Read Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received…
Category: The Gospel Coalition
Youth Sports and the Church: 8 Ministry Strategies for Engaging Families – Ed Uszynski, Brian Smith
One of the top concerns of youth pastors and ministry leaders is how often families are skipping church for travel sports. There’s no survey calculating how many families choose sports…
Transformed Together: Ryan Kwon on Ephesians 4:25–5:14 – Ryan Kwon
In this plenary message from TGC25, Ryan Kwon exposits Ephesians 4:25–5:14. He explains that God’s indicatives always lead to God’s imperatives, and the grace of God gives believers a new…
Let Homer Teach You About Hunger for God – Benjamin Myers
Tertullian famously asked, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” Aware of the intellectual riches available in the Greco-Roman tradition, early Christians faced a choice: Should they appropriate the best…
Discover Penal Substitutionary Atonement in Hebrews – James N. Beevers
Few modern songs have enjoyed the popularity and cross-denominational appeal of Keith Getty and Stuart Townend’s “In Christ Alone.” It may surprise you, then, that the Presbyterian Church (USA) voted…
The Bible Is for You – Courtney Doctor, Melissa Kruger, Amanda Bible Williams, Raechel Myers
Melissa and Courtney talk with Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams about how they learned to love the Bible. They discuss both the challenges and rewards of studying Scripture, memorizing…
The Christian Cure for Loneliness Isn’t Just More Friends – Bob Martin IV
My 20s were probably the hardest years of my life because of one word: loneliness. It’s not that I was completely alone. I had friends. I had roommates. I’d go…
What Wicca’s Origins Teach Us About Christian Nationalism – Joe Carter
In 1921, an Egyptologist named Margaret Murray accidently invented a religion. Murray wrote a book and an Encyclopaedia Britannica entry that claimed the witch trials of the 16th and 17th…
Why I Changed My Mind on Mixed Martial Arts – Sean DeMars
I used to love mixed martial arts (MMA)—the submissions, the knockouts, the five-round wars—all of it. And I didn’t just love it from the couch. I’ve spent years on the…
Make Room at Church for Special-Needs Families – Sandra Peoples
My husband, Lee, stood next to the table at the county’s autism awareness walk and resource fair. Among the therapy providers, safety equipment salesmen, and lawyers advertising their services, the…