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Psychology tells us, “Your problem is a lack of self-esteem.” And biology tells us, “You’re just evolved amoebae” · June 30, 2019 · View post
The seven A’s of saying “I’m sorry” · June 25, 2019 · View post
“Lagos: Hope and Warning” · July 12, 2018 · View post
“The tenuous self, sensitive only to the needs of This Instant, always believes that the present is infinitely consequential.” · June 18, 2018 · View post
“I spend half my time telling Christians to study doctrine, and the other half telling them that doctrine is not enough” · June 15, 2018 · View post
The limitations and redemption of wokeness · June 8, 2018 · View post
Contextualization is “using the gospel to answer the questions that people actually have” · May 21, 2018 · View post
Choosing to be tech-wise with your kids · May 19, 2018 · View post
“Human nature is like a drunk peasant. Lift him into the saddle on one side, over he topples on the other side” · May 14, 2018 · View post
“You can listen to your heart, or you can speak to your heart.” · May 6, 2018 · View post
“A letter to my brothers” · May 3, 2018 · View post
“The hope that moms don’t need” · May 1, 2018 · View post
“Only those who have never known him can remain indifferent to him” · March 30, 2018 · View post
God’s wrath “has nothing to do with bad temper or spite or animosity or revenge. The wrath of God is his perfect, righteous, settled, implacable antagonism to evil.” · March 30, 2018 · View post
American evangelicalism: “a movement damaged in the fall from a great height” · March 20, 2018 · View post
Whose image is this? · February 19, 2018 · View post
“Advice is useless in bondage” · February 3, 2018 · View post
“What the heart most loves and wants the mind finds reasonable, the emotions find valuable, and the will finds doable” · January 20, 2018 · View post
Politics, power, and evangelical orphans · January 13, 2018 · View post
The Lindsay Bible Reading Plan · December 21, 2017 · View post
“We must not be snobs or snobs about snobs.” · December 20, 2017 · View post
The best retelling of the Jesus story isn’t Narnia or Harry Potter · November 28, 2017 · View post
Practicing Advent with family and friends · November 28, 2017 · View post
“The U.S. Racial Crisis and World Evangelism” · November 27, 2017 · View post
Lament Poems in the Bible · November 6, 2017 · View post
“We are, all of us, far worse than merely ‘unsafe.’” · November 6, 2017 · View post
Pray for “for all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, Godly and dignified in every way.” · November 5, 2017 · View post
“This style of Christian worship may be easy to replicate, but one thing can’t be copied” · October 30, 2017 · View post
This “reductionism prevents us from learning the human stories behind the ideas” · October 26, 2017 · View post
“The urban/rural divide is the single most overlooked fracture in American religion” · August 3, 2017 · View post
“You can grow a church in one of the most post-Christian cities in the United States” · June 5, 2017 · View post
Pentecost: “The story in Acts is also our story” · June 4, 2017 · View post
On “brokenness” and other euphemisms for sin · June 2, 2017 · View post
“Technology is good for lots of things. But what it is not good for — and perhaps what it is actively bad for — is the formation of persons” · May 4, 2017 · View post
Church planting’s purpose, potential, and power · April 25, 2017 · View post
“The truth is that your kids will sin and eventually they will sin sexually“ · April 24, 2017 · View post
Marriage: “This is about that” · April 21, 2017 · View post
“Death did not claim him as its victim; instead he seized it as its Victor.” · April 16, 2017 · View post
“A totally new mode of being has arisen in the universe” · April 16, 2017 · View post
“On this mountain He will swallow up death forever.” · April 14, 2017 · View post
Christian faith is “a trust in the merits of his life, death, and resurrection” · April 14, 2017 · View post
“The cross undermines our self-righteousness” · April 14, 2017 · View post
He was tempted as Man, but he conquered as God. He hungered, but he fed thousands. He thirsted, but gave drink. · April 14, 2017 · View post
“We do, of course, have One who has gone before” · April 14, 2017 · View post
“We live in an age when people want to project great meaning on politics. This won’t work.” · April 10, 2017 · View post
“What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience” · April 3, 2017 · View post
“In the last 20 years, Christianity has exploded by 300 percent in the world’s most influential city.” · March 23, 2017 · View post
Christian Thinkers Reflect on “The Benedict Option” · March 22, 2017 · View post
“Reformists focus on persuading and forgiving those in power. Revolutionaries don’t.” · March 21, 2017 · View post
“The blessing of reproof” · March 17, 2017 · View post
“Your vision may not be what you think it is” · February 24, 2017 · View post
The politicalization of everything · February 23, 2017 · View post
“To be fully pro-life I must broaden my sense of morality and embrace a wider agenda” · February 17, 2017 · View post
Guest post: “Practicing Sabbath” · February 17, 2017 · View post
“At the core of who we are as followers of Christ is a commitment to care for the wanderer” · February 10, 2017 · View post
The passion that “is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things” · February 10, 2017 · View post
Magic, science, technology, and religion · February 9, 2017 · View post
A prayer for 2017 · January 24, 2017 · View post
“Jesus connects justice and mercy to intimacy with God” · January 19, 2017 · View post
“The call of Christians is to be so deeply prayerful that we respond with creativity rather than just reaction” · January 17, 2017 · View post
“There are no gradations in the image of God” · January 16, 2017 · View post
“When a friend told me about this place, I had to come see for myself” · January 9, 2017 · View post
