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The Search for Manly Men of God

The Search for Manly Men of God

A History of Muscular Christianity

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Five Reasons for Marital Faithfulness: 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 2

Five Reasons for Marital Faithfulness

1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 2

Treating your wife in holiness and honor demonstrates that you rightly value God, your wife, and your brother.

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How to Live Fearlessly

How to Live Fearlessly

How to Live Fearlessly

How can Christians live fearlessly? Replace the fear of man with the fear of God. Fear man — live fearfully. Fear God — live fearlessly.

The Hands That Made the Meal: What the Supper Says About Ordinary Work

The Hands That Made the Meal: What the Supper Says About Ordinary Work

The Hands That Made the Meal

What the Supper Says About Ordinary Work

When Jesus broke the bread and shared the cup, he blessed the ordinary work of ordinary hands like ours.

Doubt: A Personal History

Doubt: A Personal History

Doubt: A Personal History

One of the more disorienting parts of facing doubt is that so few talk about their own struggles with doubt. Part of overcoming temptation is realizing you’re not alone.

The Bitter Splinters of Marburg: How the Table Split Luther and Zwingli

The Bitter Splinters of Marburg

How the Table Split Luther and Zwingli

In the fall of 1529, Martin Luther and Huldreich Zwingli met to discuss the Lord’s Supper — and they left still divided. What can we learn from the sad story of the Marburg Colloquy?

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Take Your Wife in Holiness — Not a Brother’s: 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 1

Take Your Wife in Holiness — Not a Brother’s: 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 1

Take Your Wife in Holiness — Not a Brother’s

1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 1

Sexual purity is more a matter of knowing God than of following a prescribed list of dos and don’ts.

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I Want to Be Baptized — My Husband Opposes It

I Want to Be Baptized — My Husband Opposes It

Godly submission does not require that a woman do everything her husband says. Before she is a wife who submits to her husband, she is a Christian who submits to Christ.

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Apostle, Comforter, and Champion: 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2, Part 2

Apostle, Comforter, and Champion

1 Thessalonians 4:1–2, Part 2

We all need comforters who commend us for our faithfulness and champions who challenge us to greater heights.

Our Children Need to See Weakness

Our Children Need to See Weakness

Don’t hide or run from your weaknesses in parenting. Lean into them, and help your children learn to rely on God for everything.

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Am I Called to Ministry? Five Tests

Am I Called to Ministry? Five Tests

How do we know if we are able to bear the heavy calling of being the aroma of life to some and the aroma of death to others?

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