Separation, Divorce, & Remarriage
PROJECT • As a succinct position on Scripture’s teaching regarding separation, divorce, and remarriage after divorce, this statement presents biblical mandates, accountability protocols, and pastoral advice for both individuals and church leadership.
Read time: 8 min
A Heartwarming Lesson from a Cold Morning
DEVOTION • “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).
Read time: 3 min
Christian Higher Education
Book Summary • John David Trentham, “Christian Higher Education,” in Christian Education: A Guide to the Foundations of Ministry, ed. Freddy Cardoza (Ada, MI: Baker Academic, 2019), 327–39.
Read time: 3 min
Reading the Bible for Grasp & Growth: The Inductive Method
ARTICLE • Many Christians struggle to read Scripture regularly because they lack a method for understanding and applying it. The Inductive Bible Study Method is an effective solution. (Free Reading Guide here).
Read time: 3 min
For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes a Difference
Book Summary • Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun, For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes a Difference (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2019), Kindle Edition. 197 pp. $11.
Read time: 4 min
Self-Justification: The Danger of Feeling Right While Being Wrong
DEVOTION • “The hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God” (John 16:2).
Read time: 2 min
Conceiving the Christian College: A College President Shares His Vision of Christian Higher Education
Book Summary • Duane Litfin, Conceiving the Christian College: A College President Shares His Vision of Christian Higher Education (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004), Kindle Edition. 289 pp. $11.
Read time: 3 min
Taylor’s Protestant Problem: How to Live Coram Deo without Burning Out
ARTICLE • Charles Taylor blamed the Protestant Reformation for the rise of secularism. He alleged that the high spiritual bar set for the average believer in Protestantism has led many to give up on the faith. Does this charge have any merit? If so, how can believers integrate their faith in all of life without caving under the pressure of living as Scripture requires?
Read time: 10 min
The Surprising Comfort of Divine Rebuke
ARTICLE • Job’s heart was transformed by a humbling encounter with God, illustrating that our awe at God’s power and wisdom is foundational to true comfort even in the midst of profound suffering.
Read time: 5 min
Your Marriage Is a Subplot within God’s Story of Redemption
WEDDING SERMON • Human marriages are sacred subplots within God's grand Story of Redemption, finite stories given context and meaning by four master plotlines of the biblical metanarrative: (1) the cultural mandate, (2) the curse on mankind, (3) the conquest of Messiah, and (4) the consummation of Christ’s marriage at the end of time.
12 min
The Writer: A Guide to Research, Writing, and Publishing in Biblical Studies
Book Summary • Nijay Gupta, The Writer: A Guide to Research, Writing, and Publishing in Biblical Studies (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2022). Kindle Edition. 160 pp. $10.
Read time: 4 min
The Convicting Work of the Spirit
SERMON • In John 16, Jesus teaches how the Holy Spirit lays a foundation in our souls that undergirds all further moral convictions: the Spirit convinces us of our sin, of Christ's perfect righteousness, and of divine judgment awaiting those who remain outside of Christ.
47 min
When Jesus Feels Far Away
SERMON • Before completing His mission and returning to the Father, Jesus assured His apostles that He was not abandoning them. Rather, in every age, disciples can experience the presence, revelation, and fellowship of God through the indwelling Holy Spirit.
49 min
Mapping Your Academic Career: Charting the Course of a Professor’s Life
Book Summary • Gary M. Burge, Mapping Your Academic Career: Charting the Course of a Professor’s Life, (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2015), Kindle. Kindle Edition. 140 pp. $12.
Read time: 4 min
Jesus Knows and Governs Your Future to the Millisecond
ARTICLE • As the disgraced Apostle Peter learned, we can entrust our future to our meticulously knowledgable, powerful, and loving Savior.
Read time: 6 min
Narrative in Therapy and Theology: A Biblical Response to Susie Orbach’s Narrative Therapy
PAPER • Often, counselees are rife with inaccurate perceptions exposed by errant narratives and trenchant problems in living. In light of these issues, I raise a pressing question: how should a counselor approach interpreting and realigning counselees’ narratives to life-giving truth?
Read time: 25 min
Intimate Fellowship with God
DEVOTION • “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him” (John 14:23).
Read time: 2 min
Teaching the World: Foundations for Online Theological Education
Book Summary • Timothy Paul Jones et al., Teaching the World: Foundations for Online Theological Education (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2017. Kindle Edition. 188 pp. $10.
Read time: 7 min
Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning
Book Summary • James Lang, Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, 2nd ed. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2021). Kindle Edition. 260 pp. $19.
Read time: 7 min
The Illuminating Revelation of God
DEVOTION • “Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him” (John 14:21).
Read time: 2 min