Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 33–34 1 Peter 5 Be devoted to one another in love . . . joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in...

As a pastor, some of the best (and most challenging) questions I get from people don’t have chapter-and-verse Bible answers. No one ever...

November 13, 2023 • Dr. Eric Herrstrom Dr. Eric Herrstrom concludes his two part series on how we can handle criticism. In Part One of...

November 6, 2023 • Dr. Eric Herrstrom PART 1: Church Pastor Eric Herrstrom gives us some wise words on handling criticism in this two...

Pastor J.D. Greear

This is an excerpt from a book I’ve got coming out in a few weeks, 12 Truths and a Lie: Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions. It’s a...

In Matthew 22, Jesus was asked, “Which is the most important commandment?” and he answered, “Easy: First, love God with all your heart,...

There was a popular saying when I was younger: “That which doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” I remember seeing it on t-shirts, bumper...

This is an excerpt from a book I’ve got coming out in a few weeks, 12 Truths and a Lie: Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions. It’s a...

A biblical church pursues ethnic unity more than a diversity quota. The point isn’t to have a visibly diverse audience—though that’s a...

Racial strife isn’t just a modern issue. The Jews in the Ephesian church had a hard time (to put it mildly) worshiping with Gentiles,...

When I moved into my former house, one of the first things my dad pointed out was that my neighbor had planted Bermuda grass. I thought,...

Larry Crabb has an old book called The Silence of Adam, in which he makes the case that original sin goes back, in part, to the silence...

Like many of you, I watched—with a mixture of intrigue and horror—the trial of Alex Murdaugh. Murdaugh, in case you missed it, was an...

Do you ever feel like your Christian life is mostly a matter of duty? You might be doing all of the right things—but it’s coming from a...

The path of repentance begins with confrontation and leads to confession, reassurance, and finally, restoration. But so many of us want...

One of my favorite movie scenes of all time is Liam Neeson’s portrayal of the forgiveness of Jean Valjean in the movie rendition of Les...

Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve liked the story found in 2 Samuel 6. In the Bible I had at the time (the King James Version, of...

Let’s say there was a person in possession of something of the utmost value, perhaps a personalized autographed photo of the greatest...

King David was described, early in 1 Samuel, as “a man after God’s own heart” (1 Samuel 13:14). Read through the rest of the story, and...