Even for a state used to dramatic natural disasters and not-uncommon apocalyptic scenes, this week’s wildfires in the Los Angeles area were especially scary and devastating. Large sections of prominent,…
Category: The Gospel Coalition
Is Meta Chasing the Anti-Progressive Vibe Shift? – Patrick Miller
If you traveled back to the early 1960s, you’d be hard-pressed to find Christians hopeful about the country’s trajectory. The sexual revolution, hippie movement, and summer of love suggested the…
Why People Are Leaving the Church – Jim Davis, Michael Graham
We’re currently living through the largest and fastest religious shift in U.S. history, with 40 million people having left houses of worship, mainly in the last 25 years. In this…
Beware the Fractured Mirror of Digital Technology – Joshua Chatraw
Our digital devices are history’s first “natural” technology. The printing press and the telephone, for example, each changed the world by doing a particular task. But digital technology doesn’t do…
From Plains to the White House: Jimmy Carter’s Legacy for Evangelicals – Barry Hankins
When Jimmy Carter ran for president in 1976, he mentioned almost casually that he was a “born-again Christian.” In an era before the rise of the Christian Right and “evangelical…
The Year of the Baptists: Jimmy Carter and the Election of 1976 – Obbie Tyler Todd
When the aging Baptist preacher John Leland took to his diary in December 1826, he recorded “two remarkable events” that had transpired over the previous year. The first was that…
The God Who Legislates (Ex. 20) – Don Carson
In this lecture, Don Carson discusses God’s role as both Creator and Legislator, challenging listeners to consider the Bible’s laws and their relevance in today’s society amid objections to Christian…
Coming Soon: ‘Scrolling Ourselves to Death: Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age’ – Brett McCracken, Ivan Mesa
Last year felt like a turning point in the rising awareness of the detrimental effects of excessive scrolling. Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation released in March and quickly became a…
The Case for Retrieving Thomas Aquinas with Care – Leonardo De Chirico
The Middle Ages are over and distant. Theology is no longer considered the “queen of the sciences.” So, what does a medieval theologian like Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–74) have to…
Imitate Israel’s Culture of Studying Scripture – Gary Edward Schnittjer
“Why are there so many quotations and allusions to earlier Scriptures in the Scriptures?” This question gets asked regularly about my research on the Bible’s use of the Bible. New…