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Receiving the Whole of Scripture
A study on why the church plans to hear all of God's word, and gives thanks that it can be read at all.
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Planning a Preaching Calendar
Matt Smethurst and Ligon Duncan discuss how thoughtful preaching calendars help pastors faithfully feed their people, preach the whole counsel of God, and plan ahead without quenching the Spirit.
‘No Tyndale, No Shakespeare’: How the Bible Made Modern English
The flowering of English at the end of the 16th century would have been impossible without the linguistic wheels that Tyndale set in motion at the beginning of the century.
50,000 Gather at Temple Mount in Mass Repentance Ahead of Fall Feasts
More than 50,000 Jewish worshippers gathered at Jerusalem’s Western Wall in a massive display of prayer and repentance ahead of the biblical fall feasts. Author and Bible teacher Amir Tsarfati says this scene points to something far greater still to come. In a post on X, Tsarfati
An Abstract, Artistic Music Album For Your Next Bible Study
When Joshua and Kaitlyn Rose Leventhal first started talking about Tapiseri, they were just two friends who’d met on social media, sharing thoughts about art and faith. Jonathan, a musician and worship leader, imagined an album that would weave together stories, scenes, and theme
Which Gospel Writer Most Inspired Paul’s Theology?
This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Michael Niebauer, From Word to Worship: How the Lectionary Welcomes You into Sacred Time Through Story, Symbol, and Sacrament (Baker Books, 2026) Lectionaries are underrated. Used well, they can be an excellent wa
The Word of God Never Stops Giving
Thanks to my early biblical education and years of Bible study since, my head is swimming with texts, and the beautiful thing is there are always more!
‘Write Them on Your Heart’: Why We Memorize Scripture
We memorize biblical passages so we may be empowered to say “yes” to Jesus and “no” to Satan and his soul-destroying lies.
‘Write Them on Your Heart’: Why We Memorize Scripture
We memorize biblical passages so we may be empowered to say “yes” to Jesus and “no” to Satan and his soul-destroying lies.
Yes, Jesus Loves You
When I was starting out in ministry, a major problem around me was a nominal Bible Belt Christianity that gained easy assurance by remembering a “sinner’s prayer” from vacation Bible school, followed by an utterly unchanged life. I decided to address that by preaching a series of
Who Cares for a Church’s Kids?
One of the most-discussed topics from our May/June issue was not theology or current events but ground-level church practice: On Sunday morning, who watches the kids? In our Qualms & Proverbs article titled “My Church Makes Everyone Take Nursery Shifts. Can I Object?”, “Irritated
New Commentary Explores the Contemporary Significance of the Book of Daniel
A new commentary on the book of Daniel explores how an ancient book about exile, political upheaval and hope remains relevant to the world today. In Daniel, part of the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Prophetic Books series, Stephen Cook, Ph.D., Catherine N. McBurney Profes
O. Palmer Robertson’s Long Defense of Covenantal Theology
In December 1973, members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) revolted against their church leadership over liberal drift. Affiliated seminaries had denied the infallibility of the Bible. Education committees had questioned Mosaic authorship of the Bible’s firs
Jesus’ Tomb Mystery Takes a Stunning Turn After Archaeologists Unearth New Evidence
For centuries, millions of Christians have journeyed to Jerusalem to stand inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believing they were near the place where Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and rose from the dead. Now archaeology is uncovering a landscape beneath the church tha
Don’t Waste Your Waiting
Waiting is uncomfortable and hard, so it’s tempting to resist it. However, the Bible both commends and commands waiting.
The Museum of the Bible is offering a Christian nationalist vision of America’s past
(RNS) — The Museum of the Bible seeks to unite people of faith from various life experiences and convince them that modern political efforts to ‘reestablish’ a Christian America are rooted in America's founding.
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Shepherds under the Chief Shepherd
Peter's instructions to elders are an outline of what leadership in the church is and is not.
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Done with sin, alive to God: 1 Peter 4:1-11
A careful walk through the paragraph where Peter turns from Christ's suffering to the shape of a Christian's remaining time.
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Do not be surprised by the fire
Peter tells suffering Christians that the ordeal is not strange, and then tells them how to carry it.
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Peter on the water
The apostle who wrote do not fear their threats once learned that lesson on a lake at night.
