Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. A look at the basics conference for pastors A return to basics Each year for the past ten years, pastors have gathered at Parkside Church in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, to share advice and guidance and to receive practical help with their preaching. At the conclusion…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. A return to basics: May 10-12 We are pleased to extend an invitation to join for our eleventh annual Basics Conference. As we meet this year, we look forward to God using our time together to encourage us in our work for the Gospel. A…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. A quick note from Tim: Crossway has just released a third edition of John MacArthur’s “Ashamed of the Gospel.” Depending on when you ask me, this book was either the first or second Christian book I read in adulthood. It rocked my world. At the…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. In survey after survey, singles rank marriage as one of their most important life goals. So why, according to Dr. Leon Kass, do they marry “later, less frequently, more hesitantly and by and large, less successfully?” Because they no longer have a clear path to…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. Don’t You Already Have Kids? Adding to your Existing Family through Adoption “I can hardly breathe,” I told my wife. And I meant it. We were in an old elevator headed to the third floor of a battered women’s shelter in downtown Taipei just seconds…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. Why We Are Adopting For LifeBy Russell D. Moore This past summer, my denomination adopted a resolution “On Adoption and Orphan Care,” while my sons stood in the crowded room watching. It was one of the most emotionally weighty experiences of my life. I knew…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. I came across Tim’s blog in 2005 when I was doing some research for our recording of Martin Luther’s Here I Stand. The day I connected with Tim, he told me that he had just that day started listening to John’s Gospel from the ESV…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. True Church Conference is hosted by: Anchored in Truth Ministries The Quagmire of Hyper-CalvinismA quagmire is a difficult, precarious, entrapping position. How could the church of the Lord Jesus Christ find itself in such a place? By misusing the most glorious truths in the Bible,…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. Celebrating One Year of the ESV Study BibleBy Geoff Dennis, Crossway Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing, Media On October 15th, 2008 Crossway launched the ESV Study Bible to help people understand the timeless truth of God’s powerful, compelling, and life-changing Word in a deeper…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. No matter how you cut it, there’s something different about The Banner of Truth!I knew it 30 years ago when I was working my way through seminary.I knew it 20 years ago when I was pastoring families outside Philadelphia.I knew it 5 years ago when…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. Proclaiming the Gospel through Publishing: An Introduction and a Special Offer My name is James Kinnard and I serve as the Director of Marketing at Crossway. I help organize our marketing and communication efforts. Crossway’s not-for-profit publishing ministry is fueled by a desire to proclaim…
Note: This is a sponsored post. Learn about sponsored posts. Hi, my name is Keith Wiederwax and I work in the marketing department of Moody Publishers. Like you, I’m a reader of Tim’s blog and appreciate his open, thoughtful, and biblical perspective. I hope to follow that same “recipe” here with this sponsored post. My…
Several months ago I sat with my wife, discussing future goals and plans. I told her something she already knew: that I wanted someday to begin writing books. Writing runs in my blood and there are few things I enjoy more (though reading would have to come close). As evidenced by this blog, I have…
When you pray, petitioning God for something, do you really expect results? Do you pray as one who is already defeated, expecting before you even pray that God will not grant your prayer? Or do you pray with confidence that God hears and answers prayer? Acts 12 contains a wonderful story that shows how even…
Yesterday I wrote about 1 Timothy 2:8 being the inspiration for the song ‘Unchanging’ which includes the lyrics ‘so we raise up holy hands / to praise the holy One / Who was and is and is to come.” I said that this verse cannot be used to prove that we are given license to…