When our family served as missionaries overseas, the sins of our host cultures were easy to diagnose. Street corners in southeast Asia were filled with temples, shrines, and sacrificial offerings,…
Category: The Gospel Coalition
In Praise of Rote Learning: Why We Need Catechisms – William Boekestein, Jonathan Landry Cruse, Andrew J. Miller
Rote. The word sounds negative, doesn’t it? It may give a parent flashbacks to long lists of dates or learning multiplication tables. Using mechanical or habitual repetition to teach children…
A Quarter of Mainline Methodist Churches Left the Denomination Last Year. Now What? – Mark Tooley
This month is the 100th anniversary of the Methodist Building on Capitol Hill, the stately edifice sitting across from the U.S. Capitol and Supreme Court. Built to house Methodism’s advocacy…
My Pastor’s Wife Showed Me Christ – Clara Lind
When I first met Julie, she was carrying snack bowls from the nursery, helping the kitchen volunteers, and keeping track of her children. When she saw me, however, she paused…
Shane & Shane to Lead Worship at TGCW24 – Staff
This summer, thousands of women from around the world will gather in Indianapolis on June 20–22 for The Gospel Coalition’s 2024 Women’s Conference, Behold and Believe: Encountering Jesus as the…
Unbelief Is Easy in a Secular Age – Matthew Jordan
In Ivan Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons, Nikolai Petrovich makes an astonishing discovery about his son Arkady. In the late afternoon sun, Nikolai, the devoted father, waits for his son to…
God’s Rescue Through the Wilderness – Ken Mbugua
In his keynote message at TGC’s 2023 National Conference, Ken Mbugua teaches from Exodus 14 on the importance of seeing God as a warrior king who fights for his people.…
Why I’m Hopeful for the Future of Disability Ministry – Sandra Peoples
I grew up in a small town in Oklahoma where my family attended First Baptist Church every week. That may sound like a common story, but what made my family’s…
Scripture Is Always Available. But Is It in Your Heart? – Andy Davis
My journey of memorizing the Bible began on a bench in Kenya as I waited for a bus to come. I decided to begin memorizing the book of Ephesians to…
‘Masters of the Air’ Soars to New Heights of WWII Storytelling – Brett McCracken
Earlier this month, I previewed all nine episodes of the highly anticipated Apple TV+ series Masters of the Air, which debuts its first two episodes on January 26 and subsequent…