For The Journey

Impatient people are weak.  It takes strength to wait.  And, as John Piper points out , faith in God's glorious might is the chann...

So very sad that the UN presents human rights as coming into effect at birth and thus implies that, prior to birth, one lacks rights or ...

Today is a day of mourning, after the US Senate refused to protect babies born alive after failed abortions:  44 senators gave their app...

Pondering John Piper's remarks about pride--how it not only takes the form of boasting but also cowardice.  So helpful as a word of ch...

Jen Wilkin threw the Christian social media world a curve with her post last year , "Beware the Instagram Bible."  Recently sh...

Tony Reinke interviews  Alistair Roberts about the ideas and impact of Jordan Peterson.  I appreciate how this overview steers listeners...

I really appreciate Christopher Ash's summary of key truths about love , including how love factors into marriage according to God...

Michael Kruger provides a very helpful overview and analysis  of the "de-conversion playbook" followed by numerous post-evangelic...

Plenty of fault to go around for the political "rot" of these times--as Rod Dreher points out.

Today, on the day after a bombing/shooting in a mosque in Egypt took over 300 lives, I made an informal review of the coverage priorities ...

The life of Hugh Hefner led to sorrow on an enormous scale.  To be sure, there are those who consider his pioneering Playboy endeavors t...

The Southern Baptist Convention's important 2017 resolution on this topic is posted here .

It's been 50 years since that diving accident that left Joni a quadriplegic.  I really appreciate her  balanced biblical message ab...

Albert Mohler reviews  a new two-views book on religious liberty and LGBTQ concerns.  Especially important is the discussion of "digni...

Sam Storms has a very thoughtful article on why preaching has fallen on hard times, including some direct challenges both to the preach...

Russell Moore strikes a wise and helpful balance of compassion and truth in his recent post at TGC.

Michael Kruger cuts through the fog in the discussion about the supposedly radical theological diversity in and around the early church.

Helpful big-picture Bible reflections  from John Piper on our great and good God!  " If you are given singleness instead of marriag...

A serious, sobering, and important conversation about the North American church in our age of cultural upheaval.  Rod Dreher's mess...

Peter Beinart writes at The Atlantic about " Breaking Faith:  The culture war over religious morality has faded; in its place is...

Interesting that this article in the NYT about pregnancy consistently refers to the "baby" and not the "fetus."  How w...

J. D. Greear shares an amazing report from a remote setting in Asia--a story that shows God's missionary heart for all the people g...

Is the rush of breaking news and counter-claims and 24/7-commentary tempting Christians to lose their focus on the Gospel?  And what...

Don Carson's recent article in Themelios is terrific--good, challenging, urgent words for all believers to consider:  " Subtle Wa...

Michael Kruger has a helpful series of posts on " Taking Back Christianese ," where he looks closely and critically at what peopl...

Nicholas Kristof at the NYT offers some food for thought  encouraging Americans to resist the pull of both gloating and despair now that th...

David Brooks makes the case for a third party here in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election.  No doubt it would (will?) be di...

Justin Taylor offers summary comments and links to four articles that respond to Jen Hatmaker's recent decision to speak out in favor ...

Kevin DeYoung makes vital distinctions about semper reformanda here on the threshold of Reformation Day.  The notion of the church "...

The team at Desiring God has released a collection of essays on "navigating trials in the New America."  John Piper's i...

Fascinating glimpses  into joys and struggles of life in North Korea.

Consider:  " Heaven Is a Person ."

I appreciate the way Ray Ortlund challenges the "small Christianity" which people see as an option to consider between Sunday so...

Reflections on the first presidential debate from Russell Moore-- thoughts worth pondering .

Trevin Wax responds to Tim Kaine's reckless reading of the Bible .  Kaine's approach provides a classic illustration of how not to...

"Whether from fear or ignorance, sizeable segments of the Christian church avoid the New Testament teaching that pursuing purity in th...

" Under the guise of implementing “anti-terrorism” measures, Russia has adopted new laws that restrict religious freedom and crimin...

Andrew McCarthy makes an important claim about how the question of Hillary Clinton's intent is neither here nor there when it comes to...

In his " Look at the Book " video lab, John Piper explains why it is valid--and urgent--for Gentile Christians to take OT promise...

A car dealer in Minneapolis may have captured our national angst this campaign season!

Joni Eareckson Tada is someone with the credibility to speak to the question of physician-assisted suicide when it comes to cases of dis...

Stephen McAlpine makes a strong and urgent case for what it means for Christian communities to love the cities where God has placed the...

Justin Taylor has a terrific post giving many of the foolish "reasons" Christians worry--he also points to God's Word in res...

Trevin Wax is asking important questions about transgender theories and their implications.  See here and here .

I appreciate Matthew Lee Anderson's strong words ( here and here ) regarding the disintegrating Republican Party and the correspond...

Jessica Schaeffer asserts , " There are far-reaching, personal benefits of monotasking, but the biblical call to stewardship ought to ...

Carl Trueman says yes.  Consider his important analysis . Trevin Wax has raised some of those questions which are off limits in today...

Is America a Christian nation?  Depends on what you mean.  Russell Moore offers helpful input on this topic.

Michael Horton has a terrific and important article on " The Theology of Donald Trump " at Christianity Today.