“Zan, Zendegi, Azadi!” These are the Farsi words being shouted in protests across Iran. They’re calling out “Woman, Life, Freedom,” in response to the arrest and subsequent death of Mahsa…
Category: The Gospel Coalition
Why Christians Should Oppose Marijuana Legalization – Joe Carter
President Biden recently announced he would be issuing a pardon for people convicted of simple marijuana possession. He also urged all governors to do the same for state offenses. The…
Teach Your Kids to Love the Local Church – Megan Hill
If we want our kids to love Jesus, we must also want them to love the church. In her message at TGCW21, Megan Hill gives five practical ways to teach…
Iran’s Church Seeks God amid Protests – Nima Alizadeh
On September 16, 2022, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman visited the Iranian capital, Tehran, where she was arrested by “morality police” for not having a proper hijab. They claimed she violated…
At Age 80, ‘The Screwtape Letters’ Is Still Worth Reading – Joseph A. Kohm Jr.
C. S. Lewis worried his book The Screwtape Letters would be quietly banished “toward spare bedrooms, there to live a life of undisturbed tranquility.” But the book sold well, and…
The Reward and Responsibility of Creating – Aleyna Kelly
Man seems to be naturally inclined to create things. Toddlers with markers on walls, seamstresses with needles on threads, authors with words on paper: all of them create something to…
How to Set Wise and Generous Financial Goals – Michelle Myers
I’ve always been a goal setter. Lately, though, I’ve been torn about how to set financial goals that don’t just point me toward making more money. If it’s wise for…
Stop Throwing Pastors Under the Bus – Brett McCracken
I’ve noticed an increasingly prevalent genre of online evangelical Christian commentary in which pastors are shamed because they’re insufficiently vocal about this or that outrage or not militant enough in…
How to Prepare Your Kids for Eternity – Caleb Greggsen
Even car commercials these days like to tell us we live in “unprecedented times.” Maybe the pandemic made this popular, but the uniqueness of our current situation has almost become…
How to Get Gen Z to Church – Kyla Hardee
Two-thirds of young adults between the ages of 18 and 22 leave the church for at least a year, many never returning. Church dropout percentages climb as members of Gen…