Resources to Help You Meditate on Scripture in 2025
There are many ways to engage with the Bible and countless tools available that allow you to dig deeper into the text and better meditate on Scripture. Consider these resources to use in this new year.
4 Reasons We Avoid the Book of Revelation
Nancy Guthrie
Revelation is actually less about when Jesus will return and more about what we are to do, who we are to be, and what we can expect to endure as we wait for Jesus to return to establish his kingdom.
Podcast: Disciplines of a Godly Woman (Barbara Hughes)
Barbara Hughes discusses why discipline is important for Christian women, highlighting her own struggle to cultivate a disciplined life over the years.
God Tells Us How to Know Him
Paul R. House
Without revelation, we cannot know God. God’s revelation is trustworthy, for God is trustworthy.
7 Reasons to Use 'The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge'
'The Greek New Testament, Produced at Tyndale House, Cambridge' reflects significant advances that have been made in Greek New Testament translation.
What Does God Have to Do with Math?
Vern S. Poythress
What does God have to do with mathematics? The two subjects have everything to do with each other.
10 Things You Should Know about the J-Curve
Paul E. Miller
Like the letter “J,” Jesus’s life descends through his incarnation and then death, and then upward into his resurrection and exaltation.
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Crossway is distributing 400,000 free copies of the book to churches in the US in partnership with 9Marks and the Gospel Coalition.
5 Truths about God’s Unity of Simplicity
Scott R. Swain
God’s unity of simplicity means that God is one with himself, selfsame and indivisible in his being and operations, and God is not composed of parts.
What in the World Is a Worldview?: Part 5
James N. Anderson
James N. Anderson suggests five different ways to discern someone’s worldview.
5 Ways to Practice Scripture Meditation
Kristen Wetherell
Whether we are feasting with our church—a fantastic God-given means of built-in meditation alongside other hungry believers—or “snacking on” Scripture alongside our children, the point is that we feed our souls.
The Lord’s Prayer Teaches Us How to Pray Every Other Prayer
Kevin DeYoung
The Lord's Prayer orients us, most importantly, to the vertical dimension of our prayers. That's why we start by saying, “Our Father.”
It Doesn’t Matter What Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh Was
Dane Ortlund
The thorn’s purpose is to deflate the certainty that Paul would quietly become puffed up over his indescribable experience of heaven. And who wouldn’t, without a thorn to burst that bubble?
How Advent Teaches Us to Wait Well
Betsy Childs Howard
The hardest thing about waiting is not knowing when it’s going to end, if it is going to end.
7 Reasons to Study the Book of Job
Christopher Ash
Christopher Ash offers seven reasons to study the book of Job.
How Should We Read Jesus's Parables?
Jared C. Wilson
Jesus is the embodiment of the wisdom of God—he is the Word of God—so at their center, the wisdom scenes of the parables picture the centrality and the supremacy of Christ.
10 Attributes of God Viewed through the Lens of Truth
Vern S. Poythress
Let’s explore how various attributes of God are displayed in his truthfulness. “Attributes” of God are terms describing who he is.
What Makes a Church a Church?
Jonathan Leeman
Jesus explicitly identifies himself with the gathering because the gathering makes his kingdom visible and active through their mutual agreement and testimony.
How to Engage Emotionally with the Bible
Jen Wilkin
Emotions are not a bad thing, but they must arise from accurate thoughts about the truths of Scripture.
How to Root out Apathy with the Power of Habit
Glenna Marshall
Practicing spiritual disciplines may feel like work at first. Establishing new habits always presses against our apathy in uncomfortable ways.
Tithing in Financially Tight Times
Jamie Dunlop
Giving out of scarcity declares in an especially profound way that God is better than money.
Words That Mark a Gracious Woman
Cheryl Marshall,
Caroline Newheiser
The words of a gracious friend are self-controlled, wise, and hopeful, and those who hear her speak are the better for it.
The Importance of Preaching the Theology of Suffering
Joel R. Beeke
Preach to your people a theology of suffering that places all our trials in the hands and will of a loving Father.
Podcast: Rethinking Multiservice and Multisite Church (Jonathan Leeman)
Do multiservice and multisite church models run counter to the pattern for the local church we see in the New Testament?
5 Myths about Making Decisions
Aimee Joseph
The sooner we learn to see decisions as a blessing rather than a burden, the more we will begin to experience the God-intended delight that comes with the decision-making process.
Rest ≠ Idleness
Courtney Reissig
As a stay-at-home mom, it can be really hard to think about balance in the work of the home because we don’t have a boss.
Don’t Follow Your Heart
A. Craig Troxel
The advice to listen to your heart is not only common, but it has also been exalted to a sacrosanct place of moral authority in our culture.
Building a Culture of Spiritually Intentional Relationships
Mark Dever,
Jamie Dunlop
Most Active Does Not Equal Most Fruitful Could it be that the most active members of your congregation are the least fruitful? Consider for a moment: in God’s sight, not all activity carries equal value. …
Good Bible Reading Requires Humility
John Piper
The first step in reading the Bible in the power of another is to begin with humility. It begins with the renunciation of pride.
Do This Breathing Exercise for Healthy Christian Living
Dane Ortlund
Think of Scripture and prayer as inhaling and exhaling because that shows the two necessarily go together.