“You can’t doubt belief A except on the basis of some belief B you’re believing instead at the moment” · January 6, 2017 · View post
10 good news stories from 2016 · January 5, 2017 · View post
The Christological pro-life argument · December 27, 2016 · View post
“Is Children of Men 2016’s Most Relevant Film?” · December 27, 2016 · View post
Do I have to believe in things like the virgin birth and the resurrection to be a Christian? · December 25, 2016 · View post
Questions for a marriage check-up · December 23, 2016 · View post
The goal of the sermon should be to “storm the citadel of the will and capture it for Jesus Christ” · December 3, 2016 · View post
“Sanctuary cities” explained · November 26, 2016 · View post
If the U.S. had 100 people: Charting Americans’ religious affiliations · November 18, 2016 · View post
Stetzer on seeking understanding post-election and “white evangelicals” · November 17, 2016 · View post
“Joy without obedience is frivolity; obedience without joy is moralism.” · November 14, 2016 · View post
Pray for “for all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, Godly and dignified in every way.” · November 8, 2016 · View post
Prayer for God’s governance · November 8, 2016 · View post
“He had found a way to mock an insult with a prayer” · November 1, 2016 · View post
“Baby Jazlene, buried through the kindness of strangers” · October 19, 2016 · View post
Jesus was a “migrant refugee… outrunning the Planned Parenthood of his day, the king Herod” · October 18, 2016 · View post
The Church is “the institution that sees the human being as a creature, not a machine” · October 13, 2016 · View post
The fundamental purpose of the church · September 29, 2016 · View post
The thousands of churches that serve Syrian refugees · September 16, 2016 · View post
“If atheists win the day, political liberalism will become illiberal and nihilistic” · September 9, 2016 · View post
“The experience of those who are losing their religion shouldn’t obscure the experience of those who are finding it” · September 2, 2016 · View post
Pew: How America finds a new church · September 2, 2016 · View post
Critical question to ask when living out the Christian sexual ethic: “What does repentance look like?” · August 21, 2016 · View post
“In tense elections, religious leaders can make things better—or worse” · August 20, 2016 · View post
“Only through worship are we restored to vigor from the exhaustion and burnout of seeking our own glory” · August 19, 2016 · View post
“Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you…” · August 9, 2016 · View post
Is what we do as church what people in the Bible did? · August 4, 2016 · View post
“Living in an anxious age” · August 4, 2016 · View post
The Washington Post publishes excerpts from Tony Evans’ message on race and gospel · July 28, 2016 · View post
Study Notes: Mark 7 · July 3, 2016 · View post
Trauma’s expanding definition applied to the church · July 1, 2016 · View post
The exhaustive scope of the Sermon on the Mount · June 29, 2016 · View post
Three good things about difficult Bible passages · June 26, 2016 · View post
A Christian response to gun violence in the U.S. · June 22, 2016 · View post
Speaking in a digital age · June 20, 2016 · View post
“You are not your sexuality” · June 18, 2016 · View post
“What Christians just don’t get about LGBT folks” · June 18, 2016 · View post
Make your student small group awesome · June 16, 2016 · View post
Prayer for church, race, and class · June 13, 2016 · View post
This Year’s Summer Jam · June 12, 2016 · View post
Can We Still Weep Together? · June 12, 2016 · View post
“Lord, put into authority honest, wise, and generous leaders…” · May 6, 2016 · View post
“He presented himself alive and spoke about the kingdom of God… and as they were looking on, he was lifted up.” · May 5, 2016 · View post
“The universe is an endless ocean of God’s joy and glory. We are caught temporarily in a little drop of sadness here on Earth.” · May 5, 2016 · View post
Global cities look more like each other than their regions · May 5, 2016 · View post
“In God, whose word I praise — in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” · May 2, 2016 · View post
”The very kind of prayer that forces me to surrender is also the prayer that needles me to want.” · April 24, 2016 · View post
“Life’s impossibilities, and the limits they place upon us, are often where we grow most quickly in our desire for God” · April 23, 2016 · View post
”The reason I am so frustrated is because of my inadequate doctrine.” · April 15, 2016 · View post
“But what’s truly terrifying is girls like them aren’t the minority. I am.” · March 29, 2016 · View post
“If pundits speak about immigrants as threats, view poor minorities as economic drains, mock Christians as bigots…” · February 26, 2016 · View post
”Your religion is the story you tell yourself about yourself to others.” · February 1, 2016 · View post
”How could the good guys…seek help from someone whose greed, brutality, and lust for power were legendary?” · January 26, 2016 · View post
”I have experienced much greater academic freedom at Wheaton than I ever did at the secular university that I left.” · January 23, 2016 · View post
”Just as sin is man substituting himself for God, so salvation is God substituting himself for man.” · January 21, 2016 · View post
”Lord, make my words honest and true, economical and few, wise and well chosen, calm and kind.” · January 18, 2016 · View post
”Mercy ministry always comes down to this - you can help, but only Jesus can heal.” · January 16, 2016 · View post
”Imagine if you treated your actual, physical mailbox like you treat your email. Here’s how it would go…” · January 9, 2016 · View post
“we’re heading toward an era where drastic responses to will become socially acceptable” · January 8, 2016 · View post
Why can’t we read anymore? Or listen to our kids? Or just be present? · January 1, 2016 · View post
