It was past midnight when I got home after a long shift at the hospital. As I quietly unlocked the front door and stepped inside, soft lamplight illuminated the living…
Category: The Gospel Coalition
Jason Helopoulos: ‘I Love the (Imperfect) PCA at 50’ – Jason Helopoulos
My beloved denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), turns 50 this year. Anyone who knows me knows I love the PCA. It has been my spiritual home for close…
Advent Longing / Christmas Joy: New 100-Song Playlist – Brett McCracken
One thing I love about the Advent season is that it welcomes the whole range of human emotions. Advent fully embraces our agonized longing for hope on the other side…
Sean Lucas: ‘I’m Grateful for the PCA’s 50-Year History’ – Sean Michael Lucas
In August 1971, the leaders of the conservative movement within the southern Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) announced plans for a “continuing Presbyterian church.” It was a difficult…
Making Sense of God – Collin Hansen
In his message at TGC Netherlands 2023, Collin Hansen discusses Tim Keller’s insights into cultural apologetics and mission in a post-Christian era, focusing on the background of Keller’s book Making…
Advent Meditation: Christmas Was Made for Laughter – Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Read You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound. (Ps. 4:7) Reflect When I was younger, Christmas seemed to have a…
Reintegrating the Atonement in Missions – Matt D.
After a long day of travel on a dusty mountain road, a local pastor and I finally walked toward his village. He described how the gospel first came to this…
Should I Obey When I Don’t Feel like It? – Trish Donohue
I recently chatted with a godly young woman in her 20s about what the Lord was teaching us. She pondered a question aloud: “What if I don’t feel like changing,…
Advent Meditation: Hope Fulfilled – Winfree Brisley
Read Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”…
Faith and Fruitfulness: How to Thrive in Our Cultural Moment – Glen Scrivener, Andrew Wilson
How can Christians offer grace, freedom, and truth in this current cultural moment? In this episode of Post-Christianity?, Glen Scrivener and Andrew Wilson get practical. If their books are correct…