My father and stepmother are getting older, and last year my father had a heart attack. He recovered nicely, but it made all of us wonder about the future. I…
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Great Writing Is a Gift in Suffering – Nancy Guthrie
Few of us get through life without having the winds of difficulty blow through our lives at some point—cold and unrelenting winds that threaten to knock us down for good.…
5 Foundations That Lead to Compromise on Sexual Ethics – Brett McCracken
Every week it seems new CCM stars, former Christian celebrities, or Christian college graduates announce “evolving” beliefs on Christianity—how their “deconstruction” journey is leading them to reconsider or abandon faith…
This Week’s Free eBook: ‘Coming Home: Essays on the New Heaven and New Earth’ – Staff
Need a good book for your summer vacation? We’ve got you covered. This summer we are giving away a free eBook every week, for 12 weeks. This week (August 2…
20 Quotes from Garrett Kell on Sexual Purity – Matt Smethurst
These 20 quotes caught my attention as I read Garrell Kell’s helpful new book, Pure in Heart: Sexual Sin and the Promises of God (Crossway, 2021). You will never regret resisting sin.…
How to Inhabit an Unraveling Culture – Jonathan Dodson
According to a recent American Psychiatric Association poll, 62 percent of Americans feel more anxious than they did a year ago—a figure nearly double the anxiety levels of the previous…
The Best C. S. Lewis Book You’ve Never Read – Jeremy Larson
A few months ago, for the first time, I watched the 1986 film The Mission, starring Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, and others. One of the most dramatic…
9 Things You Should Know About the Olympics – Joe Carter
The 2020 Summer Olympics—officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad—were delayed a year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. But you can still catch the events in Tokyo…
The Bereans Had No Bibles: Re-envisioning Acts 17 – Griffin Gulledge
As I grew up in conservative Baptist churches, there was no Christian trait more valuable than Bible knowledge. Children’s programs gave awards for memorizing Scripture. Sunday sermons came from Scripture.…
The Now-and-Forever Kingdom of God – Paige Benton Brown
Paige Brown taught a session at TGC’s 2021 Women’s Conference titled “Kingdom Matters.” Many believers, she posited, focus their belief mainly on how we are saved (justification), while lessening the…