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What Does It Mean to Be Human?: 12 Theses Answer a Pressing Question

No question today is more pertinent than this: What does it mean to be human? With declining belief in God and rising secularization come renewed debates concerning human nature. Culture now seems ...

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The Missing Piece in John Mark Comer’s Quiet Time

According to a recent Pew Research study, more than half of U.S. adults report spending too much time on their smartphones. Even those who acknowledge the negative effects of smartphone addiction f...

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Building a Workplace Where People Flourish (with Landon Hobson)

Landon Hobson is the CEO of Cosmos Corporation, a family business outside St. Louis that makes pet care and household cleaning products sold in 70 countries. With degrees in theology and economics,...

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Your Church May Know Less Bible Than You Think (And What to Do About It)

In November 1900, Mark Twain delivered a speech titled “The Disappearance of Literature” to the students at Connecticut Wesleyan University. With signature slyness, he told them, “I don’t believe a...

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Lessons from Lloyd-Jones on Preaching and Politics

“I was never worried for a second about a man like Hitler.” This isn’t the statement of a madman or of someone privileged enough to be removed from the horrors of the war. These are the words of a...

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I Was a Justice Warrior. I Needed the Whole Gospel. You Do Too.

From 2016 to 2018, I was a social media justice warrior. I spent my time on Facebook and Twitter confronting the powerful and comfortable, championing justice issues, and fighting for racial and po...

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Does Christianity Make Sense? On God, Evil, and the Ache (with Gavin Ortlund)

Not long ago, my son asked me about all the people King David killed in 2 Samuel 8. We’ve been reading through that book during family devotions before bed. He’s right to be disturbed. So we had ...

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Effective Altruists and the Spreadsheet Gospel

Over the past decade, an emergent secular philosophy has taken root in Silicon Valley. It now drives many conversations around politics and technology, particularly as its ideas shape how our socie...

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Develop Healthy Tech Habits with Your Teen

Each Sunday night at youth group, our time of worship through singing is followed by a short sermon then small-group discussion. The high school kids in the group I lead know the routine. Before we...

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The Voice of the Martyrs: Prayers of the Persecuted

“How long, O LORD? . . . Pour out your anger. . . . Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!” (Ps. 79:5–6, 10). As you’re reading through...

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New Free Playlist: 30 Songs of Gratitude to God

The older I get, the more convinced I am that a posture of gratitude is key to a life of joy. God’s gifts are constant and abundant—his daily provision of life and breath far more than we deserve. ...

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Martin Luther in 5 Latin Phrases

Martin Luther was born in Eisleben, Germany, on November 10, 1483. He was christened at Saints Peter and Paul Church the next day. At age 7, Luther entered the Mansfeld Latin School. There he learn...

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Pastor, Be Opportunistic

My coffee had gone cold as the church planter mourned that his church felt stagnant. Worse than not growing—a thick malaise had settled over the congregation. The first three years were exciting; ...

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‘Mosquito Bowl’: Football Stars on the Front Lines

Peter Berg’s The Mosquito Bowl is essentially Friday Night Lights meets Hacksaw Ridge. It’s a movie with the same creative vibe as Friday Night Lights (gritty handheld camera, muted color palette, ...

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Ministry and Marriage: How to Be a Healthy Team

Marriages with one or both spouses employed in ministry face unique pressures, challenges, and opportunities. Over the years, we change, our ministries change, and the pressures on us change. How c...

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How a Former Prisoner in Iran Wants You to Pray for Christians in Chains

Not long ago, I had a surreal phone call with two young Christian men serving prison sentences in one of Iran’s hardest prisons. They’re there because they refuse to stop preaching about Jesus. Wh...

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Beware Making Mental Illness an Identity

In the years since he was involuntarily committed to a mental health institution for bipolar disorder, Frederik deBoer has wrestled with both profound gratitude for a system that saved his life and...

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The Dangers of Getting Advice from the Internet

Melissa and Courtney discuss how to cultivate discernment when seeking advice. They talk about how sometimes we think we need information when what we really need is relationship. They discuss wha...

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The Devils review – Ken Russell’s 1971 possessed-nuns tale is a frenzied aria of confrontation and hysteria

Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave put in the performances of their lives in this film originally banned for obscenity that highlights the violence of power‘I could never be Satan’s boy. I haven’t th...

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Best Practices from Evangelistically Effective Churches

https://media.thegospelcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/23102213/effective-evangelism.mp3 In the summer of 2021, pastor Luke Peterson moved to Columbus, Ohio, to look for lost people. ...

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If the Church Did Its Job, Would the Parachurch Exist?

I’ve heard it said more than once: “If the church did its job, the parachurch wouldn’t have to exist.” For instance, I was consulting with a local pastor who wanted to see the church serve people ...

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