- Fernando Mendoza, Indiana Cap 16-0 Season With CFP National Title: ‘All glory and thanks to God’. Kevin Mercer writes “The No. 1 Hoosiers staved off a game Miami Hurricanes team, 27-21, to capture the 2025-26 College Football Playoff national title, becoming the first team in modern major college football history to finish 16-0. It is the first national championship for a program that, for much of its history, was a bottom-dweller in the Big Ten.”
- The FAQs: What Should Churches Do When Protest Enters the Sanctuary? Joe Carter writes “Protesters disrupted a Minnesota church service on Sunday (January 18), after activists determined one of the pastors works as the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s field office in St. Paul, says the Minnesota Star Tribune. Activists, including some from Black Lives Matter Minnesota, entered the service at Cities Church in St. Paul and chanted, “Justice for Renee Good.” The church is led by Jonathan Parnell, who was confronted on camera and misidentifiedby former CNN anchor Don Lemon.
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- A Tool for Spiritual Formation You Might Be Underutilizing. Matthew Bingham writes “Whether in the context of home or church, one of the primary ways that Christian relationships advance our spiritual formation is through the honest, serious, God-honoring conversations that they make possible.”
- If We Don’t Speak For The Unborn, Who Will? Randy Alcorn writes “In eternity, we won’t regret a single effort we made to speak up for the unborn, minister to their mothers, and reach out in Christ’s name. When we are with King Jesus in the new heavens and new earth, every sacrifice we make now, big or small, will be obviously and eternally worth it.”
- Piper, Did You Miss Something? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question that can be summarized as “How do we hold fast to God as the highest, best, and final good of the gospel without failing to love and rejoice deeply and continually in the garments of our salvation, too? How do we avoid using justification or the cross merely as a booster rocket for initial spiritual momentum that later falls off as unnecessary because we have God himself, and then we never think of our salvation? That’s my fear.”
- Are Raised Hands in Worship Just Showing Off? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question that reads in part “I’m writing because in Matthew 6:1 Jesus warns us not to practice our righteousness to be seen by others. For example, how does this teaching apply to gathered worship? Should Christians ever be concerned that lifting hands, closing eyes, or expressing emotion in worship might cross the line into practicing our righteousness before others? Or does worship fall into a different category? What about praying before meals in restaurants, wearing crosses, sharing our testimony online, or even posting Scripture on social media?”
- Three Metrics for Your Fitness. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question that can be summarized as “How can I tell when my pursuit of physical fitness stops being good stewardship and crosses over into sinful self-glorification? Where is that line found in the Bible?”
- What Lessons Have You Learned in Ministry? In this video, Sinclair Ferguson shares some notable lessons from years in ministry.
- Why Mental Clarity Arrives at Night. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “Can you tell me how to discern the instruction that our hearts receive ‘in the night,’ to ensure this is counsel from the Lord and not from other sources? I’m thinking of Psalm 16:7. The text first speaks of God speaking to us through his word. And then it says, ‘In the night also my heart instructs me.’ How does our heart also instruct us, beyond the Bible, particularly in quiet and reflective times of lying in bed? What is the relationship between God’s external counsel to us through Scripture and this self-counsel? Can we even call it that? And should we seek it?”
- Ask Pastor John|Sovereign Grace Pastors Conference. C.J. Mahaney joins John Piper for this live version of Ask Pastor John at the 2025 Sovereign Grace Pastors Conference.
- Why is Christianity the Best Religion? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question that can be summarized as “What makes Christianity different, or even better, than all the other religions in the world that have been around so long, many from before the birth of Jesus?”
- What are the Signs that Legalism or Antinomianism May Have Crept Into a Christian’s Life? In this video, Derek Thomas suggests some signs that legalism or antinomianism may have crept into a Christian’s life.
- Is Sex as Dangerous as Christians Make it Seem? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question that can be summarized as “Why do Christians make such a big deal out of sex? Why all the prohibitions about something so natural and personal?”
- 2025 Ligonier Escondido Conference. Watch the messages from Ligonier’s recent 2025 Escondido Conference exploring the church’s responsibility to submit to God’s Word as the final authority.
- Live from the Studio with Derek Thomas. On January 13, Derek Thomas joined Nathan W. Bingham in the new Renewing Your Mind studio to answer listener’s theological questions.
- Why Is It So Crucial to Know Jesus as Our Great High Priest? In this video, Alistair Begg shares why it is important to know Jesus as our great high priest.
- Which Commands and Promises in the Bible Only Apply to Those Being Immediately Spoken to and Which Apply to All Believers? How can Christians know which biblical commands and promises apply to all believers? Joel Kim explains how to read Scripture faithfully by honoring both its context and its enduring wisdom.
- Announcing Two New Ligonier Teaching Fellows: Joel Kim and Michael Reeves. Chris Larson writes “With great joy in the Lord, Ligonier Ministries has appointed two new teaching fellows: Michael Reeves and Joel Kim.
- In the Library: John Stonestreet. On this episode of In the Library, Albert Mohler speaks with president of the Colson Center, John Stonestreet. They discuss cultural engagement, the life and impact of Chuck Colson, society’s masculinity crisis, surrogacy, the apologetic of Christian marriage, and much more.
- A Great Awakening. I’m looking forward to the film A Great Awakening about the relationship between George Whitefield and Ben Franklin. The film opens April 3.
- Jim Cornelison Sings National Anthem Ahead of Rams vs. Bears Game. You will be hard pressed to find a more powerful version of our national anthem than this.
- A single day in hell will be worse than a whole life spent in carrying the cross. J.C. Ryle
- Far be it from us to seek a crown of honor where our Lord found only a crown of thorns. Charles Spurgeon
- There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us. Richard Sibbes
- My memory is nearly gone; but I remember two things; That I am a great sinner, and that Christ is a great Savior. John Newton
- Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life. Jonathan Edwards
- Tell me not of your justification unless you have some marks of sanctification. C. Ryle
- I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I wish to be, and I am not what I hope to be, but by the grace of God, I am not what I once was. John Newton
- Only when our greatest love is God, a love that we cannot lose even in death, can we face all things with peace. Grief was not to be eliminated but seasoned and buoyed up with love and hope. Tim Keller
- The central focus of the Bible is not a set of practical principles for life. No, the central theme of the Bible is a person, Jesus Christ. Paul Tripp
