Category: The Gospel Coalition

“Standing on the side of the road I looked at the sky and thought: I’m just a chunk of meat hurtling through space on a rock. Pointless, futile, meaningless. It…

Is it risky to sing together during the coronavirus pandemic, especially as we look forward to cherished Christmas carols? Are the warnings real, or were earlier concerns overblown? What do…

“The dumbest thing I ever did was purchase a 2020 planner.” So says one of many internet memes about this crazy year. We knew it was election year and all.…

David Wells is one of the most influential theologians you’ve never heard of, helping to spark the Reformed resurgence 30 years ago. But if you’d met him as a child—a…

Caring for friends who are walking through pregnancy loss can feel like walking through a minefield. We know even a small misstep can cause great pain. Fear and insecurity can…

Family discipleship is the incredibly important and mostly ordinary spiritual lead­ership of your home. Put simply, family discipleship is leading your home by doing whatever you can whenever you can…

Usually by now, church staff are knee-deep in Christmas planning. The children’s pageant script is chosen, the choir is working on Advent selections, and someone has placed orders for large…

Everything had been going so well. By the early 1970s, the Jesus Movement was sparking a nationwide revival after the assassinations and protests and sex and drugs of the late…

Jim Davis and Justin Holcomb welcome Trillia Newbell to talk about some of the unique relational dynamics facing black women. Newbell covers being racially profiled as well as many false…

A solid seminary training warns prospective pastors that they’re far likelier to be run out of a church due to interpersonal conflict than due to theological disagreement. Still, we see…