Why Claim Total Depravity When People Do Good All the Time?
Jonathan Gibson
If you study the doctrine of total depravity on its own, you may be led to think that an unbeliever cannot do any good in society— and yet, that is incongruent with our own experience of unbelievers.
Simply Read: Day 4
Day 4 of Simply Read, an 8-day Bible reading challenge through the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts.
Your Access Point into the Doctrine of Scripture Is Jesus
Mark D. Thompson
Why do Christians take the Bible so seriously? Despite some variety in how they might frame their doctrine of Scripture, Christians have, right from the beginning, been “people of the book.”
5 Ways to Use the ‘ESV Story of Redemption Bible’
Use these five features of the ‘ESV Story of Redemption Bible’ to learn how God has brought salvation to mankind throughout human history.
Ben Gladd on the Use of the Old Testament in Acts (Season 2, Episode 5)
Nancy Guthrie
Join Nancy Guthrie as she talks with professor and author Ben Gladd about the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament—both direct quotations and more subtle allusions.
8 Notable Quotes from Ten Words to Live By
Are Christians to disregard the law or embrace it with joy? Learn to see the law of God as a feast for your famished soul.
Reading the Bible with Dead Guys: Ryle on Luke 18
J. C. Ryle
*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.
Reading the Bible with Dead Guys: J. C. Ryle on Mark 2:13-17
J. C. Ryle
*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.
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.
Reading the Bible with Dead Guys: Francis Schaeffer on Romans 5
Francis A. Schaeffer
*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.
ESV.org—How to Use Supplemental Study Resources
Go Deeper in Your Study of God's Word Did you know that you can access supplemental study resources with ESV.org? To open the library and see which study resources are available for your account, click …
Reading the Bible with Dead Guys: John Calvin on John 11:35
John Calvin
*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.
Finding Grace in Unlikely Places
Bryan Chapell
When we could not take care of ourselves, God took care of us. That’s the message of grace.
The True Test of a Gospel-Centered Church
Salvation from the judgment of God into fellowship with God is all of God. It is not of us.
Introducing the 'ESV Pastor's Bible'
When life and ministry demand of you, where do you turn?
Don’t Be Late to the Movies, and Don’t Skip the Pentateuch
Ian J. Vaillancourt
If we are Christians who want to understand the gospel better, the Pentateuch is a great place to start.
Podcast: 6 Tools That Change the Way You Study Scripture (Jon Nielson)
Jon Nielson discusses 6 principles that every believer can take into their Bible study so they can understand and apply God’s word.
Podcast: Can Christians Lose Their Salvation? (Dennis Johnson)
Dennis Johnson discusses Hebrews 6:4–6, one of the New Testament's most famous—and debated—warning passages.
Imagination: It's Everywhere
Matthew P. Ristuccia
Imagination is everywhere in the Christian life.
Blessed: Revelation’s Message to Persecuted Believers with Karen Ellis (Episode 9)
Nancy Guthrie
Nancy Guthrie talks with Karen Ellis about what it looks like for believers to patiently endure persecution.
Turning High Thoughts to the Help of the Lowly
John Piper
Paul loved God and people. His love for God summoned him ever higher into God’s revealed glory, and his love for people summoned him alongside ordinary folks.
Scripture: The Treasure of the Christian Life
Dane Ortlund
When we immerse ourselves in Edwards's writings, we do not find him speaking of Scripture so much as speaking from it.
The Garden of Eden 2.0
Dane Ortlund
Are we swimming in the mental and emotional universe of what God has told us our future is?
What Your Complaining Says about God
One of the things that’s important for us to do for our own sanctification is to ask the question, “Why am I grumbling and complaining about this?”
Have You Put on the Belt of Truth Today?
Katie Faris
What was your first thought when you woke up this morning? Even before you opened your eyes or lifted your head from your pillow, was there a situation from yesterday replaying in your mind?
Reading the Bible Gathers a Family from Every Tribe and Tongue
John Piper
Without the Bible, there would be no ingathering of God’s people, and without the Bible, there would be no beautification of the bride. So everyone who enters the people of God by faith comes by the word.
Podcast: The NT Authors Quoted the OT Way More Than We Do (Greg Lanier)
In today's episode, Greg Lanier talks about the many ways that the Old Testament stands as an indispensable foundation for the New.
Peter’s Deliverance and Herod’s Judgment Echo the First Passover
Iain M. Duguid
Acts 12 opens on a very dark note. Herod the king—that is, Herod Agrippa—arrested a number of the Christians in Jerusalem and executed James, the first apostle to be martyred for the faith (Acts 12:1–2).