Autumn is a season of changes. At our home, as the leaves yellowed and the days shortened, my youngest child started middle school. That means picture books have me feeling…
Category: The Gospel Coalition
How Memorizing the Sermon on the Mount Reorders My Heart – Kim Miller
A couple of years ago, two college students challenged me—a woman in her 50s—to memorize the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5–7). Inwardly, I balked, but now I know that…
Who Is the God of the Bible? – Scott R. Swain
According to the Belgic Confession, God reveals himself to us in two “books”: the book of nature (God’s world) and the book of Scripture (God’s written Word). The primary way…
‘I Play Rocky’ Finds New Inspiration in an Old Story – Brett McCracken
Rocky debuted in theaters 50 years ago, in 1976—a bicentennial-year release that underscored the movie’s profound American spirit. Immediately a blockbuster and critical darling (the highest-grossing movie of 1976 and…
How the Lord’s Supper Fuels Spiritual Growth – George Robertson
Recently, I (and my peers) have experienced a number of parishioners converting to Catholicism. As I’ve talked to these converts, they’ve consistently brought up the Lord’s Table. They find encouragement…
To Sustain Inner-City Church Plants, Adopt a Missionary Model – Tim Zulker
In a conversation at church one Sunday, a pastor told a friend of mine, “Your friend should quit trying to plant churches in the inner city. It doesn’t happen because…
Report Cards on Your Actions Won’t Fix Your Heart – Vermon Pierre
Who am I? All cultures, human philosophies, and religious systems try to answer this question in a way that leads to a meaningful life. We want to find in them…
Building a Workplace Where People Flourish (with Landon Hobson) – Mark Vroegop, Dan Doriani, Landon Hobson
Landon Hobson is the CEO of Cosmos Corporation, a family business outside St. Louis that makes pet care and household cleaning products sold in 70 countries. With degrees in theology…
The Missing Piece in John Mark Comer’s Quiet Time – Matthew Bingham
According to a recent Pew Research study, more than half of U.S. adults report spending too much time on their smartphones. Even those who acknowledge the negative effects of smartphone…
What Does It Mean to Be Human?: 12 Theses Answer a Pressing Question – N. Gray Sutanto
No question today is more pertinent than this: What does it mean to be human? With declining belief in God and rising secularization come renewed debates concerning human nature. Culture…