Apparently, I’m really not a winter person. Every winter, without fail, I start questioning everything about my life— my purpose, my location, my abilities. I live in an area that can see snow for at least six months of the year. There’s something about the short, bitterly cold winter days that shrinks my vision. I desperately need my family’s consistent...

“Personally, I don’t see you in that role.” That statement from my pastor was a crushing blow. The context was my desire to plant a church. My mentor’s words wounded, but it was the loving and intentional wound of a friend (Prov. 27:6). In retrospect, he was right, and both the church and I are better off for his courage to speak a hard word when I...

The Gospel Coalition’s 2024 Women’s Conference is happening June 20–22 in Indianapolis, and this year’s theme is Behold and Believe: Encountering Jesus as the Great I AM. More than 5,000 women have already registered for the conference, which will examine the seven “I AM” statements of Jesus recorded in John’s Gospel: the Bread of Life the Light...

In her breakout session at TGC23, Ruth Chou Simons teaches how to navigate life’s challenges by focusing on God’s unchanging character, which guides and sustains believers through life’s wilderness. As we look for God’s attributes in everyday life and align with his purpose for our lives, we find fulfillment and resilience amid our struggles. Through...

With the publication of an English translation of Herman Bavinck’s Christianity and Science in 2023 and the growing literature on his thought, more and more readers are now considering his theology and the neo-Calvinist tradition he represents.1 Picking up Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics, Christianity and Science or Philosophy of Revelation, however, can...

Track and field athletes want to run fast, jump high, and throw far. I’m a varsity coach at a small Christian school, and I want this for our athletes too. I even want them to win. This may sound strange, but I hope other schools want to win against us too. I don’t say this because rivalry draws out better performances, though often it does. I want...