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4 Liturgies for Mundane Moments of Motherhood

Sweeping crushed crackers off the floor, getting stains out of small clothes, supervising my children’s play in the backyard—these types of tasks make up the majority of my day as a mom of two youn...

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My Generation Loves ‘Processing.’ That’s Not Always a Good Thing.

“I’m still processing that.” I hear this phrase, or some variation of it, all the time from folks around my age (I’m 32). I’m not aware of hearing it often from older people. I’m part of a genera...

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Grace upon Grace: What Happened When John Piper Missed Our Conference

A few weeks ago, the TGC Norden Council was enthusiastically preparing to welcome John Piper to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a conference. We’d sold out the 500 tickets, booked his hotel room, and lined...

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4 Prerequisites for Ministry No One Talks About

The day before I hiked Longs Peak, I stopped to talk with a local expert who had climbed the 14,259-foot summit several times. He knew what I was about to go through. The more he talked, the more m...

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Revive Your Love for the Old Testament

At a conference for pastors, Mark Dever invited his audience to turn for the Scripture reading to Psalm 119. He meant it. His reading of Scripture didn’t end until he’d read verse 176, the closing ...

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Risen Motherhood’s Last, Best Advice for Moms

https://media.thegospelcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/05114426/Risen-Motherhoods-Last-Best-Advice-for-Moms.mp3 Listen to the author read her article. Laura Wifler’s oldest son was bor...

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‘Nuremberg’ Ponders the Particularity of Nazi Evil

Nuremberg ends with a sobering quote from R. G. Collingwood: “The only clue to what man can do is what man has done.” It’s a fitting final thought for a film about sinful humanity’s frightening cap...

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Assessing the Ministry of Tim Keller

In this conversation hosted by the Theopolis Institute and moderated by Peter Leithart, Collin Hansen and James R. Wood discuss Tim Keller’s strengths and weaknesses. They consider the legacy of Ke...

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What to Consider When a Loved One Is Critically Ill

https://media.thegospelcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/05124111/What-to-Consider-When-a-Loved-One-Is-Critically-Ill.mp3 Listen to the author read her article. I drew a breath and said ...

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Editor’s Pick: New Children’s Picture Books

The chemical reaction of words + art that happens in picture books can fuse into a medium with an almost magical power to shape souls. C. S. Lewis wrote that one of his earliest experiences of the...

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Your Wilderness Wanderings Aren’t a Waste

Several years ago, my wife and I got lost on a hike. I’d like to say it was in America’s rugged mountains, but it was only in an Indiana state park. What should have taken an hour became a seven-ho...

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The Post-Literate Pastor

Here’s a thought experiment. Imagine a Gen-Z pastor. He just started a small church with two other men. The church is growing steadily, and he’s been tapped to be the youth pastor once enough teen...

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Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Wrestles with God

Guillermo del Toro’s new cinematic version of Frankenstein is a peculiar creature. On the one hand, it’s a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic novel, capturing key themes and includin...

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Jesus Among the à la Carte Spiritualities

Forget unbelief. The bigger challenge today is belief in everything. Your coworker might read the Bible and burn sage. Your neighbor might go to church and believe in karma. Your niece might belie...

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What Do Miniature Bibles Teach Us About Sanctification?

Shelved at toddler-eye-level in my church’s nursery is a row of tiny books designed to fit in the palm of a toddler’s hand. Each one tells a Bible story in just a few cardboard pages—Noah and the a...

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Revival Starts Smaller Than You Think

Abraham Lincoln once confessed half-jokingly, “When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees!” Raised by Baptists in the rural Midwest during the Second Great Awakenin...

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How Imperfect Adults Helped Me Overcome Perfectionism

Every few weeks, I sit down and write a letter to my friend Josie. The art in her replies decorates the walls of my tiny dorm room. You see, my pen pal is just 6 years old. Because I’ve been deepl...

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Knowing Jesus Should Make Us Better Stewards of Creation

It’s not every day you’re threatened with hospitalization by a circus clown. I was once a budding environmental activist, and some friends and I were protesting outside a circus that (so we’d been...

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How Ideology Made American Slavery Seem Moral

Today, we fight our culture wars on cable news and social media. The sides are neatly drawn, the moral claims are absolute, and everyone insists history will vindicate his or her opinions. But bene...

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When You Want to Change Your Husband

Melissa talks with Ann Wilson about the power of words in marriage and the importance of speaking life to one’s spouse. Ann recounts a memorable turning point in her 45-year marriage when she real...

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It’s Here: Gen-Z Revival Hits Campuses This Fall

https://media.thegospelcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/13113259/Its-Here-Gen-Z.mp3 Listen to the author read her article. This fall, Campus Outreach Chicago expansion director Tony D...

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