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What a Good Marriage Sounds Like to Your Children
Your children learn about marriage long before they read a book or attend a seminar.
What Did You Give Up When You Became a Christian?
Following Christ means giving up real pleasures and real idols—but in exchange for greater, lasting treasure.
Why God Delays Christ’s Return: Patience and Salvation
Why does God delay Christ’s return?
The Deepest Thirst of All | Tim Challies
The God who created us formed us in such a way that we are not meant to exist apart from him. To live apart from God is the spiritual equivalent of trying to live without food and water.
New and Notable Christian Books for February 2026 | Tim Challies
Not a single month goes by without Christian publishers providing us with great new resources. Thankfully, most of those new books end up in my mailbox.
30 Christian Substacks I Read and Recommend in 2026 | Tim Challies
t is a blessing to have so many dedicated and talented Christian writers who are willing to share their work with us. Many of them choose to share it through Substack, a platform for email newsletters.
Random Thoughts and Tips on Prayer | Tim Challies
Not every thought makes a good article and sometimes an entire article can be distilled down to a single thought. For those reasons, I like to occasionally create what I have created here–a roundup of brief, random thoughts.
The Most Quotable Quote | Tim Challies
Tim Keller was a very quotable individual, but of all the quotes he left us, I expect one will prove the most widely shared.
The Suffering of a Child | Tim Challies
It is always difficult to understand the ways of God. Impossible, even.
Do You Board First or Last? | Tim Challies
There are some travelers who like to board an airplane at the earliest possible moment. There are others who prefer to board at the last.
A Simple Way To Ensure You Use AI Well (And Not Poorly) | Tim Challies
Every new technology introduces both benefits and drawbacks to its users and to the wider culture. The world being what it is, there are always plusses and minuses, so that even as a new tech gives with one hand, it takes away with the other.
For Our Good, Not For Our Bondage | Tim Challies
Matthew Henry once said that when we are out of the way of duty, we are in the way of temptation. Yet Jerry Bridges warns that the spiritual disciplines are privileges to be used, not duties to be performed.
Do You Have to Choose Between Science and God? | Tim Challies
Whatever else young people know today, they know that science and God are opposed to one another. At least, they think they know this, because it has been taught to them in a hundred formal and informal settings, from the classroom to the television.
12 General Market Books I Have Enjoyed Recently | Tim Challies
While I am committed to reading and reviewing Christian books, I also enjoy reading a steady diet of books published for the general market. I suppose my interests lean toward history, but I do read other books as well.
Performative Grief | Tim Challies
We all know what it is to perform grief—to ensure that others are aware of our sadness by forcing them to see our sorrow. We may do this to gain their attention or compel their sympathy.
The Breakthrough Prayer | Tim Challies
I am certain you have had a time when the Lord has brought you to a sudden, unexpected point of repentance or resolution.
In the Way of Temptation | Tim Challies
We do not often speak of duty today, but Christians traditionally spoke of it often. In fact, Christians understood the means of grace as duties, responsibilities of every believer toward God.
Invisible Grief | Tim Challies
There is no path through this life that does not involve at least some measure of grief. This world is so broken that at different times and in different ways, grief affects us all.
Tiptoeing to the Edge of Cliffs | Tim Challies
Not too long ago, there was a trend in which people would see how close they could come to being hit by a train without actually being hit by a train. That’s about as stupid a game as I can imagine.
Love Is the Interpreter | Tim Challies
There have been a few bands and musicians I did not particularly care for when I first heard their music. I came across them on a cassette or CD in the old days, or on YouTube or Apple Music in more recent days, and found that their music didn’t really resonate.