Don’t Let 2020 Stop Your Thanksgiving
Clarissa Moll (article)
“Thankfulness may require special attention, resolve, and purpose in this season, but it is still possible. Even in all of this, I can choose to see what good things God has done.”
the Authority of God
HB Charles Jr. (video)
God’s glory and honor are directly tied to the matter of authority. God’s name is to be hallowed because God is in charge.
8 Questions About Prayer You Were Probably Too Embarrassed to Ask
Joe Carter (article)
Prayer is an encounter with God that is initiated by God in which we humbly communicate and worship the Lord, confess our sins and transgressions, and ask him to fulfill both our needs and the desires of our heart.
Kanye West: From ‘I Am a God’ to ‘Jesus Is King’
Eugene Park (article)
Kanye’s erratic life and career speaks of this inability to withstand the weight—not only of celebrity, but of self-reliance and self-justification in any form.
God and Pac-Man in ‘Ready Player One’
Joe Carter (article)
Play, like anything else good, can become idolatrous when it is all-consuming and becomes an end to itself and an object of worship that replaces or distracts us from who we should truly worship.
Your Work Matters. But Don’t Deify It.
Daniel Darling (article)
We don’t work to be saved. But being saved, there is good work for us to do.
Do You Fear a Day of Rest?
Adam Mabry (article)
The restless will only find their rest in him. You will only find your rest in him.
Lean in on Sunday Morning: Come to Worship, Not Critique
David Mathis Do you lean in on Sunday mornings? Or does a critical spirit or unchecked cynicism have you leaning out, ready to size up and dress down the slips and inadequacies of the leaders up front?
What’s So Special About Singing on Sundays?
Bob Kauflin People sing. Everywhere. In their cars. In the shower. In choirs. At football games. At birthdays. But when the church gathers on Sunday morning (or Saturday night, etc.), our earthly voices join the choirs of heaven and the singing is like no other.
We Were Made to Marvel
Erik Raymond As a Christian I looked around and found myself reminded again of the image of God in humanity. We were made to marvel. We were created to have our hearts drawn after beauty through our senses.
Idolatry: A Fatal Attraction, Part 2
Brad Andrews It’s one thing to understand the category of idolatry, but quite another to isolate what deities you worship. Today we take the first step in diagnosing idolatry.
The Sunday Worship Killer
Jason Helopoulos Few things harden the soul, deaden the heart, close the ears, and chill the affections more. Donning the robes of the critic maims and kills many would-be worshipers in churches every single Sunday morning. In all honesty, very few of us knowingly enter church with such a motivation...
In Praise of Hymns
CBS News If angels somehow descended on Midtown Manhattan, it might sound a little like the choir at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, who can make any hymn or anthem sound new -- even though some are a few centuries old. But if you think hymn writing's a lost art, you've never met the Gettys...
Religious Liberty Is Not Freedom from Ridicule
Russell Moore In recent weeks, we’ve seen an unprecedented and nasty turn in American culture against basic religious freedoms, freedoms that once were at the bedrock of the American consensus. In the years to come, we will be called upon to advocate for religious liberty and soul freedom for everyone, over and against a government and a media culture hostile to the very idea...