basis of his own wounds.
3 Things You Should Know about the Redesigned ESV Student Study Bible
Here are three things you should know about the redesigned Student Study Bible.
Podcast: How to Be Like God without Trying to Be God (Jen Wilkin)
Jen Wilkin helps us understand what the Bible teaches us about how we, as redeemed creatures made in the image of God, are called to reflect God’s character to a watching world.
2016 ESV Bible Preview
Learn more about this year's upcoming Bible releases.
Why You’ll Never Be Ready for All of Life’s Troubles
Philip Graham Ryken
God may give me way more than I can handle—and I think that’s normal.
Dads: Know the Difference Between What the Gospel Requires and What it Produces
Voddie Baucham Jr.
Dads must also know the difference between condemning our family with the law and shepherding them with the gospel.
Podcast: Has Christianity Really Caused More Harm Than Good in the World? (Sharon James)
Sharon James makes the case that despite the many failings of many Christians over the centuries, Christianity has indeed been very good for the world.
Can I Really Have Friendship with the Triune God of the Universe?
Mike McKinley
Because of everything that God has done for us in Christ, we can shockingly have a relationship—a friendship—with God.
Virtual Church Is an Oxymoron
Collin Hansen
Virtual church cannot deliver the water of baptism. It cannot deliver the body and the blood, the bread and the wine of Christ's body broken and his blood shed for us.
3 Ways Youth Leaders Can Help Parents
Cameron Cole
Many youth pastors are young, but they still have valuable insights on teenagers that can be of great help to parents.
Jen Wilkin Answers Your Questions about Bible Study (Women of the Word Bonus Episode)
Jen Wilkin
In this special bonus episode, Jen Wilkin answers the questions that listeners have sent in about studying the Bible.
Why Beauty Is a Problem without God
Philip Graham Ryken
I think in a way, for somebody who has not yet surrendered to Jesus Christ, beauty is a problem because beauty is so evident in this world, and it awakens a desire for eternal things.
How Our Sin Dethrones God
Paul David Tripp
Sin causes us to deny our need for God and others. Sin causes us to assign to ourselves the wisdom, strength, and righteousness we do not have.
Christmas Is for the Poor and Humble
R. Kent Hughes
Without a doubt we could spend our lives searching the literature of the world for a story as beautiful as that of the nativity and never find it.
How to Improve in Our Reasoning
Vern S. Poythress
All our knowledge imitates God’s original knowledge. And this imitation is mysterious, because God’s knowledge is mysterious.
Why Sin Wasn’t Humanity’s First Problem
Drew Hunter
It’s not good to be alone. Why? Because God made us for friendship.
Is There a Difference between Courage and Christian Courage?
Joe Rigney
Jesus is better. And that enables me to face the danger, the hardship, and the fear of death that’s in front of me, because Christ is gain.
Podcast: A Closer Look at One of the Most Famous Chapters of the Bible (David Gibson)
David Gibson unpacks the images in Psalm 23 that have become so familiar to us (maybe overfamiliar), showing us what it truly means when the psalm describes the Lord as our shepherd.
Reading the Bible with Dead Guys: John Calvin on Genesis 4:4
John Calvin
*Reading the Bible With Dead Guys is a weekly blog series giving you the chance to read God’s Word alongside some great theologians from church history.
The Real and Knowable Wrongness of Abortion
Scott Klusendorf
Relativism is expressed culturally and individually. Cultural relativism states that right and wrong are determined by one’s own culture.
Set Free from Self-Focus: A 6-Day Devotional
Begin to discern subtle false messages from the truth in God’s Word—exchanging a self-focused life for the abundant life Jesus promises in the gospel.
I’ll Be More Faithful When I’m Older
Glenna Marshall
I thought I would get to be this wise Christian woman that I desired to be later in life, and I really thought that would just come with age.
The Prayers of Jesus: A 5-Day Devotional
Jesus’s ministry on earth as a human was marked by a devotion to prayer. Through his prayer life, we see what it means to truly depend on God.
Is Feeling Discouraged Always Wrong?
Lindsey Carlson
If Jesus knew our humanity and that we needed to be encouraged to be strong and courageous, then we don't have to feel embarrassed or ashamed when we feel afraid.
Download the Free 'Alive in Him' Study Guide
Dig deeper into the book of Ephesians with the ‘Alive in Him’ study guide.