“In math, it’s wonderful that there are basic problems that still exist that nobody knows the answer to” · December 26, 2015 · View post
How a refugee comes to the US · December 22, 2015 · View post
More than a role model · December 16, 2015 · View post
”a change from self to unself” · December 14, 2015 · View post
”Jesus never predicted his death without adding that he would rise” · December 1, 2015 · View post
”Such a man is altogether beyond our reach. He succeeded where we always fail. He had complete self-mastery…” · November 28, 2015 · View post
”A staggering moment for Chicago” · November 25, 2015 · View post
Research shows that in the long term refugees are a “hugely profitable investment” · November 20, 2015 · View post
”Send out your light and your truth and let them lead me” · November 11, 2015 · View post
”Good teachers make it possible for people to change their positions without shame” · November 9, 2015 · View post
498 Years Ago Today: Luther and His 95 Theses · November 1, 2015 · View post
“You are not my life” · October 14, 2015 · View post
What God requires · October 9, 2015 · View post
”Jesus was single. He never married or had sex. And he was completely fulfilled and had the most effective life in history” · October 7, 2015 · View post
The Missing Demographic in Urban Churches · October 6, 2015 · View post
Why shattering a moralistic understanding of Christianity is a good thing · September 16, 2015 · View post
”No longer do we think we have the power merely to discover moral reality and truth — we think we have the power to actually create it. What we have now is less a reversal of modernity and than an intensification of its deepest patterns” · September 14, 2015 · View post
”Water runs downhill and the highest hills are the great cities. If we can stir them…” · September 14, 2015 · View post
“Everything changes in light of the Victim who is the Judge” · September 10, 2015 · View post
Boston College philosophy prof identifies only four possibilities re Abortion and culpability · September 8, 2015 · View post
“When does your religion legally excuse you from doing part of your job?” · September 7, 2015 · View post
”When You Protect Your Child from the Porn Industry, You Also Protect Mine” · September 2, 2015 · View post
”the Trojan horses of pleasure and comfort, ‘wisdom’ and ‘security,’ flattery and shame” · August 18, 2015 · View post
”The unfolding of your words gives light” · August 14, 2015 · View post
Culture, sex, and god · August 11, 2015 · View post
“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the matters of life” · August 11, 2015 · View post
“So commenced the unlikely friendship and intellectual partnership of the atheist and the apologist” · August 11, 2015 · View post
“…marriage means sometimes hating this other person but staying together because you promised you would” · July 30, 2015 · View post
“The Lord knows how to keep his pastors humble so you can worry about keeping your pastor going” · July 29, 2015 · View post
“Legalism lacks the supreme sense of worship. It obeys but it does not adore.” · July 12, 2015 · View post
“The 1st question is not, ‘What did Jesus do and how do I do it?’ but ‘What does Jesus offer and how do I receive it?’” · June 26, 2015 · View post
“The powerful words of forgiveness delivered to Dylann Roof by victims’ relatives” · June 21, 2015 · View post
The Résumé Beyond Your Reach · June 11, 2015 · View post
The Bible and same sex relationships - A review article · June 4, 2015 · View post
“Where You Live Changes What You See When You Read the Bible” · May 29, 2015 · View post
History “is not on the side of those who brook no dissent, ignore all counter-evidence, and demonize all opposition” · May 14, 2015 · View post
“We strive to fulfill the Genesis 1:28 creation mandate through built places” · May 13, 2015 · View post
“Church planters and pastors, your greatest asset is the Word of God” · May 12, 2015 · View post
On love and society · April 26, 2015 · View post
“The angel asked,”What are you doing here? This is a tomb and tombs are for dead people. Jesus is alive again!” · April 5, 2015 · View post
“18 Things I Will Not Regret Doing With My Kids” · April 3, 2015 · View post
“Think of your city as teeming with neighbors whom you are called to know, love, and engage with the gospel” · March 31, 2015 · View post
“The wicked disadvantage others to advance themselves. Th righteous disadvantage themselves to advance others” · March 28, 2015 · View post
Thy will be done · March 27, 2015 · View post
“When we talk ‘culture’, Christian theology uniquely acknowledges both image of God and brokenness of sin” · March 27, 2015 · View post
“I can’t really talk about race with the premise ‘I don’t have a problem’” · March 27, 2015 · View post
“He who calls you is faithful; he will certainly come through.” · March 23, 2015 · View post
“Learn to read the signs of the times or be forced to read the writing on the wall” · March 21, 2015 · View post
A prayer from Patrick on his namesake day · March 18, 2015 · View post
Luther on prayer · March 16, 2015 · View post
“Though he owes me nothing, he gives me everything I need” · March 12, 2015 · View post
“Reading Ezra 9 will never feel urgent, but it is. A biblical diet forms us” · March 9, 2015 · View post
“Leaders own all the problems and defer all the praise” · March 7, 2015 · View post
Praying for happiness · March 1, 2015 · View post
Inner life and outer life · February 25, 2015 · View post
“Self-denial is saying only: He goes ahead of us; hold fast to him.” · February 25, 2015 · View post
Peace for the city · January 26, 2015 · View post
The not-yet new year · January 22, 2015 · View post
“Could it be that France is in the early stages of a Christian revival?” · January 22, 2015 · View post
Being the church in a world where social media cravings are harder to resist than nicotine · January 15, 2015 · View post
“It is a great comfort to know that our judge will be none other than our saviour” · January 7, 2015 · View post
