Podcast: 6 Practical Principles for Increasing Your Productivity (Ana Ávila)
Ana Ávila emphasizes that we each have just the right amount of time to do what God wants us to do, walking through several key productivity principles that will help us manage our time wisely.
Our Health and Salvation
Bob Cutillo, MD
Health and salvation, for three good reasons, have much in common.
How to Flourish in a Fallen World
James M. Hamilton Jr.
When the man and woman sinned against God, they were expelled from his presence, driven out of Eden.
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.
Will You Be a Lifelong Learner?
David Mathis
For Christians, the stakes are even higher for cultivating holy curiosity and the mindset of a lifelong learner.
Why Doctrine Matters
Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Developing doctrine in the church is one more in a series of improvisations.
Doctrine: Information Leading to Heart Transformation
Paul David Tripp
When you enter the world of biblical truth, you’re entering a moral battleground. The great drama of life is not about information.
How Do You Pursue Neighbors Who Continually Avoid Your Invitation?
Rosaria Butterfield
Here are a couple of barriers you can remove to make people feel loved and welcomed.
Podcast: Using Stories to Help Kids Understand Right and Wrong (Betsy Childs Howard)
Why are stories such powerful tools for instilling deep, biblical truths in our kids? Are moral formation and the gospel of grace mutually exclusive?
How I Learned to Lament
Mark Vroegop
No one sets out to learn lament. But once you find it, you're so thankful because there's grace that God can give you when the dark clouds of hardship and pain roll into your life.
The Vinedresser Shows His Love by Pruning the Vine
Courtney Doctor
We have to remember that the vine dresser loves the vine, and the vinedresser loves the branches. And his pruning is not just hacking away or lopping off things carelessly, but he’s very, careful.
“She Is Different”: Reflections on Peace
Kristen Wetherell
Peace describes the heart that knows it is safe in God. The third virtue of the fruit of the Spirit is all about what God’s love and joy have accomplished for his people—“peace with God” (Rom. 5:10).
How to Develop a Heart of Thanksgiving
Focusing on what I don’t have or what I can’t do is a common detriment to practicing biblical hospitality.
How the Gospel Transforms the Teen Years
Jaquelle Ferris
To live a life transformed by the gospel means that everything in life changes.
Create a Plan to Date Your Wife
Justin Buzzard
There is no one right way to do this. Every marriage is different. Every wife is different. You need to create an annual plan that’s unique to the dream God has given you for your marriage and your wife.
The Christian Life Is about Wakefulness
Kevin J. Vanhoozer
The Spirit of Christ burns in our hearts, awakening us to the presence and activity of Jesus Christ. Sleeper, awake!
Is There Any Purpose in Our Loneliness?
Lydia Brownback
We were originally created by God, alone. The reason God created in this way is so that we will find our all in him.
What Is Our Friendship with God Supposed to Look Like?
Mike McKinley
We think that communion with God, or friendship with God, is some sort of secret, mystical, spiritual experience, but it's not as complicated as we might be tempted to think.
The Two Peculiar Acts of the Father in the Work of Redemption
John Owen,
Richard Snoddy
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.
Podcast: Mind Your Own Conscience and Love Your Neighbor (Andy Naselli and J. D. Crowley)
Should always obey our conscience? What should we do when our conscience disagrees with another Christian’s, and how the conscience relates to objective right and wrong?
Help! My Daily Worship Feels Stale
Jonathan Gibson
When we experience a time when our quiet time becomes stale, it’s easy to become discouraged, especially if we don’t know where to look for help. However, help is at hand in two ways.
The Key to Happiness Is More Stuff . . . Right?
Erik Raymond
Our contentment is unshakeable when it is rooted in our unchanging God.
The True Way of Keeping Christmas
George Whitefield
I entreat that your time may be thus spent. Let it not be about your dressing, your plays, your profits, or your worldly concerns but let it be the wonders of redeeming love.
Why Devotional Bible Reading Is Good Bible Reading
Dane Ortlund
The purpose of reading the Bible devotionally is to commune with God and grow closer to him.
Why It Matters That Jesus Is Better Than Everything
Jeff Vanderstelt
Introducing people to Jesus involves showing them how Jesus meets their needs better than anything else.
Artist Spotlight: Peter Voth
Learn more about German designer and illustrator, Peter Voth, and his work on the ESV Single Column Journaling Bible, Artist Series.
Developing a Plan for Summer Bible Study
Kathleen Nielson
As you develop your plan to feed deeply this summer on God’s Word, here are five suggestions to help fill these summer days with spiritual fruit.
Blind Spots Quiz: What's Your Blind Spot?
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Follow the Second Adam into True Rest
Nancy Guthrie
There is an unending, eternal rest that God established himself and that we have always been meant to enter into with him.
Podcast: Don’t Waste Your Waiting (Mark Vroegop)
Mark Vroegop offers his thoughts on the difficult yet important question of what it looks like to wait well as a Christian.