Rosaria Butterfield on Christian women and porn / Ministry embellishment / Why Gen Z is lonely and what to do about it / How should I deal with my anger? / Why we said ‘no’ to IVF and ‘yes’ to embryo adoption / Are you a contentious wife?
I recently saw a photo that alarmed me. Several men were participating in a panel discussion at a major conference, and I realized that almost all of them had either died or been disqualified from leadership—two very different ways for a ministry to come to an end.
10 tech protection strategies for your kids and their friends / Why Protestants are drawn to Catholicism and Orthodoxy / What if AI devastates the world? / A husband’s call after miscarriage / Live outside of the Christian bubble / Is predestination fair? / New movie trailers.
Emotional affairs: am I in one? How do I get out? / Who’s ruling your home? / You think you’re willing to die for Christ, but will you work in the nursery for him? / Gluttony in the age of GLP-1s / Invite God into your anxieties / Vipers in diapers? / Book sale.
“God saves us just as we are, but he is not content for us to remain just as we are. No—God’s great purpose for us, having saved us, is to conform us into the image of Christ (Romans 8:28-29).”
Every church needs an abuse prevention policy. Here’s what a good one accomplishes, who should oversee it, and some helpful resources for drafting your own.
The kind of mom I’ve become / Young Christians, you need older Christians in your life! / 6 observations about ‘online’ church / An age of mechanical providence / God’s people don’t become angels at death / Why women are celebrating Lindsay Clancy / Kindle deals / and more.
Works & Wonders: Wonderful Paradoxes, Stone Wall Trees, Spiral Embryos, Saved by Grace, Play the 101, Just as He Said.
It’s 10 p.m., and your kids want to know where you are / The dark side of mindfulness / Planet of bots / How to love your local public school / The beautiful complexity of the human eye / Hard cases: no time to talk / Reader recommendations.
This week, the blog and this giveaway are sponsored by Harvest House Publishers. Dear Millie, You are cordially invited to The God Party.Love, F, S, & HS Who sent this strange invitation and what does it mean? Millie has no idea—that is, until her fiendishly funny friends, the REAL BAD GUYS, shed some light on the…
A review of Alistair Begg’s We Will Be Changed, an exposition of the fruit of the Spirit—essential character that is produced in us but not by us.
Pastors who prey on the flock / On (not) making very important Christian people / 5 helpful reminders for praying moms / Conspiracy theories are simple / The faithful friendship a marriage needs / A catechism on technology / Book and Kindle deals.
I wasn’t outside of God’s will. I was tired. / The NFL quarterbacks who found God in defeat / How to raise a son who is boring and unattractive to women / How do we know when to shut down a church? / Headship and submission when husbands and wives disagree / Is church membership…
Scammers are using AI to target Christian authors. They use fake marketing, offers of translation, and fabricated book clubs. Here’s how to recognize the scams and how to avoid being fooled by them.
Why adult children are cutting off their parents / The crucifixion of Patrick Clancy / Christian couples navigating social media and marriage / Babies dashed against rocks? / Neither burnout nor sloth / Where was the Garden of Eden? / and more.
Early marriage is a trajectory decision / John Piper on daily vigilance and lifelong productivity / Why America worships its cold-blooded killers / Skipping church helped my soul / Reminders for achievement addicts / What are young men turning away from? / and more.
When Netflix announced they would debut a Little House on the Prairie series, I received the news with a sense of dread. While I knew it could be like All Creatures Great and Small and remain relatively faithful to the spirit of much-loved books, it could also be like Rings of Power and be anything…
Mother, give yourself away / This is not what I meant / Lindsay Clancy / The only thing green are the weeds / An open door doesn’t mean walk in / The pastoral hard cases: “no one noticed” / Kindle deals.
Works & Wonders: Beautiful creation / Photography awards / Blackwing pencils / World’s narrowest islands / Be a stowaway / Vanished Vikings.
The cities that said yes to drugs / Just bury your trash / The rise of transactional relationships / Calvin and Hobbes and the price of integrity / How much is that gene-edited dog in the window? / Covenantal theology / Reader recommendations / and more.
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