“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it springs the issues of life” · January 6, 2015 · View post
The scientific case for God · January 2, 2015 · View post
2 Thessalonians and New Year’s Resolutions · January 1, 2015 · View post
“Contrary to what many books say, do not start with yourself…. your self-knowledge is limited.” · January 1, 2015 · View post
Interested in serving the church in a city? · December 19, 2014 · View post
“…and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” · December 14, 2014 · View post
Hard lessons from Mars Hill · December 12, 2014 · View post
Live stream of “A Time To Speak” · December 12, 2014 · View post
Good News! Great Joy! Parents, make this Christmas special for your family · December 10, 2014 · View post
“this is a gospel issue because we’re all created in the image of God and redeemed equally” · December 8, 2014 · View post
Meet the doctor who still makes house calls — in Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhoods · December 8, 2014 · View post
Ferguson, Obama, and what’s next · November 27, 2014 · View post
“As our personality becomes reorganized around God and his eternal life, self-denial becomes our settled disposition” · November 24, 2014 · View post
Caring for ebola patients · November 20, 2014 · View post
Why plant churches · November 16, 2014 · View post
Church and art · November 12, 2014 · View post
“some days leave me feeling more like Clark Griswold than the Apostle Paul” · October 28, 2014 · View post
“God doesn’t just make people better. He makes people new.” · October 8, 2014 · View post
“Youth ministry is successful when students graduate knowing who they are in Christ” · October 7, 2014 · View post
“Work that is truly Christian is work well done” · September 21, 2014 · View post
Suffering, joy, life, and death · September 13, 2014 · View post
“Theologically edited java jacket quotes” · September 11, 2014 · View post
“we tell ourselves… we are entitled to know anything we want, as quickly as we want to know it” · September 2, 2014 · View post
“The fact that God lays a burden of prayer and keeps us praying is the prima facie evidence that He purposes to grant the answer” · August 25, 2014 · View post
“God didn’t promise that we would never go into the valley of the shadow of death.What he did promise is that he would go with us” · August 23, 2014 · View post
“This I know, that God is for me.” · August 20, 2014 · View post
“The Holy Spirit has been given to apply the redemption that’s been purchased and worked out for us” · August 19, 2014 · View post
“Morality is not Christianity” · August 19, 2014 · View post
Understanding the new sexual morality is necessary to effectively and winsomely counter it · August 15, 2014 · View post
The god of open options · August 14, 2014 · View post
“How did Christ love the church? Self-sacrificially for her good” · August 14, 2014 · View post
On manliness and maturity · August 12, 2014 · View post
”ISIS’ violent overthrow of “Iraq’s largest Christian city” · August 11, 2014 · View post
“Why missionaries put their lives on the line” · August 11, 2014 · View post
Two questions that may help your church’s ministry · July 31, 2014 · View post
The Parable of the Lawn Mower · July 31, 2014 · View post
“Humility [is] the place of entire dependence on God” · July 26, 2014 · View post
“Grace be to all who love Jesus Christ with love incorruptible” · July 25, 2014 · View post
“No crecemos en la fe por ‘creer en más cosas’, sino por confiar en la mano de Dios y en Su Palabra” · July 24, 2014 · View post
“Reading Scripture and preaching Christ should give him as much credit as possible for ‘so great a salvation’” · July 22, 2014 · View post
Talking to kids about porn · July 19, 2014 · View post
“Let my soul live and praise you, and let your rules help me” · July 15, 2014 · View post
“Far be it from me to boast — except in the cross of Christ” · July 14, 2014 · View post
“How can we conform to the image of a God we have not beheld?” · July 10, 2014 · View post
“Big Theology for Little Kids” · July 10, 2014 · View post
San Francisco and the church · July 6, 2014 · View post
“we are nothing more than a few grains of sand in a majestic divine plan… that somehow by grace includes us” · June 23, 2014 · View post
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” · June 19, 2014 · View post
“Some demand signs; others seek wisdom. But we preach Christ crucified: The power and wisdom of God.” · June 12, 2014 · View post
“The human heart is an idol factory.” · May 13, 2014 · View post
“Jesus is who died — more than that, who was raised — who is withGod, who is interceding for us. Who, then, can separate us from his love?” · April 20, 2014 · View post
“I am not in charge. I am not the purpose of my life. I will not find the ‘true’ me. I cannot create a better me” · April 6, 2014 · View post
Preparing for Sunday on purpose · April 6, 2014 · View post
“Look there’s a mouse! If you listen hard enough you can see it.” · April 2, 2014 · View post
Noah (the movie, not the person) · April 1, 2014 · View post
Sin’s multidimensionality · March 22, 2014 · View post
“No other person, not even in my imagination, has ever loved me like he has.” · March 15, 2014 · View post
“Don’t waste your time trying to believe in yourself.” · March 15, 2014 · View post
31 days of purity · March 12, 2014 · View post
Celebrity and the pastorate · March 8, 2014 · View post
“Let me hear your loving kindness in the morning, for in you I trust; let me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul” · March 8, 2014 · View post
“Not an isolated instance of missionary awesomeness” · March 8, 2014 · View post
“Do not allow me success that exceeds my sanctification” · March 5, 2014 · View post
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore” · March 5, 2014 · View post
Five passages in the gospels where Jesus is friend of sinners · March 4, 2014 · View post
