- Rest as Sleep in the Third of Life, Part 1. This article from Mark D. Roberts is Part 1 of a two-part article on “Rest as Sleep in the Third of Life.” He focuses on rest in the form of sleep and how sleep is essential for third flourishing.
- God Measures Success as Faithfulness. Randy Alcorn writes “Regardless of whether we are successful in the world’s eyes, and whoever we do and don’t please, let’s seek to please the Audience of One, whose “opinion” is truth and is ultimately the One that matters.”
- 13 Tactical Steps to Take in Your Battle Against Sin. John Piper writes “It is both relief and heartache to know that all true believers have sin remaining in them in this life.”
- Don’t Be Ashamed to Be Old. Tim Challies writes “If the time has come for you to be old, don’t be ashamed of your age, for you are simply joining company with many of the grandest things in all the universe.”
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- Why Is It Important For Christians to be Rooted In a Local Church? In this video, Ken Jones shares the importance of the local church in the life of a Christian.
- How Should I Use AI? During a live Clearly Reformed Q&A Event, Kevin DeYoung answered a range of questions presented to him by attendees.
- How Should Christians Engage with Secular Media? Jason Thacker answers this question in this episode of Honest Answers.
- Why a Crowd Got Resurrected. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the questions “In Matthew 27:50–54we read that saints were raised after Jesus’s death and later entered Jerusalem, one of the greatest miracles in human history! And yet there’s no further mention of it anywhere else, not in any other Gospel, not in Josephus — nowhere. So, why might Matthew include it so briefly? And why would no other Gospel account expand on it? And then verse 53 says, ‘After his resurrection they went into the holy city.’ Does this mean they were raised and waited until Christ rose? I would love your thoughts on how to read this really curious and glorious and underemphasized story faithfully.”
- Your Regrets Cannot Ruin You. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the questions “Romans 8:35–39is glorious to me in listing off many things that cannot separate us from the love of Christ. Paul focuses on present suffering, yet never makes mention of the past, like past sin and wrongs against others. Many people struggle deeply with shame and rumination over memories of their past evils. That’s me as well. And I know Paul’s past was dark, too. Is Paul assuming the past has already been dealt with through the cross? Or why do you think he does not mention past things here in this list of things that cannot separate us from Christ?”
- Why Are You A Presbyterian And Not A Baptist? During a live Clearly Reformed Q&A Event, Kevin DeYoung answered a range of questions presented to him by attendees.
- Selfies in the End Times. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the questions “Pastor John, it feels like we are living in the very final moments of the last days. When I look at 2 Timothy 3, it says people will be ‘lovers of self,’ and I can’t help but see that emerging right now in a way that’s never happened before in history. I’m talking about digital media and selfies and the self-obsession of my generation on social media. It feels like these are final experiences of sin that signal the end. As someone who uses these platforms, I’m worried. Is my phone just a tool for self-exaltation? What would you say to my generation?”
- The Pleasure Trap. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the questions “As I look over the list of sins for the last days, I find it terrifying. Paul groups ‘lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God’ right next to people who are ‘abusive’ and ‘heartless’ in 2 Timothy 3:2–4. A little later, he drops the news that Demas deserted his gospel mission because he was ‘in love with this present world’ in 2 Timothy 4:10. My honest problem is that sometimes ‘this present world’ feels way more satisfying to me than the hope of the coming of Jesus. If Christian Hedonism says I’m supposed to pursue maximum satisfaction in God, how do I know when my love for a hobby or a relationship has crossed the line into the sin of Demas? Wouldn’t it be more spiritually safe to just kill all my capacity to enjoy any earthly thing?”
- Can My Silence Cost Souls? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the questions “Paul tells us that God “saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.” That’s 2 Timothy 1:9. A beautiful picture of election and predestination behind our personal calling. But if that is the case, why was Paul’s pain so necessary? Just a chapter later, Paul writes, “Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.” That’s 2 Timothy 2:10. So, if God’s holy people will obtain eternal salvation, why must Paul suffer to bring about that same end? Does someone’s eternity actually hang on my willingness to suffer as a messenger?”
- Look Up and Live. This sermon from Numbers 21was given by Kevin DeYoung at the PCA’s 53rd General Assembly in Louisville, KY on June 23, 2026.
- New Podcast on Covenant Theology. Andy Jones writes “ByFaith is launching a new season of its “What Christians Believe” podcast, focusing on covenant theology. The podcast premiered last year with a season examining the Nicene Creed.”
- Now Free Forever: R.C. Sproul’s Teaching Series. Ligonier Ministries recently made all of R.C. Sproul’s teaching series free.
- The Joy of Baseball. I really enjoyed this article about baseball from Cubs fan Dan Darling.
- God’s Providence in Early American Identity. Steven D. Smith is the Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego School of Law.
It is his most recent book, The Godless Constitution and the Providential Republic,that is the topic of this episode of Thinking in Public with Albert Mohler.
- Christ is not given to believers for righteousness without also being given to them for sanctification. John Calvin
- Better to be taught by suffering than to be taught by sin! Charles Spurgeon
- We can stop pleading with God to show us the future, and start living and obeying like we are confident that He holds the future. Kevin DeYoung
- We have been in many trials, but we have never yet been placed where we could not find in our God all that we needed. Charles Spurgeon
- You are not united to God based on your good deeds but on the basis of faith in what God has done for you through Jesus Christ. Bryan Chapell
- Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave it with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. C.S. Lewis
- There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: ‘Mine!’ Abraham Kuyper
- The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity. R.C. Sproul
- The best evidence of the Bible’s being the word of God is to be found between its covers. It proves itself. Charles Hodge