Fulfilling Your Personal Definition of Happiness Is Not God’s Goal
Paul David Tripp
Our agenda, our definition of what a good God should give us, is a life that is comfortable, pleasurable, and predictable; one in which there’s lots of human affirmation and no suffering.
How Suffering Can Be Our Teacher
David Powlison
There’s no way you’re ever going to learn endurance without having to keep on going through something hard that doesn’t go away.
Reconciling the Reality of Hell and the Grace of God
Bryan Chapell
We can’t scare people into heaven. Our union with Christ is not simply a self-serving choice to walk streets of gold rather than be cast into a lake of fire.
Are You Frustrated by Others’ Spiritual Immaturity?
Iain M. Duguid
The Holy Spirit guarantees that he is at work. He will continue to be at work until it is completed on the day of Christ Jesus.
4 Distinct Ways That God Is Unchangeable
Stephen Charnock
God is unchangeable in his essence. He is unalterably fixed in his being, so that not a particle of it can be lost from it, not a mite added to it.
Who Is John Feinberg?
Gregg R. Allison,
Stephen J. Wellum
In God’s providence, it was to a teaching career that God graciously called John to use his gifts and abilities to serve the larger evangelical church.
What's So Special about John Calvin?
Michael Horton
If readers look to Calvin they will find a godly pastor who, with all of his flaws, evades the caricatures and exhibits the sort of piety that we need desperately today.
11 Notable Quotes from Missional Motherhood
Gloria Furman
There is eternal value in even the most mundane moments if the Great Commission informs how we’re thinking about all of life, including what it means to be a mom.
Podcast: The Surprising Power of Lament (Mark Vroegop)
Mark Vroegop shares his family’s story of loss and grief, recounting how God used that experience to introduce him to the biblical concept of lament.
Observing the Sabbath Starts on Monday Morning
Guy Prentiss Waters
I need to order my life Monday through Saturday so that I can do the work God has given me to do in the six days that he's given me. And if I can't do that, then the problem is on my end.
Podcast: If You Don’t Catechize Your Kids, the World Will (Kevin DeYoung)
Kevin DeYoung talks about how Christians (parents and non-parents alike) can help children to trust Jesus, embrace the Bible, and love others—even those with whom we disagree.
Podcast: Answering Hard Questions about Predestination and Free Will (Andy Naselli)
Andy Naselli answers a few of the most common questions about the doctrine of predestination, including what the Bible really says about it and what impact this teaching may have on the idea of free will.
7 Steps to Family Worship
Voddie Baucham Jr.
Voddie Baucham Jr. offers seven steps to implement family worship in your home.
2 Ways Our Motives Can Be Twisted in Discipleship
Jonathan K. Dodson
When Christians discuss any given topic, our aim should be to align our thoughts with God’s thoughts, not his thoughts with our thoughts.
The Final Days of Jesus: Saturday, April 4, 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.
The Hidden Prayers and Pray-ers behind Great Movements
Paul E. Miller
God designed his church to look like his Son who spent most of his life hidden, so the most important people in the church are often invisible.
Podcast: Why Did God Let Job Suffer? (Christopher Ash)
Christopher Ash discusses the story of Job and how God's goodness shines through suffering. He also explores the roles of Satan, the fall, and the cross of Jesus Christ in human suffering.
The Church’s Greatest Need
Stephen J. Wellum
There is no greater need for the church today than to think rightly about Jesus, biblically and theologically.
Why Sexual Ethics Matter
Sexual ethics, and a high standard of sexual integrity, are so vital. It is vital because it isn't just a petty taboo.
Keep It Simple Stupid: Martin Luther on the Christian Life
Carl R. Trueman
Martin Luther saw clearly that the Christian life is actually distinguished not by elaborate complexity but by its beautiful, simple, accessible Christ.
4 Questions about Leading Family Devotions
Adam Griffin
It is critically important to give our lives in the service of leading our children to be followers and friends of Jesus.
Reading the Bible with Dead Guys: Charles Spurgeon on Psalm 23:1
Charles H. Spurgeon
*Reading the Bible With Dead Guys is a weekly blog series giving you the chance to read God’s Word alongside some great theologians from church history.
The Gospel in Titus
J. D. Greear
The book of Titus is a letter from Paul to a young pastor, urging him to lead his people deeper into the gospel.
Teaching Kids What the Bible Says About Homosexuality
Andrew T. Walker,
Christian Walker
When we go to Genesis 1, we see something that's laid down in Scripture in what I call the Genesis blueprint. God created humanity in his image. God creates humanity, male and female.
An Open Letter to the College Student Facing Weighty Decisions
Aimee Joseph
The further into college you step, the more you realize that what you thought was the destination is really only an incredible depot for decisions.
The Heart of Jesus Reveals the Father of Mercies
Dane Ortlund
I am trying to help us leave behind our natural, fallen intuitions that God is distant and cold and to step into the freeing knowledge that he is gentle and lowly in heart.
How Did We Get Our Bible?
Peter J. Gurry
We get our Bible, first of all, because God has chosen to reveal himself to humans. If it weren’t for that first step, of course, there would be no Bible.
Why Youth Pastors Must Be Gifted to Teach God's Word
Cameron Cole
Historically, churches have had a false paradigm for what youth ministry should look like. It's far more than getting kids in the door and keeping them out of trouble.
4 Key Components of Mainstream Anglicanism
J. I. Packer
Jesus Christ fills the mental horizon of mainstream Anglican believers; the claim and the purpose is that in all we do, we are seeking Christ’s glory and furthering his kingdom.
How Men Can Grow in Godliness
R. Kent Hughes
When you’re talking about discipline for the purpose of godliness, it’s with an eye on the Lord Jesus Christ as the one who enables godliness.