“Dayuma, First Convert from Tribe that Martyred ‘Gates of Splendor’ Missionaries, Dies.” · March 4, 2014 · View post
“He rescued me, because he delighted in me.” · February 25, 2014 · View post
“This God—his way is perfect; his word proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.” · February 25, 2014 · View post
“We evangelicals need a loftier ecclesiology” · February 22, 2014 · View post
How you become you · February 19, 2014 · View post
“The Bible is not about the best people making it up to God; it’s about God making it down to the worst people.” · February 18, 2014 · View post
Goodnight Pachuca. · February 3, 2014 · View post
“Seaworthy Soul” · January 29, 2014 · View post
[Christian theology] “cannot be content with philosophies that deed a playing field to religion provided that it keeps in bounds…” · January 27, 2014 · View post
A New Generation and abortion · January 17, 2014 · View post
2013 Year in photos · January 5, 2014 · View post
“you are a slave to what you obey” · January 3, 2014 · View post
“A New Year’s Plea: Plan!” · January 1, 2014 · View post
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer” · December 31, 2013 · View post
“Men who do not know God must always lurch and wobble.” · December 28, 2013 · View post
Oxford digitizes one of the few remaining original Gutenberg Bibles · December 28, 2013 · View post
“Whenever God calls people out of darkness he calls them into the church” · December 14, 2013 · View post
“Our desire is that kids not only know all the Bible stories, but know the Bible story” · December 14, 2013 · View post
All cultures need the Gospel · December 9, 2013 · View post
“Christ is the end of ‘righteousness by law’ for anyone who believes” · December 7, 2013 · View post
“Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.” · November 26, 2013 · View post
Sayers on work · November 11, 2013 · View post
“In the world you will experience suffering. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” · October 30, 2013 · View post
“The greatest single secret of evangelistic or missionary effectiveness is the willingness to suffer and die” · October 27, 2013 · View post
“Gospel fruit (addressing felt needs) should not be confused with gospel root — the substitutionary death of Christ.” · October 25, 2013 · View post
“I’m not for socializing the gospel. I’m for gospelizing the social.” · October 22, 2013 · View post
“In God’s mind, Christ was crucified before Adam failed. Calvary is Plan A.” · October 22, 2013 · View post
“before we had done anything, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself” · October 22, 2013 · View post
“In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?” · October 22, 2013 · View post
“You have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before you in the light of life.” · October 22, 2013 · View post
“God is his own interpreter.” · October 22, 2013 · View post
“The basic point is this: I, like many young evangelicals, don’t need more worldliness. I need less.” · October 16, 2013 · View post
“Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.” · October 16, 2013 · View post
“Only 1% of Christians share their faith. We choose to see the 99% upside potential of that stat” · October 10, 2013 · View post
“Whenever you liberate oppressed people someone loses money” · October 10, 2013 · View post
“Father, thank you that the Gospel can change anyone” · October 10, 2013 · View post
“We must serve our communities. And we must verbalize the Gospel as we serve” · October 10, 2013 · View post
“Lord, I acknowledge that every moment I would be stumbling if you were not upholding me.” · October 4, 2013 · View post
“But in my heart I know that my vindicator lives, and that he will rise last to speak in court” · October 4, 2013 · View post
“What shall separate us from the love of Christ?” · September 11, 2013 · View post
“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely… He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” · September 1, 2013 · View post
“Let us press on to know the Lord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains…” · August 14, 2013 · View post
“You have put more joy in my heart, oh Lord, than they have when their grain and wine abound.” · July 29, 2013 · View post
“There are more possible chess games than there are atoms in the universe.” · July 8, 2013 · View post
“There are but two dwellings: Earth’s flimsy tent and heaven’s unassailable stronghold. One may be destroyed; the other endures forever.” · June 26, 2013 · View post
“Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.” · June 24, 2013 · View post
“La Biblia no es un testigo de la mejor clase de gente logrando llegar a Dios…” · June 18, 2013 · View post
“if this book was really going to touch lives, it was going to have to be transparent [about] Melissa’s death” · June 14, 2013 · View post
“Faith is the best way for humans to express love for God.” · June 13, 2013 · View post
“We know that only in the darkness do we discover the beauty of God’s grace” · June 13, 2013 · View post
“Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory” · June 9, 2013 · View post
“aun si esto implica una crítica social, penalidades financieras, o persecución criminal.” · June 5, 2013 · View post
Learning from the Global South · June 3, 2013 · View post
“Here we have no lasting city. We seek the city that is to come.” · June 3, 2013 · View post
“One of the most concrete meanings of grace is: ‘Now is the time to go on.’” · May 20, 2013 · View post
“Bookkeeping through all eternity could never produce one farthing.” · May 17, 2013 · View post
“There is no purely secular domain of your life.” · May 15, 2013 · View post
“With God we shall do valiantly.” · May 15, 2013 · View post
“People who speak thus are seeking a homeland… They desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.” · May 14, 2013 · View post
Remembering Dallas Willard · May 9, 2013 · View post
