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Tony Reinke serves as Senior Teacher for Desiring God, host of the Ask Pastor John podcast, and author of Ask Pastor John: 750 Bible Answers to Life’s Most Important Questions (2024). He and his wife live in Phoenix. Read more about Tony.

Enjoying God’s Beatific Beauty

“How good is God,” wrote Jonathan Edwards, “that he has created man for this very end, to make him happy in the enjoyment of himself, the Almighty, who was happy from the days of eternity in himself … that he…

Marriage on the Cosmic Stage

Christian marriage has been caught up into the cosmic drama of the gospel. In this first Authors on the Line podcast of 2013 we talk with Bible scholar G. K. Beale, the Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at…

Marriage on the Cosmic Stage: An Interview with Bible Scholar G. K. Beale

Authors on the Line

Christian marriage has been caught up into the cosmic drama of the gospel. This is the theme of the first Authors of the Line podcast of 2013, and today we talk with Bible scholar G. K. Beale, the Professor of…

Marriage in the Cosmic Plan of God

How easy is it to detach our marriages from the finished work of Christ? Very easy. Tragically easy. This may be due to living in a society where marriage is ever pressed into molds defined by the increasing unbelief around…

Ask Pastor John Podcast Relaunch

A week ago, John Piper celebrated his 67th birthday. On his birthday, we asked him about his prayer for this new chapter of ministry. “I really do feel remarkably vulnerable to distraction because of the lifting of certain pressures,” he…

Jesus Sings

Jesus sings. If Scripture didn’t say it, I wouldn’t either. But it’s true. In four places in Scripture we read that Jesus, the Son of God himself, raised his voice in worship.1 Which is immediately confusing on one level…

A (Very) Short Prayer for Joy Seekers

At the very points in my life when my soul feels most dry and joyless, I often find myself most spiritually speechless. I'm stuck. And when I get stuck in this inarticulate joyless state I turn to the Psalms. There…

Why We Read the Bible

Reading the Bible from cover to cover is a noble goal because it positions us well to commune with God.

What Difference Has Looking Made?

The holiday season is notoriously busy. But there are often quiet moments at Christmas to slow our lives down for worship. The classic Nativity figurines and all the classic Nativity paintings capture this divine silence. In the presence of the…

The Power of ‘Les Miserables’

The new stage-to-screen adaptation of Les Misérables (which releases today) is proof again of the enduring power of Victor Hugo’s 150-year-old masterpiece. The novel-turned-musical has been released for film and television now 67 times in the past 115 years. And…

Christmas in a Cold Prison

Christmas in a Cold Prison

Dietrich Bonhoeffer awoke December 25, 1943 on a hard wooden bed. It was the first of two Christmases he would spend sequestered in a Nazi prison. This first Christmas would be celebrated in a lonely prison cell in a place…

The Cross-Centered Christmas: An Interview with Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp is the wife of a farmer, the busy mom of six kids, and a bestselling author. Throughout the year, Voskamp’s writings are a reminder that kindling thankfulness leads us to fellowship with God. During the holidays, Voskamp’s…

Keeping the Cross At the Center of Christmas

Ann Voskamp is the wife of a farmer, the busy mom of six kids, and a bestselling author. Throughout the year, Voskamp’s writings are a reminder that kindling thankfulness leads us to fellowship with God. During the holidays, Voskamp’s…

The Invincible, Irrefutable Joy

When the Nazis padlocked the doors of the Confessing Church seminaries in Germany in the Autumn of 1937, Dietrich Bonhoeffer took theological training underground and opened his own seminary in Finkenwalde. Before the Gestapo shut it down in 1939, Bonhoeffer…

Eyes Wide Open to God’s Created Beauty

This morning we posted a list of my 12 favorite books from 2012. In this episode of Authors on the Line we talk with pastor Steve DeWitt, the author of my choice for the book of the year: Eyes…

Eyes Wide Open to God’s Created Beauty: An Interview with Steve DeWitt

Authors on the Line

Today on the blog I published a list of my 12 favorite books from 2012 (see them here). In this episode of Authors on the Line we talk with pastor Steve DeWitt, the author of my choice for the…

Top 12 Books of 2012

For seven years I’ve had the honor of tracking non-fiction books released by Christian publishers, and in that span of time I would say 2012 was the most fruitful year of them all. Recently I gathered up my favorite titles…

Advent Is Slow — on Purpose

Who has time to celebrate Advent? That’s my initial thought each year. But that’s the point. Advent takes time. It cannot be microwaved, it cannot be compressed into 24 hours, and it cannot be sped up to the bustling speed…

Learning from Lincoln’s Flawed Marriage

The impressive new feature film Lincoln brings with it a high-definition reminder of the tremendous strengths and flaws of, and the challenges faced by, the 16th president of the United States. One struggle that finds its way into the movie…

The Trinitarian Shape of Jonathan Edwards's Theology

The theology of Jonathan Edwards is built around the living, triune God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But just how central is the Trinity for Edwards? How early in his life did the Trinity begin shaping his theology? How…

The Trinitarian Shape of Jonathan Edwards' Theology: An Interview with Michael McClymond

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The theology of Jonathan Edwards is built around the living, triune God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. But just how central is the Trinity for Edwards? How early in his life did the Trinity begin shaping his theology? How…

Union with Christ

Union with Christ is one of the most essential theological categories in the New Testament. And it may be one of the most overlooked. Sensing a need, over the last 12 months a flurry of books on union have been…

Union with Christ in Paul’s Theology: An Interview with Constantine Campbell

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Constantine Campbell’s 480-page book Paul and Union with Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study was released in November of 2012 by Zondervan. On a back-cover blurb Don Carson calls it, “Highly recommended.” Dr. Campbell’s book is thorough in exegesis of…

Four Reasons Men Don’t Read Books (with a Practical Suggestion)

Men in the church don't read well. I don’t have statistics or studies to prove this. My conclusion draws from my experience, and from educated intuition. I recently discussed this conclusion with Albert Mohler, and he agreed, "It's a very…

God’s Work and Ours: An Interview with Timothy Keller

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Timothy Keller’s newest book releases tomorrow — Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work. It’s a clear and thoughtful treatment of vocation and calling. We put Dr. Keller on the line to ask him about the 9…

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