The Food of Christian Survival
When you understand Bible reading as the means, the food, the fuel, the sustenance of your Christian life, then you will consume it with joy, like a hungry person eats bread.
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The Food of Christian Survival
When you understand Bible reading as the means, the food, the fuel, the sustenance of your Christian life, then you will consume it with joy, like a hungry person eats bread.
The Journey to Accepting Difficult Doctrines Is Painful (and Rewarding)
We can think about difficult doctrines in at least a couple of categories. Some of these doctrines are particularly hard to understand. And then there are those doctrines that are hard to accept.
How to Overcome Fear in Sharing the Gospel
God is the one who does the work of saving people, not us.
Podcast: How Can We Trust a God Who Allows So Much Evil? (Collin Hansen)
Collin Hansen addresses questions about the problem of evil and where God is in the face of tremendous suffering and death.
How Pentecost Stands as a Pattern for the Church's Life
Men and women in their blindness and sin have done their very best to ruin the Christian church.
Why Should Christians Be Motivated to Exercise?
On one hand, the primary motivation to exercise can be really simple. In all of life—in exercise and in everything you do—do all for the glory of God
How Are Your New Year's Resolutions Going?
How are your New Year's resolutions going? Still going strong? Or is your resolve beginning to waver? Have some of those fine ideals already fallen by the wayside?
Jesus' Death Should Lead to Your Own Daily Dying
The death of Jesus is not just what cleanses you of guilt, but it is also the means by which you experience transformation.
Where Is God in My Loneliness?
Loneliness serves a purpose: it points us toward community and toward our heavenly Father.
Do You Recognize How Destructive Your Words Can Be?
James loves graphic illustrations about our mouths, our words, and, in particular, our tongues. James 3 talks about the dangers of the tongue: it is small; it is a fire; it is a fountain.
Introducing 2 Devotionals from Paul David Tripp
With 40 daily readings, each of these short devotionals encourage Christians to experience the life-giving message of the gospel every day.
Has Our Society Lost Its Vision of What It Means to Be Human?
These moral universes are irreconcilable. They’re impenetrable. We are unable to reason together on even the most basic essentials necessary for the common good.
The one prayer Christ calls us all to pray requires us to let go of our momentary agendas and take up his eternal one.
Passages to Read on Palm Sunday
Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.
How to Achieve Pastoral Success
Do the work set before you and trust that God will bear fruit.
Beware of This Blindspot in the Christian Life
Why do some Christians—maybe why do many Christians—fail to experience a good life in the present?
5 Key Principles for Transformative Bible Study (Women of the Word Episode 4)
Jen Wilkin walks through principles for studying the Bible that are essential to remember in order to get the most out of your time in God's word.
How to Get the Strength You Need to Be a Mom
Mothering is a calling for all women. Every Christian woman is called to the spiritual motherhood of making disciples of all nations. Our nurturing is, by nature, missional.
Why Your Youth Ministry Should Serve the Poor
What does it look like to seek the welfare of our cities? How do you train your high school and junior high students to do this? Why is this important?
We Must Reframe Our Concept of Joy in Worship
The root word for joy is actually the word for grace. We often view joy as something that just sort of happens to us, and we have no control over it.
Podcast: Recover the Lost Art of Bible Meditation in 2023 (David Mathis)
David Mathis talks about the spiritual discipline of meditating on Scripture and why it has the power to lead us to renewed excitement, joy, and satisfaction when it comes to God's word.
3 Considerations When Reviewing Books Your Children Want to Read
When our children leave our homes, we want them to have the skills and experience to be lifelong readers who know how to choose their books wisely.
Interview with Tim Chester: Eating with a Mission
Crossway interviews Tim Chester on his newest book, A Meal with Jesus.
Don’t Just Teach—Teach Your Church to Love God’s Word
There are three things to bear in mind when trying to grow a church in the conviction that the Bible is worth studying over a lifetime.
How Christians Evidence Christ’s Victory
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 advent season is a reminder to pause and wonder anew at the story of the incarnation.
Two Possible Responses to Christ
When we read the Bible, we have a deep-seated instinct to look at particular characters and compare ourselves to them. We wonder, Is this someone I should try to emulate?
The means of grace—the Bible, prayer, and fellowship—are regular channels by which we can experience God's grace.
Emblems of the Infinite King: An 8-Day Reading Plan
Over the course of eight days, explore the foundational doctrines of the Christian faith with Bible passages and readings adapted from Emblems of the Infinite King by J. Ryan Lister.
3 Ways You Can Ignite a Passion for Church Planting in Your Church
If you desire to spread a passion for church planting in your church, go to Scripture, partner with other churches, and pray, pray, pray.