“The missional nature of Scripture is the basis for the Great Commandment and the Great Commission” · May 3, 2013 · View post
Do they hand out trophies for short-term missions? · May 3, 2013 · View post
“The fact that we can look at sex-and-money sin and feel comfortable with reliance on human intervention is insane.” · April 27, 2013 · View post
“Normal” and “insane” · April 27, 2013 · View post
Missionaries “must truly be bicultural or transcultural people, living in different worlds but not fully at home in any of them.” · April 27, 2013 · View post
“Keep hold of instruction; do not let her go; guard her, for she is your life.” · April 25, 2013 · View post
“Latino evangelicals are one of the fastest growing segments of America’s churchgoing millions” · April 22, 2013 · View post
“Love is a commitment of the will to the true good of the other person” · April 11, 2013 · View post
Thoughts on the gay marriage debate · April 6, 2013 · View post
Christianity Today ya está disponible en español · April 3, 2013 · View post
“The last enemy to be destroyed is death.” · March 31, 2013 · View post
“Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth?” · March 26, 2013 · View post
“Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart…” · March 18, 2013 · View post
“And he said, ‘Behold, I am making a covenant. And you shall see my work, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.’” · March 8, 2013 · View post
“Ugh. The sun went down again” · February 28, 2013 · View post
“Flee from counterfeit gods.” · February 27, 2013 · View post
“Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.” · February 26, 2013 · View post
“The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour.” · February 25, 2013 · View post
Christians must think about how to speak truthfully and lovingly to a society that sees them as the moral outlaws · February 23, 2013 · View post
Excelente recurso en español para cualquier Cristiano comprometido · February 23, 2013 · View post
“Lecciones de la adversidad desde Ciudad Juárez” · February 23, 2013 · View post
“Who is this who comes…marching in the greatness of his strength? ‘It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.’” · February 7, 2013 · View post
“You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married.” · February 4, 2013 · View post
“You can do this ministry with God’s help - so give it your all. You can’t do this ministry without God’s help - so be at peace.” · February 3, 2013 · View post
Gospel Coalition launches Spanish site · February 1, 2013 · View post
The Internet and the soul · February 1, 2013 · View post
“Fear not, little ones, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” · January 30, 2013 · View post
“Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge…” · January 22, 2013 · View post
We often think of community as simply one more thing we have to follow in the rules… · January 17, 2013 · View post
“the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment… but my salvation will be forever…” · January 16, 2013 · View post
“God wants the world to overhear us worshiping him.” · January 15, 2013 · View post
30 years later, this sermon is just as applicable this New Year · January 4, 2013 · View post
“I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other” · January 2, 2013 · View post
“My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.” · January 1, 2013 · View post
“Not a minor omission” · January 1, 2013 · View post
“While Counterculturalists are often too afraid of exercising power in society, many Transformationalists are not afraid enough.” · December 22, 2012 · View post
“Oh Lord, say to my soul, ‘I am your salvation!’” · December 19, 2012 · View post
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” · December 18, 2012 · View post
“I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.” · December 17, 2012 · View post
Confusion about hypocrisy · December 15, 2012 · View post
“Sexy ’n’ Spiritual” · December 12, 2012 · View post
“Jesus was killed outside the city that was, to give us the city to come, and makes us light in the city that is.” · December 11, 2012 · View post
“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness…” · December 6, 2012 · View post
Keller on thinking through church size; especially helpful for the church planter · December 6, 2012 · View post
“Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.” · December 3, 2012 · View post
“That man’s voice hurts my throat.” · December 2, 2012 · View post
“It is the Lord your God who fights for you, just as he promised he would. Be very careful, therefore, to love him foremost.” · November 30, 2012 · View post
“No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.” · November 27, 2012 · View post
“He rescued me, because he delighted in me.” · November 23, 2012 · View post
“I say to The Lord, ‘You are my King; I have no good apart from you.’” · November 21, 2012 · View post
“Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.” · November 16, 2012 · View post
Love and Wrath, the Bible, David and Job · November 12, 2012 · View post
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.” · November 10, 2012 · View post
“There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” · November 9, 2012 · View post
Pray for “for all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, Godly and dignified in every way.” · November 5, 2012 · View post
“Through Christ he poured out his Spirit on us richly, so that being justified by his grace we might become his heirs.” · November 1, 2012 · View post
“How to Buy Gold When Your Broke” · October 29, 2012 · View post
“He bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. · October 23, 2012 · View post
“Gospel, culture, and mission: an interview with Tim Keller” · October 20, 2012 · View post
“Let the one who is thirsty come. Let the one who desires take the water of life and drink without any cost to him.” · October 18, 2012 · View post
“I am coming soon.” · October 17, 2012 · View post
