Every generation wants to see the Great Commission fulfilled in their lifetime. But for all our urgency, fidelity is often the casualty. Elliot Clark’s new book, Mission Affirmed: Recovering the…
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Why Paul Never Wrote ‘Peace and Grace’ – Casey Shutt
Greetings matter. While cultures have different “greetings playbooks,” each has established patterns for the practice. But what if one greeting revealed mysteries of the universe? What if it provided a…
Is Attending a Wedding an Endorsement? – David Strain
“Pastor, our gay son is engaged.” “Pastor, a few years ago my brother left his wife for another woman. Now they’ve invited us to the wedding.” “Pastor, my daughter wants…
How Storytime Shapes Your Children – Betsy Childs Howard
How might bedtime stories be forming your kids? Every society has concepts of right and wrong which create moral ecosystems that pass down values from generation to generation. As described…
Raising Girl Athletes in a Transgender World – David E. Prince
Not long ago, I watched my daughter, a college freshman, play a dual match on her college tennis team. Every time I watched her serve an ace, I thought about…
The 20th Century: A Case Study in Losing Human Dignity – Sharon James
“Now Death rides triumphantly on his pale horse through our streets and breaks into almost every house, where any inhabitants are to be found.” So one Puritan minister described the terrible…
Why the Innocent Must Not Be Targeted in Warfare – Joe Carter
Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more wounded on Monday in rocket strikes by Russian forces on residential apartment buildings in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. This wasn’t…
How to Keep Evangelizing When You Sound like a Fool – Jeremy Walker
Have you felt your confidence in the gospel shaken as you tell it? As you speak about Christ to strangers on the street, you see the confusion or disdain in…
New from TGC Kids: ‘Polly and the Screen Time Overload’ – Joanna Kimbrel
As a parent of two little girls, I have a love-hate relationship with screens. Tablets give my oldest a chance to play games with some of her favorite characters or…
Jesus Wants Your Wallet – Douglas A. Sweeney
Give sacrificially. Jesus made the point many times in many ways. In the Sermon on the Plain, he exhorted a large multitude: “Give, and it will be given to you.…