Full Audiobook: ‘The Expulsive Power of a New Affection’ by Thomas Chalmers
As a result of the fall, human feelings of love are often misplaced on the creation rather than the Creator. This classic work of the faith reorients our affections toward him.
When Fear Prevents You from Being a Good Neighbor
Amy DiMarcangelo
One of the greatest detriments to being the neighbors Christ has called us to be is fear. And somehow, instead of identifying our fear as sinful we often call it by another name: wisdom.
Connecting Worship on Sunday to Work on Monday
Tom Nelson
Many of us are misguided when it comes to how my work connects to the Christian faith.
3 Imperatives for Christ’s Early Disciples (and for Us)
Nancy Guthrie
Repentance has always been and will always be the way into restored fellowship with God. It is turning away from self, away from whatever we’ve given our allegiance, and toward Christ.
Podcast: The Good News About Not Being a Perfect Mom (Katie Faris)
Katie Faris discusses the false expectations put on moms and the true grace they can experience.
Human Weakness Doesn’t Limit God
Paul David Tripp
Rest and patience of heart are not found in figuring out what is going on or conjuring up in our minds how in the world God is going to do what he’s promised us that he would do.
Why Christians Must Remain Dissatisfied
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The Christian is not merely a man who knows now that he’s been forgiven, and that’s the end of it all. Not at all. That’s merely the introduction.
God Blesses Holiness, Not Pastoral Talent
John MacArthur
If you’re not cleansed from the things that corrupt your life, you’re not a vessel fit for the Master’s use.
3 Ways the Internet and Social Media Benefit Wisdom
Brett McCracken
In what sense are the Internet and social media potentially valuable for wisdom? We know the many downsides to online life. What are the upsides?
Are Love and Authority Mutually Exclusive?
Jonathan Leeman
But authority in creation and authority and redemption actually work together—for good.
14 Notable Quotes from Habits of Grace
“Habits of grace” are the God-designed channels through which his glorious grace flows—making them life-giving practices for all Christians.
10 Reasons Joy Brings Christ to Our Culture
Greg Forster
How can Christians help their neighbors live more like God wants and resist the decay of our culture?
The Song of Songs: A 7-Day Devotional
Through this video devotional, beging to grasp God’s vision for love and marriage by working through the Song of Songs.
How Do You Deal with the Grief Sin Produces?
Matthew Boswell
The cry of Psalm 51:12 is for restored joy, inviting us to consider the connection between forgiveness of sin and gladness of heart. True joy is found in God's salvation and his strength in our weakness.
Suffering: A 7-Day Reading Plan
This 7-day Bible reading plan was created to help you draw encouragement from God's Word in the midst of suffering—leading to hope in the gospel through the power of the Spirit.
Conflict: When Desires Become Demands
Robert D. Jones
What are the kinds of things—perhaps good things in and of themselves—that can rule our hearts?
Why We Need the Puritans
J. I. Packer
Spiritual warfare made the Puritans what they were. They accepted conflict as their calling, seeing themselves as their Lord’s soldier-pilgrims.
How Does Being Created in the Image of God Change How We Think about Our Work?
Bryan Chapell
Because we're created in the image of God, reflecting him in what we do, we're also fulfilling his purposes for our lives.
How the Psalms Teach Us to Sing
Kristyn Getty
God’s people have always been a singing people. There must be a robust expression of our testimony to his grace, something not just seen in our lives but heard from our voices.
Jonathan Edward’s Response to Spiritual Arrogance
Sean Michael Lucas
Jonathan Edwards was stirred by his congregation’s spiritual pride, apathy, and confused notions about true religion, alongside misunderstanding about genuine spiritual life.
Rebalancing Our Approach to Observing the Sabbath
Guy Prentiss Waters
We don’t want to add to his Word. We don’t want to take away from his Word. We want to observe his Word, and the Sabbath is no exception.
The Key Difference Between Entertaining and Christian Hospitality
Rosaria Butterfield
In a world that doesn’t understand intimacy and would rather mouth off on social media than sit around a dinner table and talk about real things, it takes practice to embrace some awkwardness.
What Jonathan Edwards's Daughter Can Teach Us about Friendship
Michael A. G. Haykin
Our culture is not one that provides great encouragement for the nurture and development of deep, long-lasting, satisfying friendships.
The Key to True Happiness
James A. Johnston
Everyone wants to have a good life. What will make you truly blessed?
What Does It Look Like to Be Blessed?
William R. Osborne
What is the proof that God is for us? Where else do we need to look other than God giving the most valuable thing in the universe, offering up his one and only Son for his people?
10 Devotional Treasures from Surprising Sources
Leland Ryken
Among the classics of devotional readings, we find that great devotionals often sprang from unexpected and even unintended origins, as the following list of ten surprising sources shows.
Clothed in Christ and Unashamed
Heather Nelson
Body shame is the feeling that your body with its imperfections is something of which to be ashamed—something you wish you could hide or change.
That Idol That You Love Doesn't Love You Back
Justin Buzzard
Everyone has to live for something and if that something isn’t the one true God, it will be a false God–an idol.
6 Soul-Searching Questions from the Book of Hebrews
R. Kent Hughes
New converts to Christianity typically have few doubts. But years of living and learning often soften their confidence.
The Crucial Difference Between Two Kinds of Authority Instituted by God
Jonathan Leeman
The Bible presents two kinds of authority—one with the power of enforced discipline and one without. The former we can call the authority of command; the latter we call the authority of counsel.