Rebels in Syria, led by the Islamist alliance Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, have captured Damascus, about a week after taking over Aleppo and Hama, and ousted President Bashar al-Assad.…
Year: 2024
Did Jesus Really Die and Come Back to Life (Video)
How can we be certain the Resurrection really happened? Is it anything more than a fairy tale? Are Christians who believe in the Resurrection exercising nothing more than “wishful thinking”?…
What Really Happened at the Council of Nicea?
For many years, the Council of Nicaea has been the subject of much confusion among laypeople. The misapprehensions which have come to be associated with the council of Nicaea have,…
What Christ’s Obedience Accomplished – John Piper
Why is Christ’s obedience good news no matter how terrible our guilt is? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 5:12–21 to show how Christ frees…
Male and Female Forever? Complementarity in the New Creation – Colin Smothers
Will male-female complementarity exist in the new heavens and new earth? If so, what can we learn about the continued distinctions between men and women in the new creation? Scriptural…
Will I Suffer My Singleness Forever? – John Piper
Single Christians may be tempted to despair over missing the experience of marital love. But God himself will see to it that our joy is eternally full in Christ. Listen…
Wallpaper: Narrow Gate
“For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Matthew 7:14 Click below to download your image: Apple…
Church Polity Is like Stretching – Ligon Duncan, Matt Smethurst
Church polity is like stretching. It seems boring until something tears—and then you wish you’d devoted more time to it. Despite their differences (Matt Smethurst is a congregationalist and Ligon…
Pastoral Authority in the Age of Podcasts – Joe Carter
Have you noticed the subtle shift in how congregations seek spiritual guidance? Where congregants once began with “My grandmother always said . . .” they now regularly begin with “I…
Modernity Makes Us Spiritually Sick: Or Why You Should Read Byung-Chul Han – Samuel James
At the beginning of this decade, the entire Western world saw an existential intermission unknown in living memory. Like the wind and waves at Jesus’s rebuke, everything ceased. The COVID-19…