- Do I Have to Stop Shopping at Target? Courtney Reissig writes “We all must recognize it’s not our job to compel people toward our position when Scripture doesn’t. You might feel free to shop at Target, but if your friend in Bible study doesn’t, it’s not your job to change her mind, and vice versa. It’s your job to love her and not to do anything to cause her to stumble—which could mean not inciting a debate about the merits of Target shopping.”
- Not Dead Yet: Fighting Nine Fears of Old Age. In this message, John Piper states “I have nine fears we will walk through together, and I’ll give you biblical antidotes for those fears. These antidotes will work through faith, and without faith they won’t work. But by faith they will work, and fear will be overcome, and we will go to be with Jesus in due time without walking in fear during our last season.”
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- How Can Younger Christians Connect with Older Christians in the Church? How can younger Christians build connections with older Christians in the church? From one of Ligonier’s live events, Sinclair Ferguson encourages young believers to take the first step in reaching out.
- How Can I Comfort a Loved One Going Through Suffering and Trials? How can we comfort our loved ones and friends in times of trial? From one of Ligonier’s live events, Steven Lawson and Kevin DeYoung remind us of the truth that Scripture speaks into our suffering.
- How Do I Deal with My Self-Righteousness and Trust in Christ Alone? From one of the live Ask Ligonier events, Derek Thomas identifies the remedy for self-righteousness.
- What Bible Verses Do You Often Use to Remind Yourself of God’s Love? From one of the live Ask Ligonier events, Sinclair Ferguson identifies several passages that help him recall the wonder of the gospel.
- Why Do We Pray for Our President? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “In light of 1 Timothy 2:1–4, how are we to pray for unrighteous leaders? How about presidents and other politicians? How do you do it? And what specifically do you pray for?”
- 100 of the Best Timothy Keller Quotes. A few years ago, our friend Kevin Halloran compiled this helpful post of quotes from Tim Keller.
- Male and Female He Created Them: Men and Woman in Creation and Redemption. At no time in the last 1,500 years has the Western world been more confused about the definition of male and female. Kevin DeYoung speaks at the Bethlehem College and Seminary 2023 Conference about the two genders and their origins in the creation story.
- Death and the Christian Hope. Enjoy this message from Tim Keller from 1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11.
- What Tim Keller Taught Us: A Compilation of Tributes. The Gospel Coalition Staff writes “The outpouring of grateful tributes to the life, preaching, writing, and mentorship of Tim Keller has been overwhelming. These stories, articles, and essays come from a former U.S. president and from pastors, academics, journalists, ministry leaders, and congregants around the globe.”
- ‘I’ll Miss Our Conversations’: Collin Hansen Remembers Tim Keller. Melissa Kruger hosts a special edition of the Gospelboundpodcast, where Collin Hansen reflects on the life and ministry of Tim Keller.
- 7 Reasons Why Mormonism and Christianity are Not the Same. Kevin DeYoung writes “Mormons do not understand history, God, man, salvation, heaven, hell, the cross, Jesus, or the Trinity as the canonical Scriptures teach, nor do they agree with the conciliar doctrine taught by the one, holy, catholic, apostolic church over the last two thousand years.”
- The Christian Past in American Christianity — A Conversation with Professor Paul Gutacker. Paul Gutacker is the executive director of the Brazos Fellows program and a lecturer in history at Baylor University. On this episode of the Thinking in Public podcast, Albert Mohler visits with Gutacker about his book TheOld Faith in a New Nation: American Protestants and the Christian Past.
- One of the more loving things Jesus did was preach about hell and the wrath of God. Burk Parsons
- People desperately search for the things that only God can give them while at the same time they are fleeing from Him. R.C. Sproul
- Jesus will always exceed our expectations. He will be more than what we can ask for or even imagine every time. Tim Keller
- Prayer, no matter how, where or when, is never considered an interruption by your Heavenly Father. Paul Tripp
- It doesn’t matter who you are. It doesn’t matter what your background is. It doesn’t matter what the world thinks. Your capital is the grace of God, not your children, not your bank account. Tim Keller
- If a man can preach one sermon without mentioning Christ’s name, it ought to be his last. Charles Spurgeon
- In Christ the penalty has been paid. God’s wrath has been fully exhausted on His Son. We Stand before Him as if we had never sinned. Jerry Bridges
- Repentance is not verbal only. It is always demonstrated consistently in a life over time. And true repentance is a process that requires time and more time to be made evident. Diane Langberg
- Prayer is simply too great a privilege for any Christian to ignore and too great a necessity for any of us to neglect. Alistair Begg
