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The Story Bible That Taught Me How to Teach Kids

In early summer 2026, I finally found it. If my research is right, only 27 U.S. libraries have first editions of Catherine F. Vos’s Child’s Story Bible. But one of those sets resides at Asbury Theo...

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How the Trinity Transforms Reading Scripture

On the road to Emmaus, the risen Jesus shows the two disciples, “beginning with Moses and all the Prophets,” that the content of Scripture all points to him (Luke 24:25–27). All the law, the sacrif...

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3 Reasons Christians Should Care About the Rule of Law

It’s common in our cultural moment to hear that “the rule of law is under attack.” Depending on your algorithm, the attackers come from different corners of the political-ideological spectrum. In ...

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The 2000s So Far in Four Eras

Last month marked 20 years since my Christianity Today cover story “Young, Restless, Reformed.” And last year, we recognized 20 years since the founding of The Gospel Coalition. During TGC’s most...

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Resist the Voyeuristic Spirit of the Age

Contemporary digital technology allows us to easily watch videos of terrorists beheading victims and offers the possibility of live streamed executions of terrorists. With a few clicks, we can find...

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What Christianity Can Teach Democracy About Political Pluralism

When I first heard that Matthew Kaemingk and Shadi Hamid, cohosts of the ever-fascinating podcast Zealots at the Gate, were writing a book on religion and democracy, I couldn’t have been more thril...

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Why the Seated Jesus Is Good News for Parents

My world often shrinks to the size of my children’s problems. A simple request to get ready for school can dissolve into disorganized chaos as socks are flung around just as quickly as insults abou...

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On the Sabbath, We Act like God

In his Confessions, Augustine doubts we can really experience our present moment. Our objective “present” is merely an imperceptible moment with no duration. He believes our lived experiences are a...

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Country diary: A three-day perambulation around my own parish | Simon Lockett

Golden Valley, Herefordshire: Even vicars can get stuck too much behind a desk, and the 800th anniversary of St Francis of Assisi’s death is a good excuse to strike out, and speak to local peopleI ...

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Is the Trinity in the Old Testament?

In the church’s early days, controversies erupted over what books of the Bible were truly authoritative. Marcion of Sinope is a famous example. Born around the time the last New Testament books we...

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Overcome Obstacles to Discipling Relationships

A few years into our marriage, my husband and I realized we needed help. We were young in our faith and hungry to grow, but we were unsure how to move forward. So we prayed for mature Christians to...

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The Impact of Influencers on the Church

Church ministry has dramatically changed in the last 20 years with the rise of social media, YouTube, and podcasts. Christians might listen to their own pastor for 30 minutes a week but watch their...

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Jim Bakker obituary

US television evangelist who preached the ‘prosperity gospel’ before being brought down by a sex scandal and imprisoned for fraudJim Bakker, who has died aged 86, was one of the most popular and in...

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AI Makes Sermon Prep Effortless. That’s the Problem.

The question of using AI during sermon preparation seems to be getting more than a bit of attention these days, and the overall direction of some pastors’ thinking on that question concerns me. It ...

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Heaven: Do We Know Enough to Want to Go? (with Randy Alcorn)

Melissa and Courtney talk with Randy Alcorn about what we can and can’t know about the life to come. They talk about the importance of understanding the new earth and its continuity with this world...

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Skipping Secularism: 2 Clues from the End of the World

Maybe it was the whale meat I was eating. Or the earlier round of herring shark. But as I asked questions of my new friends on the Faroe Islands, my view of secularism began to fill up and fill in....

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‘Loser Theology’ Aims Too Low

A new book calls readers to leave the safety of the sidelines and step into the arena. Michael Clary, lead pastor of Christ the King Church in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, takes aim at what he calls “Los...

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How Substitutionary Atonement Helps in an Abuse Crisis

Christians have faced a deluge of abuse crises in the last decade. Whether it’s a well-known pastor exposed as an abuser in the press or an unknown local pastor bullying his staff and congregation,...

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To Learn to Live on Earth, Think About Heaven

We humans are future-oriented creatures. We set goals and pursue them. We have hopes and dreams. We imagine outcomes we’re longing for, and others we long to avoid. And what we expect from our futu...

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Allen Levi’s Golden Friends and the Real-Life Theo

https://media.thegospelcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/08153804/REC_The-MOB_FCv3.mp3 Theo of Golden may be the most unlikely breakout bestseller of all time. The book, which has sold...

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Prediction Markets: Gambling by Another Name

I grew up hearing the phrase “All money ain’t good money.” That simple statement contains a warning that we should never sacrifice our integrity to improve our economic standing. Frankly, it’s a me...

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