Good Advice for Living a Countercultural Life June 30, 2023 by: Kevin DeYoung “I Am My Own” There was a creed—a sort of secular creed—that you may have seen before. I’ve referenced it in sermons. A woman wrote about how “I am my own” and it just went, “I am special, and everything about me…
Why God’s Promises Are Important for Kids Too June 29, 2023by: William R. Osborne God With Us The struggles and complexities of life teach us through the years that we must rely on our heavenly Father. As adults, we have leaned upon the promises of God and found him to be faithful and true to…
An Antislavery Message from 1776 by the Nation’s First Black Ordained Minister June 19, 2023 by: Lemuel Haynes The following is an excerpt from “Liberty Further Extended,” a manuscript that Lemuel Haynes penned in 1776 which attacked the slave trade and upheld the liberty that is equally precious to each and every person. The essay…
How to Help Your Kids Love the Bible June 19, 2023 by: William R. Osborne Love Is Loyalty As parents and caregivers, we want our children to know the God revealed in the Bible and come to love his word deeply, just as we have. But while there is little doubt—either anecdotally or through psychological…
An Untethered Identity Is Dangerous June 17, 2023 by: Kevin DeYoung Identity Questions In every age of the church, you can trace over the centuries that different time periods have different core doctrines that really come to the fore. In the early church, they were wrestling with the Trinity and the person of Christ. In…