For months a room may have looked fine. Everything seemed sufficiently neat and tidy until, dust cloth in hand, spring-cleaning begins. Suddenly, the dirt accumulated over winter seems unending. The…
Category: The Gospel Coalition
Why a Drug Addict’s Bet Is Helping to Grow the Church in Southeast Asia – Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
At 28 years old, Massimo Gei was a wreck. He’d been using drugs since high school. In college, he began helping friends find drugs too. Around the same time, he…
TGC Announces New List of ‘Best Commentaries’ – Jared Kennedy
If you’re a church member planning a Sunday school class or Bible study, a pastor getting ready for a new sermon series, or a seminarian looking to build your biblical…
Jonathan Edwards’s Vision for the 21st Century – Collin Hansen, George Marsden
In some of our most tumultuous times, God gives us our greatest thinkers. Consider Augustine writing his City of God during the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth…
Why Gentile Inclusion Doesn’t Affirm Same-Sex Marriage – Rebecca McLaughlin
Last Tuesday, I met as usual with my church community group for Bible study, fellowship, and prayer. It’s a joyful, rowdy, diverse consortium, featuring people born on five continents and…
On My Shelf: Life and Books with Joshua Chatraw – Ivan Mesa, Joshua Chatraw
On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers. I asked Joshua Chatraw—the Beeson Divinity School Billy Graham chair for…
What to Expect When a Loved One Enters Hospice – Kathryn Butler
I recently lost a dear friend to cancer. She’d struggled with treatments and recurrence for years, and when her doctor finally said the heavy word “hospice,” she and her family…
There’s No Profit in Work. But There Is a Reward. – Russell L. Meek
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” We prime our children with this question almost from the beginning, urging them to envision themselves as doctors or lawyers,…
How ‘Avatar’ Taps into Gen Z’s Core Longings – Genevie Roby
When the original Avatar released in 2009, journalists observed a phenomenon they called “Post-Avatar Depression,” in which moviegoers were devastated with lingering longings for Pandora’s fantasy world. After the 2022…
Prepare Your Congregation to Die – Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage
According to a study from Faith Communities Today, 33 percent of the members in the surveyed churches are older than 65. The 2020 census revealed that 10,000 baby boomers turn…