Podcast: What Keeps You from Going to Church? (Jonathan Leeman)
Jonathan Leeman discusses the vital importance of in-person church fellowship, how we can and should prioritize involvement with the people of God in a local church—especially after a year like 2020.
Missionaries: God Uses Your Suffering to Minister to Others
Matt Rhodes
We suffer from loneliness, interpersonal conflict, sickness, exhaustion, and the slow decay of our bodies. If offered to God, these can be a sacrifice through which God acts to redeem the world.
Why You'll Never Be Content without God
Erik Raymond
Since God is able to be completely content in himself, we are able to find contentment in him as well. We will never find true contentment with God.
Nancy Guthrie's Story of Hope in the Midst of Grief
In the midst of Nancy Guthrie's incredible pain, God was at work.
Why Is the Fight for Holiness So Difficult?
Matthew McCullough
The Bible tells us to expect holiness to be a battle. We are a part of a spiritual war, and even with the help of God’s Spirit, we’re still doing battle with the flesh.
3 Words of Counsel to Sufferers
Paul David Tripp
Be aware that you're always preaching to yourself some kind of gospel.
2 Responses to the World's Brokenness
Paul David Tripp
If you mourn the fallenness of your world rather than curse its difficulties, you know that grace has visited you
Why It’s Easier to Show Regular (Not Sporadic) Hospitality
Rosaria Butterfield
It’s much easier for me to practice daily hospitality than it would be monthly because I don’t have to do something different.
The Discipline of the Tongue Resources
68 Select Proverbs Regarding the Use of the Tongue 1. Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. 2. Proverbs 10:18 The one …
There Are No Unimportant Parts of the Church
Megan Hill
The Spirit gives exactly the right gifts in exactly the right measure at exactly the right time to exactly the right people for the well-being of the local church.
Podcast: 5 Attributes of God We Too Often Neglect (Mark Jones)
How should we understand God in his fullness—both near to us as our Father and yet above and beyond us as our Creator?
What Are You Waiting For?
Nancy Guthrie
Sometimes we end up disappointed with Jesus because we want the miracle, the answer, the reconciliation, the restoration, the healing right now.
The Christian Life Is Not Interrupted by Death
The New Testament answers the question about whether Christians at the point of death are in heaven with the comfort that they are “away from the body and at home with the Lord.”
God's Provision in All Things
Sam Storms
We live in a world that has trivialized God, having reduced him to human proportions.
Podcast: When Authority Fails to Reflect God’s Good Design (Jonathan Leeman)
Jonathan Leeman calls on anyone with some kind of authority to think carefully about how they're using that authority, encouraging them to embrace a posture of humility and repentance.
Women Have a Way with Words
Christin Ditchfield
Think about it: a woman’s sphere of influence today is far more diverse and extensive than ever before.
It Takes Time to Become an Effective Missionary
Matt Rhodes
God works in mysterious ways, and we should never set limits on him. All the same, depending on God to work in unlikely ways just because he can do so is unwise.
My Heart Cries Out: A 6-Day Devotional
Over the course of six days, watch videos and read Scripture and gospel meditations written by Paul David Tripp, adapted from My Heart Cries Out: Gospel Meditations for Everyday Life.
6 Questions about Finding a Mentor
J. Garrett Kell
We need mature believers to help us resist sin, grow in godly affection, and to persevere in faith.
Help! I Don’t Know How to Reestablish a Healthy Church after COVID
Tim Patrick
Not meeting together has meant missing out on the countless interactions that establish and enable the very practical supports which overflow from our spiritual unity in Christ.
A Friend Who Will Never Fail You
We can be assured of Christ's love for us because he gave his life to save us. He is a trustworthy friend.
Why Your Work Matters
Tom Nelson
The theological doctrine of calling is a rich, rich doctrine all of us should wrestle with and embrace.
8 Notable Quotes from What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality?
God’s word addresses how we, as Christians, should think about sexuality and offers us hope and wisdom for navigating today’s cultural landscape with humility and grace.
Face Your Doubt . . . and Then Fight It
David Powlison
Don't succumb to guilt if you are doubting; instead, combat your doubt with specific truth.
Podcast: How to Become Fluent in the Gospel (Jeff Vanderstelt)
What does it mean to be fluent in the gospel, and why is it an essential part of living as a disciple of Jesus?
3 Practical Ways to Love Your Neighbor
James H. Grant Jr.
In 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 the apostle Paul gets very practical about what brotherly love should look like.
How to Foster a Gospel Culture
Gospel doctrine creates a gospel culture. The doctrine of grace creates a culture of grace.
Why You’ll Never Be Ready for All of Life’s Troubles
Philip Graham Ryken
God may give me way more than I can handle—and I think that’s normal.
Is There Any Benefit to Looking Inward to Find Myself?
Brian S. Rosner
It's easy nowadays to sneer at people who say things like, "Be yourself. Be true to yourself. You do you.” But the reality is there are some real benefits to looking within yourself to find yourself.
Who Is Responsible for the Suffering in the World?
Matt Rhodes
Humans fell into sin only after being tempted by Satan in the garden. Thus, both human sinfulness and the devil’s work are instrumental in causing human suffering.