The Key Difference Between Entertaining and Christian Hospitality
Rosaria Butterfield
In a world that doesn’t understand intimacy and would rather mouth off on social media than sit around a dinner table and talk about real things, it takes practice to embrace some awkwardness.
Podcast: Is Evangelicalism out of Touch with Church History? (Gavin Ortlund)
Have Protestant Evangelicals lost our connection to church history? How can we embrace our heritage and appreciate how to learn from past Christians?
The Wisdom of God-Centered Rhythms in a Me-Centered Age
Brett McCracken
When every moment of our iWorld existence conditions us to celebrate the self, the church boldly celebrates something bigger, grander, and more compelling.
The Shepherd of Psalm 23 Leads Us—and Dies for Us
Courtney Doctor
The good shepherd is the one who doesn’t just walk through the valley of the shadow of death. He actually walks through death itself so that the sheep can now walk through and fear no evil.
Reading the Bible with Dead Guys: Charles Hodge on Romans 8:32
Charles Hodge
*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.
Podcast: Christianity Is Both Easier and Harder Than You Think (Kevin DeYoung)
Kevin DeYoung discusses the reasons we’re so hard on ourselves and what it looks like to truly embrace the freedom and joy of being beloved children of our heavenly Father.
How Pentecost Stands as a Pattern for the Church's Life
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Men and women in their blindness and sin have done their very best to ruin the Christian church.
How Celebrity-Pastor Culture Impacts Pastors
Zack Eswine
We wrestle with this invitation to do a truly great thing by serving the least, while inside of us and outside of us, we're pressured to make much of ourselves.
Issues of Race in Scripture
John Piper
Jesus was forceful about the issue of ethnocentrism, the conviction or the feeling that one’s own ethnic group should be treated as superior or privileged.
Why All Christians Should Expect Trouble
Philip Graham Ryken
The longer you live in this fallen world, the more kinds of trouble you face.
Dealing with Hurt as a Pastor's Wife
Pastors’ wives bear relational burdens and outright attacks that most of us cannot imagine.
How Does Our Digital Life Affect Our Theology?
Samuel D. James
When you’re looking out into the realm of social media, it's easy to base your theological reflection not on what Scripture emphasizes, but on what social media wants to talk about.
What John Piper Wants You to Know about the Bible
In his two of his newest books, John Piper helps us to understand and enjoy the Bible for what it truly is—the very Word of God.
In Your Race of Faith, Run Together
Lindsey Carlson
Christians aren’t designed to run alone. When we run together, we encourage one another to endure.
Beware of This Blindspot in the Christian Life
Tim Savage
Why do some Christians—maybe why do many Christians—fail to experience a good life in the present?
Human Dignity: A First Principle
C. Ben Mitchell
We are made in the image of Jesus the Messiah. This is real ground of human dignity.
Reading the Bible with Dead Guys: Martin Luther on Galatians 3:2
Martin Luther
*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.
Finding the Good Life: A 5-Day Video Devotional
In this 5-day video devotional, Nancy Guthrie answers the question, “What is the good life?”
God Taught Us to Pray
On May 3rd, across the country, countless will gather to come before the Lord for the National Day of Prayer.
How Christians Evidence Christ’s Victory
Francis A. Schaeffer
Between the victory on the cross and the present day, and on to the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, did God intend that there should be any evidence of the reality of the victory of the cross?
The Liberation of Being Bought By Christ
Sam Allberry
With the gospel, if we belong to Jesus physically and bodily, then actually the only person our bodies need to please is Jesus.
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What Star Wars Can Teach Us about History
Nathan A. Finn
Thomas Andrews and Flannery Burke suggest that the opening sequence in the Star Wars films reminds us of the importance of historical context.
Podcast: Are Christians More Divided Now Than Ever? (Rhyne Putman)
How should Christians think about theological diversity and gracefully disagree within the body of Christ?
How to Spend Your Time Waiting for an Adopted Child
Russell Moore
God has designed the universe so that anticipation is built into the order of things.
2016 ESV Bible Preview
Learn more about this year's upcoming Bible releases.
How Grace Lets You Have It All
Paul David Tripp
The more you understand the magnitude of God’s grace, the more accurate will be your view of the depth of your unrighteousness; and the more you understand the depth of your unrighteousness, the more you will appreciate the magnitude of God’s gift of grace.
Answering Kids’ Hardest Questions: What Makes Me Special?
Sarah Walton
What makes me special? This is the very air that our kids breathe today. From very young ages, even if they are not verbalizing it to us, kids are trying to figure out their place.
Come, Let Us Adore Him: A 5-Day Devotional
Slow down, prepare your heart, and focus on what matters most this season: adoring our Savior, Jesus.
Answering Kids’ Hardest Questions: Why Don’t I Fit In with My Friends?
Betsy Childs Howard
God made you unique. He gave you particular gifts and tastes and a personality. And having confidence in the person that God made you to be is very attractive to other people.