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Your Calling Transcends Your Job

I’m a product of 1990s evangelical youth group culture. Growing up, I heard a lot of talk about “calling” from youth ministers, adult volunteers, and the speakers at summer camps and weekend retrea...

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Are You Ready for the AI Apocalypse?

It was surely one of the most revealing cultural moments of the decade so far. On his podcast, Interesting Times, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat asks PayPal cofounder, tech billionaire, and ...

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What Your Kids Need More than a Salvation Prayer

If you’re a Christian and a parent, you doubtless have few priorities more pressing than your children’s salvation. When my children were little, I felt the weight of this constant burden. A few w...

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6 Psalms for Lamenting Miscarriage

“I just can’t shake the feeling that I’m going to lose this baby too,” I said to my two closest friends. I’d lost two babies already, and I feared our third was soon to leave my womb. The weight of...

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Beyond Slogans: A Christian Perspective on Gaza

My first adult journey into the Palestinian territories was in the early 2000s. Seeing the suffering of the Palestinians—particularly Palestinian Christians, whose stories rarely make international...

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The Truest Friend Stays with You at Rock Bottom

I dwell . . . with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit. (Isa. 57:15) There’s a reason solitary confinement is considered such a cruel punishment. Loneliness is hellish torment. But God sees ...

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Matthew’s Action-Packed Genealogy

Marvel’s superhero movies famously begin with a sequence of images that rapidly flash one after another, like an old-fashioned flip book. This subtly communicates to the viewer that the movie is a ...

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6 Seasoned Pastors on Best Practices for Men’s Ministry

Over the past year, those who track religious statistics have been surprised by a trend so rare it hasn’t been recorded before: Gen-Z is the first generation in American history whose men are more ...

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‘Probably Doomed and Perplexingly Merry’: Leif Enger Portrays Hope in Dark Times

The winds of hope in Leif Enger’s novel I Cheerfully Refuse are stronger than the brutalizing gusts on Lake Superior. Perhaps no line in the book better summarizes the doom alongside the stubborn ...

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Gospel Hope and Action in the Waiting (2 Thess. 3)

In this lecture, Don Carson examines 2 Thessalonians 3, offering practical guidance for Christians living between Christ’s first and second comings. Carson emphasizes the importance of prioritizing...

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7 Islamic Ways to Set Healthy Boundaries with In‑Laws

When Love Meets Limits: Why Boundaries Matter You didn’t just marry a person; you married their family, too. And while love expands, peace often contracts when boundaries are missing. Unannounced...

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Filthy Rags or Fragrant Offerings? How Does God View Our Good Works?

Growing up in a rural evangelical church, I often remember hearing Isaiah 64:6 (in the King James Version): “All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isa. 64:6). And I’m glad I did. It’s good t...

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I’m a Librarian. How Should I Handle Fights over Book Removals?

I serve in a director position at the district level of our school system. As certain organizations single out books with specific themes they feel shouldn’t be in school libraries, my role is to f...

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Why did the irate bishop of Fulham evict the choir? Because vicars are human: we can go rogue | Ravi Holy

We prize humility, but people expect you to smile and turn the other cheek even when tired or provoked. It’s not easy maintaining the patience of JobRavi Holy is the vicar of Wye in KentJesus famou...

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When Idols of the Heart Are Objects You Can See

When I was a missionary in Taiwan, I was all too familiar with the smell of burning incense offered to Buddhist and Daoist idols. But after retiring from the mission field and returning to the Unit...

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‘What’s the Point?’: Struggle and Hope in Scottie Scheffler’s Interview

Last week, an interview with the number one golfer in the world, Scottie Scheffler, went viral. Speaking before the British Open, Scheffler reflected on his success with a level of vulnerability r...

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Awaiting Christ’s Return with Readiness and Faith (2 Thessalonians 2)

In this lecture, Don Carson examines 2 Thessalonians 2, offering biblical insight into how Christians should anticipate Christ’s return. Carson emphasizes the importance of being steadfast in faith...

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What We Need from Pastor-Apologists

In his lifetime, pastor Tim Keller was most often compared not to any pastor but instead to an academic and novelist, C. S. Lewis. It’s easy to see why––apart from Scripture, no one’s words showed ...

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Ask TGC: What Do We Do with Helpful Resources from Harmful People?

Editors’ note: We received the following questions from a reader: What should we do when we’ve been influenced by pastors (or others) who have become discredited and are no longer fit for ministry...

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Live: Bible Study in the Local Church Matters

In this live episode recorded at TGC25, Melissa and Courtney talk about why group Bible study is so important in the life of a church. They make a case for doing Bible study homework for the sake ...

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Ecclesiastes’s Most Important Word: Not Fleeting but Absurd

The book of Ecclesiastes packs its most shocking yet liberating insight into a single word—a word that tells you that life won’t give you what you want or deserve. And yet receiving that shockingly...

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