“He’ll wipe away every tear. And death, mourning, crying, and pain shall be no more, for the old things will have passed away.” · October 17, 2012 · View post
Once as you are · October 11, 2012 · View post
“My son, don’t you see that all that I have is yours? Now come, celebrate with me.” · October 10, 2012 · View post
“These tennis shoes are gonna grow outta me fast.” · October 10, 2012 · View post
“You open Your hand and satisfy the the desire of every living thing.” · October 9, 2012 · View post
“He has saved us and called us — not because of anything we have done, but because of His own purpose and grace” · October 3, 2012 · View post
“Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.” · September 30, 2012 · View post
“Seeking your own glory is like eating too much honey. It makes you sick.” · September 28, 2012 · View post
“If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.” · September 24, 2012 · View post
Most cogent definition of contextualization I’ve read to date · September 17, 2012 · View post
Three baseline American cultural narratives: “God” (17-mid 18th century) “Nation” (mid 18-20th) “Self” (present) · September 17, 2012 · View post
“Saving faith is never less than intellectual assent, but it is always more than that” · September 14, 2012 · View post
“Our truth-allergic, experience-addicted populace wants transformation, without the loss of freedom and control associated with submission” · September 13, 2012 · View post
“Most of our problems in life come from a lack of proper orientation to the gospel” · September 12, 2012 · View post
“Because the gospel is endlessly rich, it can handle the burden of being the one main thing…” · September 11, 2012 · View post
“It is critical… to communicate the gospel clearly and strikingly · September 10, 2012 · View post
From death to life… twice · September 8, 2012 · View post
“He is my Rock! My Fortress! My Deliverer! My God! My Strength! My Refuge! My Shield! My Savior! My Stronghold! He is worthy.” · September 1, 2012 · View post
“Cause me to hear your lovingkindness, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.” · August 28, 2012 · View post
Jesus’ desert temptations compared to the temptations facing the Church… · August 27, 2012 · View post
“When you’re in college, do they teach you how to be a mom or a dad?” · August 23, 2012 · View post
“Here’s why I’m writing these books.” · August 21, 2012 · View post
Incredible photography from another planet · August 17, 2012 · View post
Where does “maker culture” come from? · August 14, 2012 · View post
“They did a good job of picking music that matches their costumes.” · August 12, 2012 · View post
“Keeping first things first makes second things better.” · August 9, 2012 · View post
“Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it.” · August 9, 2012 · View post
“There has never been a generation whose view of marriage is high enough. · August 6, 2012 · View post
“Most foundationally, marriage is the doing of God. And ultimately, marriage is the display of God.” · August 6, 2012 · View post
“The transaction- Our sin was imputed to Christ; he was condemned. His righteousness was imputed to us; we are justified.” · July 30, 2012 · View post
“If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.” · July 24, 2012 · View post
“But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.” · July 16, 2012 · View post
Making Sense of Scripture’s ‘Inconsistency’ · July 12, 2012 · View post
Views of the flag in church services · July 10, 2012 · View post
“Christian hope turns the church into something far more profound than a club or an interest group.” · July 6, 2012 · View post
A cogent overview of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Obamacare… · July 5, 2012 · View post
FAQ on the contraception debate · July 5, 2012 · View post
“We’re telling Christians singles that it is permissible to start having sex, just as long as they don’t finish.” · July 3, 2012 · View post
“A pastor in awe of God” · July 3, 2012 · View post
“For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it… My glory I will not give to another.” · June 28, 2012 · View post
“Who is this who comes… marching in the greatness of his strength? ‘It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.’” · June 28, 2012 · View post
C.S. Lewis on male and female, Christ and church… · June 27, 2012 · View post
“Only if we are very good at forgiving and very good at repenting can truth and love be kept together.” · June 25, 2012 · View post
On marriage and the elusive finding “someone better…” · June 25, 2012 · View post
Are ministry ‘trellises’ a necessary evil? · June 23, 2012 · View post
“we all… beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.” · June 22, 2012 · View post
“To be God, to be like God, and to be miserable; these are the only three alternatives.” · June 22, 2012 · View post
Lewis Smedes on the power of promising · June 20, 2012 · View post
Viewing Immigration from the Low Places · June 19, 2012 · View post
“Awkwardness is the biggest threat to evangelism for far too many of us” · June 19, 2012 · View post
C.S. Lewis on protecting one’s heart · June 18, 2012 · View post
Where did marriage come from? · June 18, 2012 · View post
“The most painful, the most wonderful — this is the Biblical understanding marriage…” · June 18, 2012 · View post
Pray for Steve Saint, his family, and ITEC · June 14, 2012 · View post
“The Juvenilization of American Chrstianity…” · June 14, 2012 · View post
“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison” · June 11, 2012 · View post
The changing face of belief in Mexico · May 24, 2012 · View post
Outstanding thoughts on “authenticity…” · May 23, 2012 · View post
“Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.” · May 21, 2012 · View post
How to Teach Salvation: Three Mysteries · May 17, 2012 · View post
“the churches most committed to owning businesses are the ones least likely to stand on their own two feet” · May 17, 2012 · View post
