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Tony Reinke

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.

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Satan’s Devices: Standing Fast in the Digital Age

Satan’s Devices

Standing Fast in the Digital Age

Our smartphones and social-media feeds are a spiritual war zone. Don’t be caught powerless in the fight against Satan’s devices.

God’s Agenda on Debate Night

God’s Agenda on Debate Night

With so many confused and discouraged about the political climate, God has made the way forward as clear as ever.

Thirty Seconds Alone with God

Thirty Seconds Alone with God

The Effect of Our Phones on Prayer

The fight for prayer is fought in the 30-second gaps of your day. Who gets your attention: your smartphone or God?

What Does It Mean to Be One with Christ?

What Does It Mean to Be One with Christ?

Our union with Christ is the most important thing about us, but most of us struggle, at least, to explain it. Sinclair Ferguson helps us understand what it means.

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…

All of Us Sinners, None of Us Freaks: Christian Convictions for the Transgender Age

All of Us Sinners, None of Us Freaks

Christian Convictions for the Transgender Age

This feature article highlights five key convictions for Christians to hold in the transgender age.

What Your Passions Say About You

Actions speak louder than words — but desires speak loudest. The pursuit of pleasure is what drives all our actions and decisions, driving us into relationships, driving us to watch football, driving us toward excellence at work. We authentically pursue…

Spring Sports and Sunday Church: Five Suggestions for Parents

Spring Sports and Sunday Church

Five Suggestions for Parents

How should Christian parents think about their children playing on teams that will cost their family Sundays away from church?

Rethinking Our Relaxing

Rethinking Our Relaxing

How should Christians plan for and enjoy rest and relaxation? We interviewed one author to dig into what the Sabbath means for us today.

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Who Will Have Your Attention? Clinging to Christ in the Digital Age

Who Will Have Your Attention?

Clinging to Christ in the Digital Age

In an era of endless screens and scrolling, everything competes for our attention. Unless Christ has captured our hearts, we’ll search for satisfaction in all the wrong places.

Porn, Pride, and Praise: An Interview with Heath Lambert (22 Minutes)

Authors on the Line

According to a study by Covenant Eyes, roughly half of all professing Christian men and one-fifth of all professing Christian women admit to being porn addicts. Other reports indicate the problem could be even more extensive. Whatever the exact numbers…

A Movie So Good It Ruins You: Would You Watch It?

A Movie So Good It Ruins You

Would You Watch It?

When screens become more fun than real life, the Scriptures, and our God, they become major threats to our souls.

Every Knee Shall Bow? Our Glaring Need for Christian Sympathy

Every Knee Shall Bow?

Our Glaring Need for Christian Sympathy

In video after video, we have watched African Americans gunned down by police officers. The heartache and tension create dozens of difficult questions.

The Van Gogh That Breaks My Heart

The Van Gogh That Breaks My Heart

Vincent van Gogh aspired to become a Calvinist pastor, like his dad. He pursued ministry in the Dutch Reformed Church until he hit a roadblock by failing his academic training, and then experienced what personal failure often breeds: disillusionment. He…

Newton on the Christian Life

Newton on the Christian Life

To Live Is Christ

Through a careful study of scores of letters, Tony Reinke brings together Newton’s brilliant vision of the Christian life in one accessible place.

Enjoy Your Possessions Before They Possess You

Enjoy Your Possessions Before They Possess You

So many people fail to enjoy their possessions because their possessions have possessed them. They’re so focused on money and all it can buy that they miss the goodness of the gifts. But God can free us to enjoy what he has given us to the fullest. Here are four ways he does it in the human heart.

All Spheres of Life — Even Pro Basketball

They're calling it "LinSanity" in New York, and it hit fever pitch tonight after Lin's game winning 3-pointer with less than a second to play in the Knicks win. He finished with 27 points and a career-high 11 assists. But…

Instagram Generation: Four Ways Smartphone Cameras Are Changing Us

Instagram Generation

Four Ways Smartphone Cameras Are Changing Us

95 million more new images will be uploaded to Instagram today. Here are four ways the popular app is changing us.

Don’t Be That Guy: Thirty No’s in Paul’s Letters

Don’t Be That Guy

Thirty No’s in Paul’s Letters

Paul paints the contours of the Christian life with darkened shadows of opposites. Every time he says what not to be, he’s also showing us who we are in Christ.

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.

All I Have Is Christ

All I Have Is Christ

An Interview with Bob and Jordan Kauflin

It has become a classic to some, and a favorite to many, since its release in 2008. “All I Have Is Christ” was written by Jordan Kauflin and edited by his father. We asked them some questions about the writing of a modern-day classic.

Did the Simpsons Ruin a Generation?

Did the Simpsons Ruin a Generation?

Sarcasm has become the language of a generation, empowering everyone to criticize everything without doing anything positively to change what’s wrong.

Is My Life Worthy of the King?

Is My Life Worthy of the King?

Four Tests

We are made worthy to live worthily.

Why Do We Envy the Wicked?

Why Do We Envy the Wicked?

Live for money, success, or comfort, and your hope will die as envy grows. God is the only treasure we cannot lose.

Have You Found What You’re Looking For? Easter Sunday

Have You Found What You’re Looking For?

Easter Sunday

Jesus went to the cross for joy: to buy joy, create joy, and offer joy. Have you found what you’re looking for?

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