Religion

How I Saw Esau in 3 Dimensions

If biblical theology were a dinner guest, you might expect it to arrive in a three-piece suit, sport a full beard, and speak with a Dutch accent. Whether we’re thinking about Geerhardus Vos’s semin...

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Why Can We Trust the Bible?

Melissa Kruger and Courtney Doctor talk with Vanessa Hawkins about the Bible’s trustworthiness. They discuss why things like apparent inconsistencies and many different authors can actually point t...

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Christian Athlete, Do You Know Your #AO1?

Scroll through any Christian athlete’s social media and you’ll likely see #AO1. Whether playing in front of 5 or 50,000, Christian athletes have been encouraged for decades to play for an “Audience...

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‘Materialists’ Hints at Hunger for Sincere Romance

Ross Douthat’s recent podcast interview with social scientist Alice Evans is fascinating for a lot of reasons. They discuss the fertility crisis, and Evans argues it’s downstream from a “coupling c...

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Aching for Eternity in the Adirondacks

Sawdust trails lace lakeside mountain air with memory’s scent. Melodious waves of lake water lick the shore, reverberating beneath ancient boathouse beams. Purple mountains stretch into sunrise ski...

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God’s Love Is Sufficient to Help You Fight Porn

Pornography dragged me into defeat, humiliation, and a sense of hopelessness. Each engagement with porn tore at my soul, obscuring Christ’s victory on the cross. Why did I do that? How did I fall f...

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Pivotal Term for Faith and Family at the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s 2025 term concluded with four decisions that collectively represent significant victories for religious liberty, parental rights, and traditional moral frameworks. All four case...

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On My Shelf: Life and Books with Matthew Bingham

On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers. I asked Matthew Bingham—author of A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to ...

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Shepherd the Flock: Advice to New Elders

You can’t read the book of Acts and the New Testament epistles without seeing the vital role elders play in providing leadership to the church (Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5). Also referred to as pastors/s...

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Heavenward Still: How a 19th-Century Novel Speaks Today

When I was a young newlywed, I had a picture of what my life would be like when I was older. I was certain that by the time I entered my 40s, I’d be a faithful, wiser version of myself simply becau...

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Outprinting the Prosperity Gospel in Southern Africa

Seven years ago, Tommie van der Walt went to his elders with an idea. “I wanted to train pastors,” he said. He especially wanted to train pastors in impoverished and underresourced areas. And he w...

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Unity, Leadership, and the Eternal Church (1 Cor. 3)

In this lecture, Don Carson discusses 1 Corinthians 3, highlighting the apostle Paul’s warning against factionalism and emphasizing that Christian leaders are servants of God. The church is portray...

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Don’t Look for Bigfoot When You Need the Church

Imagine a world in which more people believe in aliens than in the fairness of the criminal justice system. Where belief in telekinesis is more common than trust in the government. Where more peopl...

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Let’s Not Rush to Roles

It seems nearly impossible in our current Christian context to discuss male and female personhood without hastening to our roles. “Yes,” we’re often told, “we know that men and women are co-image-b...

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Want to Grow in Wisdom? You Need Gospel Friends.

Who are “your people”? Most of us have a microcommunity—the people we exercise, vacation, and go to church with. The people we grab coffee or lunch with most often. The ones who come to birthday pa...

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Countering 3 Muslim Attacks on the Bible

Pew Research Center reports that Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing religious group. In North America, Islam is growing not only by immigration and high birth rates but also by evangelism and ...

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Saving Our Kids from Scrolling to Death

It’s no secret that kids today are not all right. Youth rates of anxiety and depression, eating disorders, pornography exposure, and suicide remain shockingly high. Inside and outside the church, w...

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Work Is Cursed. We Need the Gospel.

If you read media reports, you’ll discover most of them see work in a negative light. Here are recent examples: Employee engagement is down. The perceived quality of products and services is falli...

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4 Questions Pastors Should Ask Before Using AI

AI is everywhere, and it’s advancing at unpredictable rates. Between apocalyptic doomsday predictions and “utopian” visions of a laborless world, faithful pastors of varying ages, gifts, and denomi...

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Biblical Ethics in a Divided Age: Learning from Herman Bavinck

Much of American political discourse is really about ethics. Based on the latest news cycle, debates flare up about topics like the use of excessive force by police, systemic causes of racial dispa...

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In the Aftermath of the Texas Floods, Keep Watch with the Suffering

Eight years ago, my family lost our home and most of our belongings in an unprecedented flood after Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 40 inches of rain over four days. Six feet of water sat in our ...

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