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.
Podcast: How Does Life Change If God Is Actually My Friend? (Mike McKinley)
Mike McKinley talks about what it means for us as Christians to be friends of God, about the friendship that Jesus had on earth, and about what it looks like for us to lean into our friendship with God.
July 2021 New Releases
Learn more about the new and notable resources releasing from Crossway this month including Pure in Heart by J. Garrett Kell and Praying in Public by Pat Quinn.
Eating, Drinking, and Doing Ministry
Tim Chester
Eating and drinking were so important to the mission of Jesus because they were a sign of his friendship with tax collectors, sinners, and others scorned by others.
Reading E-Books on Your iPad or iPhone
Purchasing e-books directly from Crossway.org allows you the freedom to read these titles on a variety of platforms—including any iOS device (iPad, iPhone, iPod).
Podcast: Our Pastors Are in Crisis, and You Can Help (Peter Orr)
Peter Orr talks about why he thinks we're facing a pastoral crisis and what regular Christians can do to help stem the tide of pastoral burnout.
The Gospel and Hate
John Piper
The gospel of Jesus cuts the nerve of hatred and anger and the bent to be a blaming person.
The Journey to Accepting Difficult Doctrines Is Painful (and Rewarding)
Kevin DeYoung
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.
Deciphering the Fallacies of History
Carl Trueman examines history and the common foibles that go into it.
Podcast: The Life and Legacy of Elisabeth Elliot (Lucy S. R. Austen)
Lucy S. R. Austen shares insights into Elisabeth Elliot’s missionary work in Ecuador and how her writing in the years that followed impacted thousands of believers around the world.
Are you Prepared to Minister to Victims of Sexual Assault?
Justin S. Holcomb,
Lindsey A. Holcomb
Because sexual assault causes physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual pain, victims need the kind of hope and help that only the gospel of Jesus Christ can provide.
Podcast: The Life and Legacy of Tim Keller (Matt Smethurst)
Matt Smethurst explores the preaching, convictions, and pastorship of Tim Keller and his ongoing influence in evangelicalism today.
What Pastors Should Agonize Over
John MacArthur
We learn from the apostle Paul that the pastor's primary calling is the sanctification of his people.
The Strategies of Temptation
Russell Moore
The nature of temptation is not random. There is strategy, purpose, and power involved.
June 2025 New Releases
Learn about the new and notable resources releasing this month, including Sharing Christ in Joy and Sorrow by Chris Bruno and the ESV Expository Commentary 12-Volume Set.
Podcast: Why You Can't Put Jesus in a Box (Rebecca McLaughlin)
Rebecca McLaughlin discusses a number of unbiblical misconceptions that we may have about Jesus and offers encouragement for those with questions about who Jesus is.
ESV.org—How to Create Notes
Did you know that you can take and save digital notes alongside passages of Scripture using the features on ESV.org?
Communing with the Savior in Every Season
Paul David Tripp
We can rest in the midst of difficult seasons because of the Savior who leads us and loves us, even in unexpected and hard places.
Why I Wrote a Book about God's Incommunicable Attributes
Jen Wilkin
Most of us have some familiarity with the attributes of God, but we probably haven't spent a lot of time contemplating those things.
Introducing the ESV Preaching Bible
A new ESV edition created with the pastor in mind, specifically formatted and tailored to the task of preaching.
January 2025 New Releases
Learn more about the new and notable resources releasing this month from Crossway, including the ESV Holy Bible: Dyslexia-Friendly Edition and How Do I Disciple Others?* by J. Garrett Kell.
God Meets Us in Our Ambition
Jon Dennis
The Bible teaches that heaven has come down to us most wonderfully and assuredly in the person of Jesus Christ, to bring us back up to heaven.
How the Gospel Is Like a New Language
Jeff Vanderstelt
In many ways the gospel is like a new language—it takes time.
Never Severed from God, Not Even for an Instant
Bob Bevington,
Jerry Bridges
Through Jesus, that is, by the death of Christ, a redeemed believer’s death is not a penalty but a falling asleep.
Turn and Live
Zack Eswine
Zack Eswine explains how Ezekiel 18 provides a summary of the gospel in the Old Testament.
ESV.org—How to Bookmark a Passage
Did you know that you can bookmark Bible verses using the features on ESV.org, making it easy to toggle back and forth between several passages of Scripture?
It's the End of the World As We Know It
J. V. Fesko
Many people likely read the concluding chapters of the Westminster Standards and note is subdued tones, its careful statements, and its rather generic conclusions about the end of the world.
Shepherd Your Flock, Not the Flock You Wish You Had
Jared C. Wilson
We frequently find ourselves trying to shepherd the flock of God that we want, but God through Peter commands us to shepherd the church we’ve actually got.
Faith Makes Both Past and Future Mercies Present to the Soul
John Owen
There be three things, in the past, or future mercies, which faith makes present to the soul, giving in the substance of them, (1) their love, (2) their consolation, (3) their use and benefit.