Answering Kids’ Hardest Questions: Can I Choose to Be a Boy or a Girl?
Andrew T. Walker,
Christian Walker
When we are approached with questions like that, the first thing we want to do is go to Genesis 1. And when we look at Genesis 1, we see this notion of creation order.
Yoda and Our Search for Wisdom
J. Mark Bertrand
The reason we have a hard time talking about wisdom is that we have a very misguided notion of what it is.
Preview: The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman
Enjoy a special two-hour preview of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman on The Crossway Podcast.
16 Ways Pastors Can Work for Unity in Politically Divisive Times
Jonathan Leeman,
Andrew David Naselli
In an increasingly anti-Christian culture, what’s important is how we respond to those who vote or believe differently, to learn how to make at least some space for them, and to encourage charity and forbearance.
Why Beauty Is a Problem without God
Philip Graham Ryken
I think in a way, for somebody who has not yet surrendered to Jesus Christ, beauty is a problem because beauty is so evident in this world, and it awakens a desire for eternal things.
3 Practical Ways to Cultivate Gospel Fluency
Jeff Vanderstelt
It's important to speak the gospel in a community who can speak it back or reflect on what they're hearing.
A Personal vs. Private Relationship with Christ
Jen Oshman
As we've prioritized our personal relationship with Christ, we've also privatized it.
Materialism: The Material Girl
James Montgomery Boice
A fourth “ism” which is part of the “pattern of this world” is materialism.
When Did I Get a Right to Life?
Scott Klusendorf
Some say that just because we exist as human beings at the embryonic/fetal stage doesn’t mean we have the same rights, including a right to life, at every stage of life. How should we respond to this?
Video: J. I. Packer on Taking God Seriously
J. I. Packer reflects on this "undernourishment" that many Christians suffer from, challenging us to take our faith and God's Word seriously.
Why You Should Enroll in Wisdom University
David Murray
The primary reason people drop out of Wisdom University is peer pressure—the influence of others in the same social group or age group.
Why Unborn Children Have the Right to Governmental Protection
Wayne Grudem
We have laws against murder because people agree that murder is wrong, and so there are moral standards that underlie many, if not all, of our current laws.
The Hollow Promise the Internet Makes to Lonely People
Samuel D. James
The web is preaching to our hearts that you can be anything and you can do anything, and you don’t have to accept the life of the world or the truth that God has put in your life.
The Search for Love
Mike Cosper
Maybe in every story is a thread that the human heart that can’t give up the belief that one day, true love will come along.
Podcast: Why You Can’t Stop Looking at Your Phone (Samuel James)
Samuel James sets forth a distinctly Christian theology of technology, one that is profoundly realistic about its power, both for good and evil.
Misunderstood Christian Classics
The way to get attention and be mainstream in the secular establishment is to debunk what has been accepted as true for centuries.
The Biggest Challenge the Church Faces Today Is to Think Differently than the World
D. A. Carson
The greatest challenge that the church faces today to avoid thinking like the world is the same as the greatest challenge that the church always faces to avoid thinking like the world.
Why Land Is More than Real Estate
Ian K. Smith
After the resurrection of Jesus, God sends the Holy Spirit, who fills not just Israel, but the whole earth with his glory.
What Bible Reading and Eating Have in Common
Dane Ortlund
Devotional Bible reading is vital for every believer in the same way that eating is vital for every human—it's just the way you're nourished. It's what you do to get stronger and grow.
The Antidote to Self-Pity
Carolyn McCulley
One great temptation of singleness is an unrelenting self-focus. We need to be reminded to look outside of our circumstances and ourselves.
Secularism: The Cosmos Is All That Is
James Montgomery Boice
Secularism, more than any other single word, aptly describes the mental framework and value structure of the people of our time.
Preview: What God Has to Say about Our Bodies by Sam Allberry
There’s a danger in focusing too much on the body. There’s also a danger in not valuing it enough.
The Sabbath: A 5-Day Devotional
What does it mean to take a Sabbath? Does this Old Testament law even practically apply today?
Issues of Race in Scripture
John Piper
Jesus was forceful about the issue of ethnocentrism, the conviction or the feeling that one’s own ethnic group should be treated as superior or privileged.
Why I Care about Women's Issues
Courtney Reissig
In an increasingly pro-women society, you can’t even watch the Super Bowl anymore without seeing media campaigns elevating the dignity and worth of women.
Podcast: Teaching Your Kids the Real Meaning of Christmas (William Smith)
William Smith offers parents simple advice for viewing the holiday season as a special opportunity to point our kids’ hearts to their Savior.
Putting Health in Its Place
Bob Cutillo, MD
G.K. Chesterton said that "life is as bright as diamond and as brittle as a window pane." Our lives and health are beautiful but fragile, and we need to cherish them.
3 Moral Principles to Consider Related to Reproductive Technology
Wayne Grudem
Modern medicine can be used to overcome many diseases and disabilities today. We should view this as a good thing, and as something for which we can give thanks to God.
The Wisdom of God-Centered Rhythms in a Me-Centered Age
Brett McCracken
When every moment of our iWorld existence conditions us to celebrate the self, the church boldly celebrates something bigger, grander, and more compelling.
Did Jesus Have Bad PR?
Rebecca McLaughlin
Christianity was a multiracial, multiethnic, multicultural movement from the beginning.