Does Anyone Who Accepts Law and Circumcision Lose Their Salvation? (Galatians 5)
Frank Thielman
This passage reminds Christians to live in the knowledge that God loves them and has shown his love for them through the death of Christ on their behalf and through the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.
Podcast: Family Discipleship 101 (Adam Griffin)
What is family discipleship, and how can parents start discipling their kids?
3 Doctrines That Sustain Us in Suffering
Ligon Duncan
While we may not understand what God is doing, we can always trust who he is. We must never interpret God’s character by our circumstances.
The Most Powerful Force of Transformation in the Universe
Paul David Tripp
Grace is the most powerful force of transformation in the universe. The incalculable transforming power of grace should never be minimized or doubted.
How Do I Raise Grateful Kids?
Sam Crabtree
How can we raise kids to recognize with heartfelt gratitude that they are served by an endless conveyor belt of divinely supplied benefits including life, breath, and everything?
Heroes, Dragons, and Other True Myths
James Shrimpton
In our disenchanted age we have made tales of the supernatural synonymous with falsehood. It should not be so. Every myth is a shadow cast by the light of truth.
What Is a Classic?
Leland Ryken
What qualities does something possess in order to merit the title classic?
5 Myths about the Pro-Life Movement
Scott Klusendorf
To position ourselves for eventual political victory resulting in legal protection for unborn humans, we must engage the public with a persuasive case for life that confronts abortion at the worldview level.
Why Study the Book of Daniel?
Todd Wilson
The main purpose of Daniel is to reveal to us who God is—his character, his purposes, his way of working in the world for the good of his people.
What Is the “Common Good”?
Andrew T. Walker
The common good is such an important concept because it helps us understand that when we are pursuing the welfare of the city, we're not looking out for our self-interest alone.
Are God’s Attributes Relevant Today?
Gerald Bray
Most of us take God’s attributes for granted and seldom think about them specifically. They may be hard to fathom, but they matter greatly for our relationship to him.
Breaking Down Jesus’s Speech on the Mount of Olives
Murray Smith
In each of the three Synoptic Gospels, Jesus’s Speech on the Mount of Olives is his last extended word to his disciples before he faces his death.
Our Christian Terminology Is Built on the Old Testament
Greg Lanier
When it comes to the nuts and bolts of the gospel, the NT often adopts essential concepts/words from the OT, particularly the Greek version.
The Most Important Thing Parents Can Do This Summer
Jamie R. Love
Being faithful to the ABC’s of Christian living can have such a profound evangelistic impact upon your children.
Help! I'm Raising a Modalist
Devon Provencher,
Jessica Robyn Provencher
How can we avoid unintentionally communicating to our littles untrue things about God?
5 Ways to Use an ‘ESV Scripture Journal’
Journaling can be a great way to actively engage with Scripture. Learn five ways to use our new journaling edition to enrich your time in God's Word.
Dear Pastor, Slowing Down Might Just Save Your Ministry
Coleman M. Ford,
Shawn J. Wilhite
In the past five years alone, how many reading this have questioned your calling, lost ministry friends and co-laborers, or have grown generally weary?
Blessed: The Marriage Imagery of Revelation with Jonathan Gibson (Episode 5)
Nancy Guthrie
Nancy Guthrie talks with Jonathan Gibson about God's people being prepared as a bride throughout Scripture in anticipation of the marriage supper of the Lamb and an eternal marriage in Revelation.
Is Joy in Christ Possible When All I See Is My Sin?
Sam Storms
We think that somehow we have exceeded God’s capacity to forgive. We deceive ourselves to think that our sin is greater than his grace.
4 Ways Healthy Church Members Cultivate True Growth
Thabiti Anyabwile
How do healthy church members cultivate such growth? The following are some suggestions for continuing to develop godliness or holiness in life.
How to Adapt Our Children’s Ministries to Reach Every Kind of Learner
Sandra Peoples
How do we meet the needs of the diverse group of learners we have? How do we know what they can learn, what challenges they face, and what our expectations should be?
If People Smarter Than Me Reject Christianity, Isn’t It Likely That They’re Right and I’m Wrong?
Michael J. Kruger
We tend to think that we discover truth by simply gathering facts together. And once we’ve gathered enough facts, we can know things about the world.
How to Pray about Aging
Susan Hunt
In God’s sweet providence, I began studying Psalm 90 about a year before my eightieth birthday, asking the Lord to teach me how to glorify him in old age.
The Gospel in 1–3 John
Mike Bullmore
The word “gospel” never appears in the letters of John. Yet it is hard to imagine a book more intimately connected to the gospel of saving grace in Christ Jesus than John’s first letter.
John Piper on Instagram, Superficiality, and Online Fame
Tony Reinke
Influence is not wrong. Seeking to influence others is very Christian. But many Christians now set out to become social-media “influencers.” When does this become fame-seeking?
Can We Reshape Ourselves into Whatever We Want?
Carl R. Trueman
The idea of self-creation, that we can shape our essences by acts of will, is deeply embedded in the way we now think.
Why Your Physical Body Matters
For the Christian, his or her body has been made a sacred location of God’s redemptive presence in the world.
Christ in All of Scripture - Psalm 1
This series of posts pairs a brief passage of Scripture with associated study notes drawn from the Gospel Transformation Bible.
Introducing the ‘ESV Exhaustive Concordance’
Introducing a new tool to help with in-depth word study.
Suffer the Loss of What Has You in Its Grip
Paul David Tripp
Lent calls us to remember once again that sin reduces us all to idolaters somehow, someway.