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In His Utter Despair, He Began to Sing
A review of Matt Boswell’s Create in Me a Clean Heart.
What a Church Can Do Before a Pastor Falls
Churches don't have to wait for their pastor to fall.
Parent, Do You Protect Your Children's Dignity When You Discipline?
Jesus describes a process of discipline that protects the dignity of the sinner.
Works & Wonders: Stunning Animals, Beautiful Bibles, Hidden Treasure
Works & Wonders: Stunning Animals, Beautiful Bibles, Hidden Treasure, Mathematical Rivers, and Companies that Are Worse on Purpose
New and Notable Christian Books for August 2026
August is often a fairly quiet month for new book releases, sitting as it does between the busy spring and fall seasons.
It’s Not Too Late to Make This a Great Year of Bible Reading
Fallen behind on Bible reading this year? Don't wait for January!
Why Fallen Pastors So Rarely Walk Away
Pastors who disqualify themselves from Christian ministry often have no Plan B. Here's why so many pastors come back instead of walk away.
Works & Wonders: Perfect Wisdom, Underground Mail Getty Hymns, Monarchs
Insects don't live in the ocean / Underground mail / The return of the monarch / The most valuable items / Singing through the hymnal / Perfect wisdom and perfect purposes
Homemaking Matters: Living for God's Glory in the Ordinary
Homemaking has fallen on hard times.
Homemaking Matters: Living for God's Glory in the Ordinary
Homemaking has fallen on hard times.
TGC, AI, and the Democratization of Competence
TGC and CT have drawn their line on AI. Some individual writers advocate a different one.
Don’t Be Ashamed to Be Old
Growing old is no cause for shame.
Works & Wonders: Niagara Falls, Guinness, 10,000 American Cities
Works & Wonders: A drone at Niagara Falls, 162-year-old bottle of Guinness, 10,000 American cities, the sun at highest resolution, ocean photography, and a full knowledge of the facts.
Where and How to Train Pastors to Care for Souls
There are many ways to identify a man who may have what it takes to become a pastor.
To the Parents Driving Home with an Empty Seat
A word of encouragement for the parents who are driving home from college with an empty seat: The pain will lessen and God will prove true.
How To Show Hospitality When You Live in a Small Home
Practical tips for extending hospitality from a small house: an extendable table, mid-range furniture, a guest room, and a heart that's unashamed of it all.
Works & Wonders: Maps, Icebergs, Keyboards, Mysteries
Works & Wonders: Nothing Ever Occurs to God, Reading Maps, Mysterious Shapes, The Phone in Your Hand, An Iceberg Rolls Over, and The Listening Museum
Living in the Era of the Lie: Taking Back Truth
You could probably make the case that we are living in the era of the lie.
Why Growing in Holiness Is Always an Upstream Battle
It is easy to drift downstream with sin and hard to turn back toward holiness.
Churchy Things We Do Outside of Church
Some sacred practices belong to the local church, not the individual Christian.