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Christ suffered once, and it was enough
The hardest paragraph in 1 Peter still has a clear centre.
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Free people who submit
Peter tells Christians under a hostile empire to honour the emperor, and he means it.
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Stones that are alive
Peter builds a house out of people and sets Christ as its cornerstone.
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Minds ready for action
Peter moves from praise to command, and the first command is about how we think.
Zimbabwe circuit offers model for evangelism, growth
Magamba Circuit is steadily attracting new members through preaching, crusades and door-to-door evangelism combined with practical outreach such as providing food and clothing to people in need.
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The One Who Commands the Sea
When Jesus stills a storm, his disciples ask a question the song of Moses already answered.
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Who Among the Gods Is Like You?
The song of Moses is Israel's first theology, sung rather than argued.
13 US citizens denied entry to Israel for weeklong trip to learn about Palestinian Christians
(RNS) — Amid escalating violence in the West Bank, an interfaith group, led by a retired Emory University theology professor, was turned back at Israel's border.
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Stand Still, Then Move On
The crossing of the sea holds together two commands that seem to contradict each other.
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What Does This Ceremony Mean to You?
The Passover instructions include a script for a question children will one day ask.
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The Exodus Jesus Spoke About on the Mountain
At the transfiguration, Moses appears and talks with Jesus about a departure.
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Darkness That Could Be Felt, and Light in Goshen
The ninth plague draws a line through the land that later Scripture will trace all the way to Christ.
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Then the Egyptians Will Know
The plagues are not mainly about punishing Egypt but about revealing who the LORD is.
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Please Send Someone Else
Moses runs through five objections, and God answers each one before finally growing angry.
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When Moses Tried to Fix It Himself
The first attempt at deliverance in Exodus ends with a body in the sand and a man on the run.
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The House on the Rock
Jesus closed his longest sermon with a proverb of his own, about two builders and one storm.
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A Woman of Strength
Proverbs ends with a portrait of wisdom in an ordinary household, and it repays being read as a whole.
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Buy the Truth and Do Not Sell It
Proverbs 23 turns from warning to a tender word from parents to a grown child.
How Scripture Memorization Helps Me Pastor Well
Nothing has been so fruitful or eternally consequential as my ongoing memorization of extended passages of Scripture.
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If You Seek It Like Silver: A Study of Proverbs 2
Proverbs 2 is one long sentence about what wisdom costs, where it comes from, and what it keeps you from.
‘When, Not If’: Scientists Warn of Catastrophic California Mega-Flood
Scientists are warning about a potential disaster in California that sounds less like a weather forecast and more like something ripped straight from the pages of Scripture. According to the Daily Mail, researchers say a catastrophic “biblical flood” capable of transforming vast
Cleansing the temple: Discipline imposed on CoE priest for failure to act
The censure of a Church of England cleric over the John Smyth abuse scandal is actually a victory for traditional Anglican doctrine and practice. The C of E announced on August 6 that a Bishop’s Disciplinary Tribunal has upheld a complaint by the Church’s National Safeguarding Te
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Power in the Tongue
Proverbs repeatedly warns that words are not neutral, and Proverbs 18:21 says it most starkly.
How Kevin Vanhoozer Bridges Biblical Studies and Theology
Kevin Vanhoozer discusses interpreting God’s Word on the far side of the ‘demise of biblical civilization.’
‘We garden on our knees’: Kew Theology & Gardening project explores faith, nature and climate
(RNS) — In a corner of west London, an Anglican church is using its proximity to one of the most famous botanical gardens in the world, Kew Gardens, as a reason for a new venture linking theology and nature.
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The Boy Who Grew in Wisdom
Luke shows a twelve-year-old Jesus among the teachers, and then says something remarkable about his growth.
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Wisdom at the Beginning of the World
Proverbs 8 takes wisdom back before creation and shows her rejoicing at God's side.
Defend the Doctrine of Original Sin Like It’s 1776
The doctrine of original sin clearly informed the founding of the United States. But even many evangelicals reject it today.
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What a Father Passes Down
Proverbs 4 opens with a memory of being taught, and turns it into teaching.
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More Precious Than Rubies
Proverbs 3 puts a price on wisdom and then says nothing you own compares to it.