“Senses of love and justice are activated together, not in opposition to each other” · April 24, 2012 · View post
Mexico’s shifting religious demographic · April 22, 2012 · View post
“The entire Bible pivots on one weekend in Jerusalem about two thousand years ago” · April 18, 2012 · View post
“O LORD, you have searched me and known me!” · April 17, 2012 · View post
“Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.” · April 17, 2012 · View post
“Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along… Give yourselves regular checkups.” · April 15, 2012 · View post
“Blessed be to God for the day of rest… wherein earthly things assume their true size. Ambition is stunted.” · April 15, 2012 · View post
“We were bought with a price.” · April 8, 2012 · View post
“He’s not here. He has risen, just as he said.” · April 7, 2012 · View post
“Jesus didn’t have to die despite God’s love; he had to die because of God’s love.” · April 4, 2012 · View post
“And if trees and hills will be able to clap and dance in the future kingdom, picture what you and I will be able to do.” · April 2, 2012 · View post
“Exhibit God’s character: Not his holiness without his love; that is harshness. Not his love without his holiness; that is compromise.” · March 22, 2012 · View post
Atheist ‘Flabbergasted’ by Outpouring of Christian Charity · March 22, 2012 · View post
“I love trapeze food” · March 14, 2012 · View post
Good thoughts on why and how we meet together as Christians · March 12, 2012 · View post
“Christians still do healthcare better than anyone” · March 7, 2012 · View post
Do I really love God? How much? · March 7, 2012 · View post
Patron-Client Missions · March 7, 2012 · View post
Linsanity and Jesus · March 2, 2012 · View post
Pray for Youcef · February 24, 2012 · View post
“Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding…” · February 23, 2012 · View post
Well-articulated Biblical perspective on an age-old argument · February 22, 2012 · View post
“It is in dying that we are born to eternal life” · February 21, 2012 · View post
Gospel Clarity for Mission Calling · February 20, 2012 · View post
Evangelical leaders call for civil disobedience · February 16, 2012 · View post
5 Signs Waiting Has Weakened Your Faith · February 14, 2012 · View post
Sexual ethics and Christ and church · February 14, 2012 · View post
Is Hell the absence of God? · January 26, 2012 · View post
Feeding the ‘Hellenized Latinos’ · January 23, 2012 · View post
Is Christianity the New KGB? · January 23, 2012 · View post
Who Christians Are · December 21, 2011 · View post
Thoughts on Celebrity and Christianity · December 3, 2011 · View post
“Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” · December 2, 2011 · View post
“The goal of Christian ministry is quite simple and measurable: Are we making genuine disciples of Jesus Christ?” · November 30, 2011 · View post
Motivation matters in Gospel proclamation · November 26, 2011 · View post
“Only Christians who lived and argued together at the prodding of the Holy Spirit” · November 23, 2011 · View post
“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.” · November 23, 2011 · View post
To Be or Not to Be (Judeo-Christian) · November 19, 2011 · View post
“Some boast of chariots and horses, but we boast the Lord our God.” · November 15, 2011 · View post
Gospel-centered? · November 12, 2011 · View post
Bonhoeffer on faith and hardship · November 12, 2011 · View post
“To renounce a full life and its real joys in order to avoid pain is neither Christian nor human.” · November 12, 2011 · View post
The Right Question: “What is the will of God?” · November 12, 2011 · View post
Compassion in a World of Seven Billion · November 10, 2011 · View post
Social uplift as a natural consequence of Christian discipleship · November 5, 2011 · View post
Bonhoeffer’s love letter · October 28, 2011 · View post
Bonhoeffer on tragedy · October 28, 2011 · View post
More from Bonhoeffer to his fiancé · October 28, 2011 · View post
“Missionary Money: Easier to Give, Worth Less than Ever” · October 27, 2011 · View post
F.F. Bruce on God’s discipline · October 20, 2011 · View post
Adversity and holiness · October 20, 2011 · View post
Will the Poor Always Be with Us? · October 19, 2011 · View post
Pressing on “…to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” · October 14, 2011 · View post
No Messiah Running · October 7, 2011 · View post
Projecting Poverty Where It Doesn’t Exist · October 7, 2011 · View post
“Fear of what? Confiscation? Banishment? Torture? Death? Have you no other threat?” · October 1, 2011 · View post
“It’s too soon to celebrate and too soon to quit.” · October 1, 2011 · View post
Good News: Jesus Is Not Nice · October 1, 2011 · View post
Five Necessary Shifts for “Missional” College Ministry · October 1, 2011 · View post
God’s Will for Your Wait · September 30, 2011 · View post
“When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue.” · September 28, 2011 · View post
City Fines Couple for Hosting Bible Studies · September 24, 2011 · View post
“Own the complexity of urban evangelism. Its not homogeneous, safe, or predictable” · September 24, 2011 · View post
Holiness by obedience · September 23, 2011 · View post
John Owen on “cheap grace” · September 23, 2011 · View post
Religion and Inequality Go Hand-in-Hand · September 17, 2011 · View post
The futility of control; the reason to rest · September 17, 2011 · View post
Forgiven and Born Again: Two Things at Once · September 14, 2011 · View post
The King Jesus Gospel · September 14, 2011 · View post
Obedience and Bible study · September 12, 2011 · View post
”Could it be that a whole lot of what we ministers do is driven by worry and not by faith?” · September 1, 2011 · View post
Happy 250th birthday, William Carey · September 1, 2011 · View post
Sometimes It Just Seems Good: Another Look at Missionary Call · July 1, 2009 · View post
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