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Today’s Spiritual Trends Are Often Ancient Errors Recycled

A seasoned pastor once told me, “Satan recycles.” In context, he was saying that the same heresies and philosophical errors tend to resurface throughout history. It’s similar to what C. S. Lewis me...

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A Tool for Spiritual Formation in a Secular Age

At the end of the class on cultural apologetics I teach at Beeson Divinity School, I assign a group exercise. The students need to compose 10 questions and answers from a modern-day catechism. Hist...

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Christians Must Resist Assisted Suicide

On December 12, 2025, amid the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, Deb’s Law (SB 1950) was quietly signed into law in Illinois. The law will take effect in September 2026; it legalizes self-...

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5 Reasons You Need Sabbath Rest

Everyone I know is longing for rest. The teenagers in my life are worn out with studying, extra-curriculars, and relational drama. The moms and grandmas are juggling everyone’s schedules while sque...

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Lifted Up: Discover John’s View of the Cross

Why does the Gospel of John read so differently than Matthew, Mark, and Luke? I wrestled with that question as I began reading the Gospels as a young teenager. Only later did I discover that Christ...

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Be Willing to Learn from Gen-Z

Boomers like me tend to wax critical of the “lost generation” of people born roughly between 1997 and 2012. We read articles claiming this generation is glued to their phones and ruined by social m...

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‘It’s Not Like That’: TV Takes a Christian Pastor Seriously

I’ve long wondered when—or if—someone in Hollywood would create an interesting TV show about the life of a pastor and his family. The drama inherent in ministry—interpersonal conflict, familial str...

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Stoic Virtues Are Trending, but Can They Truly Transform?

Stoicism may not be a household topic for many people, but it’s gaining momentum in our culture. An online event, “Stoic Week,” which began in 2012, has drawn more than 40,000 people from around th...

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Challenges Facing the Protestant Church (Part 1)

In part 1 of this session from TGC25, three speakers address critical weaknesses in our discipleship that cause believers to drift from the gospel. They provide a defense of Protestantism and give ...

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How to Fight for Life When Abortions Are Invisible

It’s been a confusing couple of weeks for the pro-life movement. On January 6, President Donald Trump reportedly told Republican lawmakers they’d need to “be a little flexible” on the Hyde Amendme...

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Remembering Ella Cook: ‘The Kind of Young Christian We Are Trying to Form’

Ella Cook, a native of Mountain Brook, Alabama, died tragically as a result of the senseless violence at Brown University on December 13, 2025. I was privileged to know Ella. She grew up in a youth...

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Remembering Death Teaches Us to Live

Courtney Doctor talks with Colleen Chao about how her faith has grown and flourished through living with a terminal cancer diagnosis. They discuss the difficulty of knowing she may not live to see ...

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Save the Humanities from the Slop

The rise of AI, the ubiquity of cheap and accessible entertainment, the power of social media, and the progressive, secular biases of many educators have caused some Christians to question whether ...

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Leading Worship Is Worship

C; is the next note F? Which verse am I in? A minor; make sure to look up at everyone. G; don’t lose your place. Keep the tempo so everyone stays together. C; build the energy here, and look up! Is...

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Why the Gospel Is Better News than Wokeness

In 2020, the Smithsonian Institution declared that an “emphasis on [the] scientific method” and “objective, rational linear thinking” are “aspects and assumptions of whiteness and white culture.” ...

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I Might Owe My Students an Apology About Josephus

Flavius Josephus was a Jewish aristocrat (AD 37–100) who witnessed firsthand the great Jewish war with Rome. After surrendering to the Roman general Vespasian (soon Emperor Vespasian) in Galilee, J...

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Come to Jesus, All Those Who Feel Overwhelmed by Work

Many scenarios could make the seasonal burdens of work feel overwhelming—think of an accountant in April, a teacher in August, or a pastor in December. But our work can also feel overwhelming on a ...

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The FAQs: What Should Churches Do When Protest Enters the Sanctuary?

What just happened? Protesters disrupted a Minnesota church service on Sunday after activists determined one of the pastors works as the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

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Older Believers Still Have Important Work to Do

My husband and I are members of a young church located in Baltimore. We didn’t intend to become part of a church in the city, but the first Sunday we visited changed and challenged us. We were surr...

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‘He Will Be Called a Nazarene’: Matthew’s Messianic Clue

Matthew’s infancy narrative ends with a passage that has baffled biblical scholars: “And [Joseph] went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfille...

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When ‘Stranger Things’ Stopped Being Strange

After 10 years, five seasons, and 42 episodes, the hit Netflix show Stranger Things has now concluded. Directed by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things follows a group of kids (and a few adults) i...

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