Gifts for Moms, Dads, and Grads
Gifts for Moms
Adapted from Expository Apologetics: Answering Objections with the Power of the Word by Voddie Baucham.
Articles on The Christian Life
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The Battle of Accepting Our Limits
This gospel meditation explores the idea of being worried and confused with the Christian life, offering an invitation to turn to God when life doesn't make sense.
Podcast: Does It Matter What I Believe? (Samuel James)
Samuel James walks through a number of common misconceptions and fears that we often have when it comes to thinking about our theology, ultimately making the case that what you believe matters today and for eternity.
The Super Bowl and Folk Culture
The event around which we gather shows the erosion of folk culture just as much as it fosters it.
Purposefully Structuring Our Free Time in a Way That Glorifies God
Too often, we give lip service to seeking first the kingdom, while our lives demonstrate pagan preoccupations.
How Is God Defeating Satan?: A 5-Day Devotional
John Piper explains four ways God is defeating Satan by allowing Satan to deceive, influence, and tempt—for now.
Making Jesus the Lord of our Free Time
The way we spend our free time reveals what we believe about God.
Distinguishing Between Our Union with Jesus and Our Communion with Jesus
Our union with Jesus, as we understand it, brings into sharper focus so much of the Christian life. Our union is fixed. We can’t change that.
Podcast: How (and How Not) to Think About Spiritual Habits in the New Year (Matthew Bingham)
Matthew Bingham discusses helpful and hurtful mindsets that Christians encounter when practicing spiritual disciplines, and how developing a Rule of Life fights against legalistic and shallow mentalities when working towards Spiritual growth.
Celebrating the Life and Ministry of J. I. Packer
J. I. Packer stands as one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth-century.
Why I Wrote a Book about Helping the Hurting
While my physical pain and emotional stress is difficult, it doesn't just affect me—it affects all of the people around me.
There's No Such Thing as the "Christmas Spirit"
As has often been pointed out, Christianity is Christ. It all centers around Him, and every doctrine that we have and every idea that we possess is something that comes from Him.
Wise Women Know How to Think, Feel, and Want (Part 3)
Our desires—the things we want—tend to govern our lives and our choices. For that reason, it is important that our desires get formed in a biblical mold.
Afraid of the Dark? Come into the Light
For a variety of reasons, whether single or married, nighttime for many is a daily chore to simply get through.
Jeff Vanderstelt helps us rethink the way we perceive ourselves, reminding us that our identity as believers is first and foremost in Jesus Christ and what he has done on our behalf.
We must train ourselves to slow down and recognize the greatest need we have is met in Christ’s coming.
Gospel Community: Imaging God to One Another
In Disciple: Getting Your Identity from Jesus, author Bill Clem explains that Christian communities serve as witnesses to show what the kingdom of God is supposed to look like.
Podcast: Is Evangelicalism Suffering from a “Sanctification Gap”? (Matthew Bingham)
Matthew Bingham discusses how evangelicalism teaches us to walk with God.
What Is Hurtful about Playing the Comparison Game?
Unless you are Jesus, it almost never helps to tell someone that you know exactly what they’re going through.
Kristen Wetherell answers questions from around the world about things like keeping your Bible reading time fresh and making time for God’s word as a busy parent.
Serving ourselves hinders our effectiveness and skews our priorities as Christians.
Video: The Fruitful Wife by Hayley DiMarco
Hayley DiMarco gives a brief overview of her new book, The Fruitful Wife: Cultivating a Love Only God Can Produce.
Podcast: How Men Can Combat the Friendship Famine (Drew Hunter)
Drew Hunter explores how men can strengthen and keep deep and meaningful friendships and investigates why they're fading in the first place.
Why Kids Should Understand the Significance of All of Holy Week
The New Testament writers devote a large majority of their writing to the final week and even the final hours of Jesus’s life.
If God Doesn’t Need Us, Why Did He Create Us?
God is not dependent on us in any way whatsoever. We are pure beneficiaries. We simply receive from God. He is a pure benefactor. We are pure beneficiaries.
Our blind spots lead to divisions and disagreements, preventing God’s people from testifying to his grace with one voice.
Work Matters: More But Not Less Than a Carpenter
It is all too easy for us to overlook the fact that Jesus knew what it meant to get up and go to work every day.
Your Sanctification Is the Work of the Trinity
The entire work of sanctification is Trinitarian in that as we are changed by the Spirit, we are changed through the Spirit pointing us to the Son.
Preview: ‘Gospel People’ by Michael Reeves
We are pleased to offer a special preview of Michael Reeves’s new book, ‘Gospel People: A Call for Evangelical Integrity.’
The Transition from Centripetal Worship to Centrifugal Worship
Continued from part 1 of Makoto Fujimura's chapel address at Crossway on January 21, 2011.