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March 2019

March 25, 2019

Philip Yancey on His Own Personal Reading Crisis, and What It Means for All of Us

Philip Yancey, a writer I often appreciate, wrote an article about his own struggle to...

March 21, 2019

Is It OK to Be Angry with God over Difficult Things?

You can listen to the audio of my answer or read the edited transcript below, which has...

March 18, 2019

What Happens When Youth Are Given the Opportunity to Help a Child in Need

Today’s blog is about a nonprofit that’s making a big difference in the lives of...

March 14, 2019

The Houston Chronicle’s Report on Southern Baptist Sexual Abuse, and the Lessons for All Evangelical Churches

On February 10, the Houston Chronicle released the first of a three-part series titled “Abuse of Faith: 20 years,...

March 11, 2019

Are Prolifers Exaggerating the Reach of New York’s Reproductive Health Act?

After we posted the link to my recent blog about New York’s Reproductive Health Act on Facebook, an...

March 07, 2019

What If God Calls You to Give the Shirt off Your Back?

Nanci and I love Mary Clayton Wood, now Mary Clayton Crow, one of our dear...

March 04, 2019

Don’t Look Up at the Clouds to Get a Picture of the Eternal Heaven

The article below is excerpted from a 12-day devotional on Heaven I wrote, which is on...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

New York State’s New Abortion Law Withholds Liberty and Justice from the Most Vulnerable

On January 22, 2019, on the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the New York Senate...

February 25, 2019

An Introduction to god, with a Lowercase g

This is an excerpt from Greg Gilbert’s book What Is the Gospel? It’s also cited by Ray...

February 21, 2019

The Good We Never Ask For: What God Does for Us in Suffering

Christian slaves in America sometimes were forbidden to sing—even to God. So when they went...

February 18, 2019

The Man Who Shared Jesus with Chuck Colson—and Changed Eternity for Him and Countless Others

Last month, Tom Phillips, who led Chuck Colson to Jesus in 1973, went to be...

February 15, 2019

How God Changes Our “Why Me?” Questions in Suffering to “Why Not Me?”

There was a time when I could not fully accept any explanation for evil and...

February 12, 2019

John Stott’s Final Message

Like many others, I deeply loved British pastor-scholar John Stott (1921-2011) and appreciate his books...

February 08, 2019

How I Appeared to Plagiarize C. S. Lewis, and What Pascal Never Said

Plagiarism is definitely a problem—sadly, even within parts of the Christian community. However, as I share...

February 06, 2019

Raising Our Children to Be Givers in a Culture Infected by Affluenza

The next generation is growing up amid—and inheriting—vast wealth. Even many children in Christian families...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

The Good We Never Ask For: What God Does for Us in Suffering

Christian slaves in America sometimes were forbidden to sing—even to God. So when they went...

January 20, 2019

How “Former Christian” Bart Ehrman’s Testimony Should Encourage Us to Grapple Biblically with the Problem of Evil and Suffering

In my last blog post, I shared a video about Vaneetha, a woman with a faith-filled...

January 17, 2019

How Should We Respond to Those Who Reject Jesus Because Some Christians Are Hypocrites?

All of us probably know co-workers or family members or neighbors who say they reject...

January 14, 2019

Make Reading a Priority—and Let Books Change You—in the Coming Year

Ivan Mesa’s intro to The Gospel Coalition’s 2018 book awards is terrific, which is why I’m featuring...

January 11, 2019

What Will It Mean for the Earth to Be “Full of the Knowledge of the LORD as the Sea Is Full of Water”?

A reader asked me, “The last part of Isaiah 11:9 says, ‘For the earth will be full of...

January 09, 2019

Resting on God: A Puritan Prayer

Nanci and I love The Valley of Vision, which is a collection of brief and profound...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

Isabella Chow and Standing up for What God’s Word Says Even When It’s Unpopular

Last month, 20-year-old Isabella Chow, a student senator at the University of California, Berkeley, became...

December 13, 2018

How Going to Jail Gave Me a Heart for Prisoners, and How You Can Help EPM Reach Them Through Books

Over twenty-five years ago, on nine occasions I participated in peaceful, nonviolent civil disobedience, briefly...

December 11, 2018

Jesus Changes Everything

From childhood I’ve loved astronomy. I grew up in an unbelieving home. Night after night...

October 2018

October 19, 2018

Scripture Gives Us Many Reasons to Be Happy

When someone says, as many have, “Happiness isn’t in the Bible,” it’s not even slightly...

October 15, 2018

The War on Unborn Black Children in the U.S.

Recently prolife advocate Abby Johnson shared the picture below on her Facebook page, along with...

October 12, 2018

John Piper on Identifying and Fighting Besetting Sins

Having turned 64 this year, this post from John Piper got my attention. It concerns...

October 08, 2018

My Newest Book: Face to Face with Jesus

Do you remember the day, the moment, you met the Son of God for the...

October 04, 2018

We’re Not Just God’s Servants, But Also His Children, Heirs, and Friends

I love to read Scripture, but I also love to listen to it on audio....

October 01, 2018

Increased Persecution in China, and What China’s Digital Dictatorship Could Mean for Christians

For years people have told me, including some who’ve read my novel Safely Home, that there...

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