Category: The Gospel Coalition

The Story: In two rulings released this week, the Supreme Court delivered two more victories—one narrow and one broad—for religious liberty. The Background: The court issued rulings this week on…

James Newheiser, Jr. answers the question, “What does the Bible say about divorce and remarriage?” He addresses: Biblical grounds for divorce (:40) Unfaithfulness, repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation (1:24) Abandonment and…

Later this week, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release several potentially blockbuster decisions covering such issues as birth control, ministerial exceptions, and religious rights. Here are nine things…

We’re in crisis. Currently this includes health, cultural, racial, and economic realities. Jonathan Dodson—pastor in Austin, Texas, and founder of Gospel-Centered Discipleship—argues in Our Good Crisis: Overcoming Moral Chaos with…

The wisest person isn’t always the most experienced. I had to learn that the hard way. I graduated from high school as an evangelical kid—innocent enough to feel at home…

Born in Paris on February 7, 1559, Catherine de Bourbon, “princess of the blood” of France’s royal line, entered a world in turmoil.  As the Huguenot (French Calvinist) church grew,…

As a former Muslim, the questions still sound strange. Is this passage too intense for visitors? Does my sermon have enough jokes? Should we do an iPad giveaway? These questions…

“Nothing we expected, yet everything we need.” That’s what Michael and Lauren McAfee suggest you’ll find when you read the Bible for yourself. That’s their charge to the millennial generation…

My church’s dark wood pews and red cushions are probably 30 or 40 years old, approximately as old as the congregation itself. Hymnals and Bibles rest in carpet-padded racks on…

“This poem is disgusting,” one of my students declared not long ago as we settled in for a discussion of the Inferno, the first part of Dante’s Divine Comedy. She…