Not Yet Married: The Pursuit of Joy in Singleness and Dating
God has far more planned for you than your future marriage. In his new book, author Marshall Segal won't call you to wait quietly in the corner of the world for God to bring you “the one,” but instead sets out to inspire you to live and date for more now.
3 Ways Early Christians Were Intentional about Sharing the Gospel
David Kotter
The New Testament shows that early Christians were consistent in sharing the good news with individuals and households, as well as proclaiming the gospel in public squares.
The Final Days of Jesus: Thursday, April 2, AD 33
In this video series, well-known New Testament scholars explore the background and significance of the history-shaping events that occurred during Jesus's last week on earth.
Is the Hope of Resurrection Found in the Old Testament?
Mitchell L. Chase
What if I told you that a glorified and risen body was not just a New Testament hope? And what if I told you it was rooted in previous biblical revelation?
Why Reading Is a Lost Art
Thoughtful reading is becoming a lost art. Artful reading is dying. Many people believe it’s drawing a final breath on its deathbed.
Is All Rest Sabbath Rest?
Jen Wilkin
The practice of remembering the Sabbath requires Israel (and us) to remember what God has ordained for his children from the earliest moments of human existence: a pattern of work followed by rest.
9 Notable Quotes from Providence
The providence of God is his purposeful sovereignty by which he will be completely successful in the achievement of his ultimate goal for the universe.
Essential Tools to Learn in Seminary
Bobby Jamieson
Learning the biblical languages is not just stocking a bookshelf. It’s more like digging a well that you can then draw from over time.
Take a Bold Stance against the Commonality of Porn
Ray Ortlund
What if not just one man but a whole generation of men takes a bold stand against the new slave trade of our time—pornography?
How the Bible Supports Catechesis
Timothy Keller
Catechesis helps us grow in and meditate on the truths of God in Scripture.
For the Joy Set Before Him
Dane Ortlund
When you come to Christ for mercy and love and help in your anguish and perplexity and sinfulness, you are going with the flow of his own deepest wishes, not against them.
An Open Letter to the Pastor Doubting His Calling
Jeff Robinson Sr.
A pastor may hear the still, small, devilish voice of inner doubt: Maybe I’m not really called to pastoral ministry.
A Trial Lawyer Answers the Most Searched Questions about the Criminal Justice System
Matthew T. Martens
Matt Martens is a trial lawyer in Washington, DC who has spent most of his career in criminal law. In this video, he offers clear and candid answers to some of the most searched questions about criminal justice.
How the Bible Tells Us to Pursue Purity
Uche Anizor
In the aftermath of this onslaught against purity culture, are we in danger (and are sometimes guilty) of discarding the baby (purity) with the bathwater (purity culture)?
How Should the Church Confront Social Injustice?
Thabiti Anyabwile
We need to hear the voice of Dr. Francis James Grimké as he beckons us to both reform the church, leadership, and our society with the gospel of Jesus Christ and Christian witness.
3 Christmas Gifts for You
John Piper
If Christ came to die so that when you do sin, there is a propitiation, a removal of God’s wrath, then what does this imply for living your life? Three things.
Help! My Faith Is Being Opposed in the Classrom
Gene C. Fant Jr.
Conflict can be an opportunity to be salt and light, particularly in academic settings.
Podcast: Practicing Hospitality in a Pandemic (Rosaria Butterfield)
What does it look like to embrace the call on all Christians in a time where we're limited in unprecedented ways?
The Promise Jesus Offers to Those Who Leave Everything Behind
Sam Allberry,
Ray Ortlund
Jesus is always honest, even blunt, about the cost of discipleship. He never buries suffering in the small print. He wants us to know that following him will be hard.
Christ in All of Scripture – 2 Corinthians 3:7-18
This series of posts pairs a brief passage of Scripture with associated study notes drawn from the Gospel Transformation Bible.
What Does It Mean to Mortify the Sins of the Body?
John Owen
The vigor, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh.
2 Ways You Can Make Your Pastor’s Job a Joy
Gavin Ortlund
It’s so important to say that humility toward leadership is not a blind and uncritical following. We always want to measure what we are being directed towards or encouraged in by Scripture.
How Books Help Us Connect in Ways the Internet Doesn’t
Brett McCracken
We sometimes characterize the digital age as a “post-literate” age, where images and video have taken over the place that written words used to occupy.
Practical Counsel for Those Who Have Experienced Painful Divorce
Wayne Grudem
Christians who have been through divorces also have a wonderful encouragement to realize that Jesus understands our sufferings and is willing to walk beside us in them.
The Gospel in Joel
Timothy Z. Witmer
In typical prophetic form, Joel gives his readers both the bad news of God’s judgment and the good news of his promised deliverance.
Men: Don’t Neglect These 4 Key Spiritual Disciplines
R. Kent Hughes
Godliness requires discipline. Here are four categories to commit to growing in.
Love the Neighbors Living in Your Own Home
Courtney Reissig
Our neighbors are the people who are in closest proximity to us. They're not always in the house next to us or the homeless shelter across town. Often, they're sleeping in the next room over.
What Is Distinct about the Theology of 2 Peter?
Matthew S. Harmon
Second Peter has a robust doctrine of Scripture. Peter begins his letter with one of the strongest assertions of the sufficiency of God’s Word found in all of Scripture.
Will You Be Faithful Even if It Costs You?
G. K. Beale
When it looks like we’re facing defeat or failure, we’re often tempted to take things into our own hands.
Was Marx Right About Religion?
Graham A. Cole
Is the idea of glorification an opiate for the masses? Karl Marx would have thought so. He argued that religion leads the believer to focus on the prospect of the world to come and to neglect this one.