The Shepherd Can Lead You through the Valley of Darkness Because He’s Been There October 10, 2023 by: David Gibson Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, …
Podcast: When Churches Get Doctrine Right and Everything Else Wrong (Ray Ortlund and Sam Allberry) October 09, 2023 by: Crossway This article is part of the The Crossway Podcast series. Is Good Doctrine Good Enough? In this episode, Ray Ortlund and Sam Allberry discuss the connection between gospel doctrine and gospel culture and share what…
The Ultimate Human Diagnostic October 08, 2023 by: Paul David Tripp Confrontation of Sin I was rebuked, and it stung. As my colleague confronted me, I felt my chest tighten and my ears get warm. I wanted to rise to my defense, to tell him that he misunderstood what I had done. I wanted to…
A Church Is Not Just a Truth-Dispensing Center October 07, 2023 by: Sam Allberry, Ray Ortlund Community and Mission A church is not just a truth-dispensing center but a spiritual family. As Paul explains why he’s written his first letter to Timothy, he provides this theologically concentrated definition of the church: “If I delay, you…
Something Scarier Than the Storm October 06, 2023 by: Jon Nielson The Presence of Divine Power We’re tempted to impose our situations—our “storms of life”—onto the story of Jesus and his disciples. Jesus will “calm our storms,” or at least, that’s what we’ve been taught. The problem is that Mark 4:35-41 isn’t primarily about our…