Podcast: How Does Life Change If God Is Actually My Friend? (Mike McKinley)
Mike McKinley talks about what it means for us as Christians to be friends of God, about the friendship that Jesus had on earth, and about what it looks like for us to lean into our friendship with God.
5 Practical Ways Pastors Can Care for Their Wives
Though a pastor expends much energy and effort on relationships in the church, he shouldn't neglect his most important at-home relationship.
Why Your Job Matters
Gene Edward Veith Jr.
What is my vocation? How do I find one? Or, as the self-help books put it, how do I find the vocation that is right for me?
Anne Bradstreet: Doubting Thousands of Times
Jenny-Lyn de Klerk
The reason I can even have times of doubt and resolution and restored happiness is only because I am alive, because someone created me and is keeping me (and my faith!) going.
Podcast: How Does Jesus Really Feel about Me? (Dane Ortlund)
Dane Ortlund reflects on what God has continued to teach him about the heart of Jesus and why he's more passionate than ever about this life-changing message.
How to Love Those Who Care for the Hurting
Dave Furman
We recently ook a survey of almost 15,000 people on the topic of caring for those who are suffering. Here's what we found.
Our Deepest Need at Christmas
John Piper
One day the ruler—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will return and make peace a reality.
How the Gospel Sets Us Free in Everyday Life
Jared C. Wilson
The message that the gospel has in terms of freedom for a man’s everyday life is really a counter-intuitive message.
Done before Do
Bryan Chapell
When you see the message of grace unfolding in the Bible a pattern emerges. God is gracious to us, and then expects us to respond.
We Cannot Domesticate Jesus
John Piper
Look at the Jesus of the Bible. Look at him. Don’t close your eyes and hope for a word of confirmation. Keep your eyes open and fill them with the full portrait of Jesus provided in the Bible.
Why “Going Our Own Way” Is a Burden, Not a Freedom
Joanna Kimbrel
We often hear the encouragement to go our own way or blaze our own trail. In a lot of ways, that sounds like freedom. But without Christ, it’s actually bondage.
Is the Reformation Yesterday’s News?
Tim Chester,
Michael Reeves
The Reformation still matters because the debates between Catholics and Protestants have not gone away.
How Education Can Bring Renewal to the Church
Ted Newell
When disciplined learning tells the Christian story in a fresh way, history has shown that vibrant expressions of faith result.
Why Tracts Matter
Tracts are meant to be informal or conversational—easily comprehended and relational in style.
Introducing the ESV New Christian’s Bible
A new edition created to help the new Bible reader orient to the foundational building blocks of the Christian life revealed in God's word.
Podcast: How Can We Trust a God Who Allows So Much Evil? (Collin Hansen)
Collin Hansen addresses questions about the problem of evil and where God is in the face of tremendous suffering and death.
Extend Hospitality Beyond Your Church
Keri Folmar
While our hospitality should start in our local churches, it shouldn’t stop there. In addition to welcoming one another, we should welcome unbelievers, as well as needy saints.
Why Your Parents' Limitations Aren’t Limiting
Lindsey Carlson
Limits force you to come to grips with both your humanity and your sin nature by showing you that you are not God, but you sure want to be.
Introducing Exploring the Bible Together
Help your family establish regular devotions through realistic aims, a clear plan and direction, and stimulating interaction with Scripture and prayer.
Body Image, Health Care, and the Incarnation
Bob Cutillo, MD
When God chose to come to the world embodied in Jesus Christ, he accepted life with all of its limitations.
How to Fight the Power of Shame
Heather Nelson
To fight the power of shame, you have to do what is most counterintuitive.
Why Ordinary People Matter to God
Philip Graham Ryken
One of the things that I love about the stories in the Bible is how many ordinary people you meet.
Resisting the Power of Idolatry
Philip Graham Ryken
One of the things that has really helped me understand the power of idolatry in our own time and place is, strange to say, the plagues in the book of Exodus.
1 John: A 15-Day Devotional
Over the next 15 days, read through John’s first letter to the church alongside explanatory passages adapted from ESV Expository Commentary: Hebrews–Revelation (Volume 12).
Compromise on Marriage, Lose the Gospel
Who Created Marriage? We must not compromise on same-sex marriage. If we had invented marriage, we could reinvent it—there would be no problem with that. We could make it whatever we wanted it to be. …
Journey through the Psalms: A 7-Day Devotional
Humans are relational, emotional beings—and nothing reveals this more beautifully than the book of Psalms.
Podcast: Perichoresis, the Extra Calvinisticum, and Other Essential (Yet Neglected) Doctrines (Kevin DeYoung)
Kevin DeYoung talks on the importance of theology for all Christians, why it matters for our everyday lives, and why it's worth the effort to dig in, even if it sometimes feels a bit unfamiliar.
Gospel Healing VS. Self-Help
Justin S. Holcomb,
Lindsey A. Holcomb
Justin and Lindsey Holcomb speak about the difference between self-help and gospel healing.
A Costly but Blessed Way
Mary Willson Hannah
Now we follow Jesus far from home, but one great and glorious day we shall follow Jesus home.