The Word Is Food for Our Souls
The word of God is food for our souls. We regularly sing songs that emphasize our dependence on God for sustenance.
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The Word Is Food for Our Souls
The word of God is food for our souls. We regularly sing songs that emphasize our dependence on God for sustenance.
The Bible’s Go-To Language for What We Call a “Christian”
The Bible’s go-to language for what we call “Christian” is being “in Christ.” John uses that language three dozen times. Paul uses the language of being “in him,” “in Jesus,” or him being “in us.”
Podcast: The Forgotten Yet Foundational Doctrine of Aseity (Samuel Parkison)
Dr. Parkison unpacks the foundational doctrine of aseity and how it impacts the way we approach theology, participate in grace, and understand the incarnation.
How Isaiah Prophesied That Jesus Would Submit and Suffer
Over and over again, Isaiah lifts our eyes to the prophetic horizon against which we see a shadow of the Christ. We can be certain that Jesus is in view because the New Testament explicitly states this.
Podcast: On Christmas: The Best of ‘The Crossway Podcast’
Take a look back through the years of The Crossway Podcast at some of the best insights from our guests about the importance, beauty, and hope of Christmas.
A central part of who Jesus is and therefore what we are to believe is found in Jesus’s teaching about what he came to do. He came to do a number of things.
Good Friday Is the Purpose of Christmas
Hebrews 2:14–15 is my favorite Advent text because it expresses so clearly the connection between the beginning and the ending of Jesus’s earthly life—between the incarnation and the crucifixion.
Your Joy and Grief at Christmastime Are a Shadow of Something Greater
During the Christmas season we have a heightened longing for hope, joy, and all that is good and beautiful. And yet these prove to be a mere shadow of what we truly long for.
How David Prophesied the Resurrection of Christ
Grasping the deep logic of prophecies will help us understand that prophecy is not random predictions and fulfillments but profoundly logical truths that have and must be fulfilled in Christ.
A Tender Friend Is Knocking at the Door, and We Only Have One Job
One category in which to think about the heart of Christ is that of friendship. His heart binds him to us as our never-failing friend.
Breaking Down Jesus’s Farewell Discourse
It’s worth looking more closely at Jesus’s upper room discourse—one of the most famous and unforgettable sermons Jesus ever preached.
The Two Peculiar Acts of the Father in the Work of Redemption
Two peculiar acts there are in this work of our redemption by the blood of Jesus, which may be and are properly assigned to the person of the Father.
Breaking Down Jesus’s Speech on the Mount of Olives
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.
Breaking Down Jesus’s Sermon on the Plain
J. R. R. Tolkien loved to write stories about places he called “perilous,” where we come into contact with power that, if rightly respected, leads us to joy and, if taken too lightly, leads to misery.
Breaking Down Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount
What is the most famous sermon ever preached? Without question, it is Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. It is one of the most influential messages across countless cultures throughout history.
If God Is Sovereign, Why Is There Evil in the World?
The clearest example that even moral evil fits into the designs of God is the crucifixion of Christ. Who would deny that the betrayal of Jesus by Judas was a morally evil act?
5 Things That Gave the Apostles Boldness to Proclaim the Gospel
Jesus changes people from the inside out, and as a result, the changes that he brings are real, substantial, and lasting.
How to Turn to Jesus When You Feel Like Turning Away
Jesus was fully human in every way. And so, he reacted to pressures in a fully human, fully sinless way by retreating into relationship.
Podcast: 5 Iconic Stories from the Book of Exodus (Jay Sklar)
In this podcast Dr. Jay Sklar takes a fresh look at 5 different stories in Exodus and offers helpful insight into their meaning and practical conclusions to take away from them.
The Work of the Son and the Work of the Spirit Are Inseparable
One helpful way of organizing the elements of the saving work of Jesus is to consider it under three offices, Christ as prophet, priest, and king.
How Can Jesus Be One Person in Two Natures?
Christians have always believed that Jesus is both God and man. The traditional way of putting this in more theological language is that in Christ we meet one person in two natures.
Why Would Jesus Weep Right Before Raising Lazarus? (John 11)
No one knows better than Jesus what is going to happen in this episode. No one is better at mourning with those who mourn than Jesus. Jesus loves people, so he weeps with them, and over them.
What Makes Our Worship Beautiful?
The apex of our fellowship and communion with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is holy worship. Worship of God originates with God, not man.
Podcast: How the Extraordinary Church in Acts Applies to Ordinary Believers Today (Iain Duguid)
Iain Duguid discusses confusing stories and common questions about the establishment of the New Testament church in Acts.
How Prayer Actually Works: To the Father, Through the Son, By the Spirit
You don’t have to get your Trinitarian theology all sorted out before you can pray to the Trinity. Our God hears prayers. He does not wait for us to pass the theology test before he listens to us praying.
The Bible’s covenantal storyline serves as the metanarrative to identify who Jesus is and as the background to the New Testament’s presentation of him.
Podcast: How and How Not to Read Jesus’s Parables (Doug O’Donnell)
Dr. Doug O’Donnell explores the meaning and importance of Jesus’ parables and how we can read and understand them today.
Podcast: On the End Times: The Best of ‘The Crossway Podcast’
This compilation episode features some of the best moments from past interviews on the topic of the second coming of Christ and the end times.
The Hope of the Resurrection That Is Found in the Old Testament
Where does the concept of resurrection come from? Why is it necessary for Jesus to be raised? It’s because it’s already predicted in the Old Testament.
The Kingdom of God Is Reality Because the Son Has Risen
The Kingdom of God is reality. It’s what is real. We often walk around as though we are the sovereign ones and as if we have the crowns on our heads.