Believers appreciate Isaiah 9:2–7 because Isaiah prophesies about the child, a son, who will be named “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace.” However, we often ov...
Cultural perceptions of transgender theory have shifted recently. Evidence continues to mount that cross-sex hormones have generally negative outcomes for minors. Approval of measures to ensure sex...
Melissa Kruger and Courtney Doctor talk about how to seek out the counsel of wise friends and how to respond well when friends seek your counsel. They discuss how to ask good questions, deliver a g...
Feeling marital distance can be like sharing a home with a stranger. An emotional gap in marriage is one of the leading causes of divorce 58% of divorced couples cite growing apart as a major facto...
My worn Bible lay open before me. I had that look of pained reflection that often attends my guided prayer times. Hoping for fresh insight, I reread Psalm 33:16–17 slowly and prayerfully: “The king...
Many of us learned about the Bible for the first time in Sunday school classes or youth group Bible studies. Perhaps in college we learned how to study it for ourselves through a campus ministry or...
They have been quick to brand the new pope an ‘anti-Trump’ ‘total Marxist’. In return, he is already critiquing their worldviewIn the outer reaches of the Magasphere, it would be fair to say the ad...
As we seek unity in our churches, there are three counterfeit forms of unity to watch out for.
The first is coercive unity, in which people are pressured to conform outwardly while they secretly h...
Most pro-life Christians are well versed in the scriptural, philosophical, and scientific arguments that support our belief that the fetus is a person. We can probably quote Psalm 139:15–16 and sev...
Across the United States, we see a generational crisis in our churches. Older and younger Christians often don’t understand each other and their differing priorities and perspectives. It’s understa...
When I was younger, a particular kind of 3D picture was popular: You could easily identify the picture at first glance, but if you stared at it long enough, another picture would appear as if magic...
Paul commands us to set our minds on things above (Col. 3:1–4), and one reason for this instruction is that it’s so much easier not to. All sorts of diversions come more naturally. I don’t have to ...
In 1969, John Stott had a counterintuitive idea. The fruit of this idea continues to hone and challenge my preaching all these years later.
Each time someone purchased one of Stott’s books or paid...
I was the kid who couldn’t wait for the first day of school. Newly sharpened pencils and crisp, clean notebook paper made me giddy. Each subject seemed like an invitation to discover. I was eager t...





