A proverb is a succinct statement about the way life normally works, and all languages and cultures have them. Possibly due to Americans’ fixation on productivity, many of our proverbs…
Category: The Gospel Coalition
10 Reasons to Revisit the Missionary Example of William Carey – Joshua Bowman
Stories of travel, adventure, and discovery have long captured the imagination of young and old. For the church, missionary stories inspire Christians to remember and participate in God’s mission to…
Use Your Gifts in the Local Church – Katie Faris
On Saturday at 7:30 a.m., the last day of The Gospel Coalition’s 2022 Women’s Conference, I sat at a table with some ladies I’d just met. We and the women…
We’re All Creatives – Jaylyn Geist
Artists and creatives sometimes think what they do has nothing to do with God or religion. Even many Christian creatives think this. I used to. But the gospel changed the…
When Colleagues Think Your Faith Is a Joke – Miranda Carls
My coworkers think my faith is a joke. They’re never mean about it. They just don’t realize the significance of it. What should I do? Your question speaks to the…
How the Golden Chain Gives Us Missiological Confidence – Cody Wilbanks
In Romans 8:29–30, Paul unfolds the sweeping work of salvation from eternity past to eternity future in two breathtaking verses: For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the…
Preach the Gospel, Die, and Be Remembered – Ronnie Martin
You may have heard a popular quote credited to a Moravian missionary from the 1700s named Nikolaus von Zinzendorf. It makes the rounds from time to time on social media,…
The Cry from Memphis: How Long, O Lord? – George Robertson
It has been a tough week in Memphis. Even if you have not been personally affected by some of the tragedies that have occurred, you may know someone who has.…
Tyre Nichols and Prayers for Change – Rufus Smith
“What did I do?” were among Tyre Nichols’s last words on earth. I pray that we could someday say, “Tyre’s death initiated a paradigm shift in police reform in Memphis—and…
5 Things Missionary Kids Want You to Know – Rebecca VanDoodewaard
Some years ago, my family had the opportunity to visit an elderly woman who was the child of missionaries. She had grown up in an India that no longer exists—under…