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7 Heart Postures to Cultivate in Your Discipling Relationships
Discipling isn’t just about what we do, but also how we do it. If we aren’t careful, we can become overly programmatic in our approach to discipling, and our relationships can become robotic.
8 Real-Life Questions about Children and Discipline
You might feel overwhelmed by the amount of parenting advice that exists. Take a breath. Break the goal down into small steps, and take one step at a time.
Psalm 74 Shows Us How to Make an Argument to God
Ultimately, we submit to his lordship and walk in obedience. But Psalm 74 shows us that there is an appropriate way to bring an argument to God that honors him and expresses our faith.
10 Things You Should Know about Biblical Typology
A symbol already has a special meaning when God first presents it in biblical history. But its meaning is more fully revealed when Christ comes, and we see the person for whom the symbolism was designed.
The Nature of a Woman's Nurture
In the midst of life's complexity, what does it mean for a woman to nurture?
How to Pray When Your Kids Go Off to College
Not all parents can provide what they want for their children, but all parents can pray.
7 Things I Prayed for My Husband through 30 Years of Ministry
Marriage to a man in any particular profession has particular difficulties. Over the years, I have learned to pray for the needs of my husband that are distinct to his calling as a pastor.
Feeling Dissatisfied? Lean into It
We enjoy the moment more when we just accept that it won’t last, that we can’t possibly fully capture it, and that we may as well soak it up while we can.
Introducing Emblems of the Infinite King
Introduces kids ages 10+ to God’s radiant beauty through the main categories of systematic theology in this imaginative journey through the grand story of the universe.
Introducing the New ESV Bible App for iPhone and iPad
We’re pleased to announce the release of Crossway’s new ESV Bible app for iPhone and iPad, now available for free in the App Store.
10 Things You Should Know about the Genres of the Bible
Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Leland Ryken
Identifying the genre of a text gives us the right terms for interacting with it. Conversely, if we do not interact with a text in terms of its genre traits, we cannot deal adequately with it.
How Israel’s Exile Is Fulfilled in Jesus’s Exile and Return
It can come as a shock when we first hear that Israel’s exile never truly ended in the Old Testament. I know I was shocked the first time I considered the idea.
Throughout Ecclesiastes we are led forward to other answers, other solutions, and other wisdom than the world’s vain promises of satisfaction, happiness, and fulfillment.
What Grieving People Wish You Knew
Four things grieving people wish we knew about grief to help us confidently interact and helpfully take action.
The same grace that saves sinners from the penalty of their sin also instructs them in holiness.
Many passages in Scripture speak to the missionary task, but at the foundation we need to remember that we do missions because Jesus commissioned his people to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth.
12 Prayer Ideas for New Believers
Praying regularly is hard work. So how do we develop the discipline of a healthy prayer life?
Why Is the Virgin Birth So Important?
The entry and exit miracles carry the same message. First, they confirm that Jesus, though not less than man, was more than man. His earthly life, though fully human, was also divine.
Struggling in Your Faith? Isolation Isn’t the Answer
The hardest thing for struggling Christians to recognize is that church is exactly the community they need.
How to Help Those Who Believe the Prosperity Gospel
How do we help our family members, friends, coworkers, or even fellow church members who are swept up in the prosperity gospel? Here are a few simple ideas.
4 Steps to Engaging with Your Emotions
J. Alasdair Groves, Winston T. Smith
When you engage something, you move closer and explore it, preparing yourself to deal with whatever you uncover.
4 Simple (Yet Profound) Things to Remember This Thanksgiving
The great privilege of man is to receive everything that God gives, and then to enjoy it and to enjoy him in it.
The Irreplaceable Value of Prayer in Your Spiritual Formation
If Christians confess that God is personal, both capable and desirous of real relationship with his creatures, then to talk to him should be as natural as it is necessary.
4 Ways to Go Deeper in the Psalms
From the psalms we see that God works in and through our emotions to draw us closer to him and to mature us spiritually.
Podcast: The Story Behind ‘Desiring God’ (John Piper)
John Piper looks back on almost 40 years since his book Desiring God was published and the ministry it has served.
Podcast: How to Date Your Wife (Justin Buzzard)
Justin Buzzard offers advice for husbands eager to love and serve their wives on a daily basis.
An Open Letter to Those Nearing Retirement
We need to have a clear understanding of our priorities in retirement and have a plan to implement them that can be flexible enough to adapt to changes in our abilities and life situations over the coming years.
The Gospel Is about More (But Not Less) Than Your Personal Salvation
We are not just individually liberated from death, hell, and the Devil—the whole of creation is on an exodus journey as well.
5 Ways the Holy Spirit Enables Us to Live in Unity with One Another
What the Spirit does as he indwells us results in the experience of unity among us as believers. Let us look at some of these results.
Can Jesus Pray “Imprecatory” Prayers?
There is a great difference between letting loose a curse against someone and praying for God to execute his just judgment on them.
Gifts for Moms, Dads, and Grads
Gifts for Moms