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April 2026

April 20, 2026

The Chair of Honor

While my novel Safely Home shows some suffering in China, it’s ultimately an encouraging book,...

June 2025

June 12, 2025

How is the Bride of Christ Portrayed in Revelation?

A reader asked me this question: I read your article about the dimensions of the New Jerusalem...

October 2024

October 24, 2024

No Lone Ranger Christians

We often think of the Apostle Paul as the Lone Ranger, gallivanting solo about...

July 2024

July 01, 2024

What If the Church Had a “Looking Forward Day”?

We received this thought-provoking letter from a reader named Richard Higby. As you read, consider...

May 2024

May 13, 2024

Should Ethnicity Not Cross Our Minds When We Meet Believers?

I’ve heard it said, “Ethnicity and background should never even cross our minds when we...

May 18, 2023

Heaven Celebrates Every Repentant Sinner

Philip Yancey tells a modern-day version of the prodigal son, about a girl with a...

May 04, 2023

Heaven Celebrates Every Repentant Sinner

Philip Yancey tells a modern-day version of the prodigal son, about a girl with a...

April 2023

April 27, 2023

Does the Church Need More Heart Knowledge or More Head Knowledge?

I’ve heard people say, “We don’t need more head knowledge in the church today; we...

April 15, 2023

The Four Biggest Assets in My Grief

Grieving a loved one’s death is a long, often lonely, always painful process. Four key...

March 2023

March 13, 2023

Happiness: Good News Worth Sharing

G. K. Chesterton has been widely credited with saying, “Jesus promised His disciples three things—that...

January 2023

January 23, 2023

God Invites Us into His Happiness

In my book Happiness, I assert that modern Christians need to speak more, not less, about happiness—the...

December 2022

December 08, 2022

An Eternal Perspective on Suffering, Loss, and Grief

Last month I spoke at the services of my home church, Good Shepherd Community Church....

March 2022

March 17, 2022

Sexual Sin Is Not Inevitable

A few years back, a church not far from where I live announced that they’d...

September 2021

September 27, 2021

How to Deal with Church When You’ve Been Really Hurt

Over the last year and a half, many Christians got angry at their churches for...

September 02, 2021

“Jesus Is Literally All They Have Left”: The Situation in Afghanistan, and Ways to Pray and Help

The following informative Q&A comes from a source inside Afghanistan who cannot be identified for...

June 2021

June 17, 2021

Ben Watson on Why We Need a Culture of Life to Address America’s Falling Birth Rate

Retired NFL player Benjamin Watson is husband to Kirsten and father of seven precious children....

May 2021

May 27, 2021

What to Do When You Sin

How to handle sin in a God-honoring way isn’t often clearly addressed in the church....

February 2021

February 27, 2021

Final Thoughts on Embracing Sexual Purity and Preventing Disaster

I’m glad to say—and some readers will be very glad to hear—this is my final...

February 18, 2021

What Christian Leaders and Ministries Must Realize So We Don’t End like Ravi Did

I continue to receive comments on my previous blogs such as, “Let it go. The man is...

February 17, 2021

Evaluating Our Responses to the Ravi Zacharias Scandal

In my previous blog, “In the Wake of Ravi Zacharias’s Sexual Abuse of Women,” I quoted from the...

January 2021

January 11, 2021

Pastors, It’s a Great Kindness to Talk to Your Church about Abortion

Many Christians and even some pastors have told me, “It’s cruel to bring up the...

November 2020

November 19, 2020

Breathe in the Happiness of Heaven

I grew up in an unbelieving home, and first heard about Christ as a teenager....

November 02, 2020

What Is the Purpose of Spiritual Gifts, and How Do You Discover Yours?

I was asked to share some thoughts on 1 Peter 4:10-11 for a study series for my...

October 2020

October 26, 2020

The Cure for Celebrity Christian Culture: Faithfulness over Fame

In A.D. 400, Jerome warned the church, “Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric...

October 22, 2020

When Christians Disagree about Beliefs and Actions

Jesus commanded Christians to love one another and told us our love for each other...

September 2020

September 21, 2020

Be Careful What You Put Your Hope in, Including Politics

Like many of you, I am not looking forward to all the political turmoil, including...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

Keith Getty on What We and Our Children Sing About Matters

I met Keith and Kristyn Getty at a worship conference I spoke at many years ago. When...

March 2020

March 02, 2020

Albert Mohler on Complementarianism, Blind Spots, and the Importance of Positive Affirmations of Women in the Church

As I’ve shared in past blogs related to women and church leadership, the widespread perception among both...

January 2020

January 06, 2020

Suicide, Heaven, and Jesus—the Final Answer to Our Sorrow

Since it made national headlines, many of those both inside and outside the church are...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

Let’s Be Clear What We Do and Do Not Mean When It Comes to Terms Like Gender Equality

The fact that a term or phrase can be used by one person one way,...

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