Gospel

Every day, an elderly man makes his way down my street. His head protrudes forward on a slender neck, his back is bent with the weight of years, and his feet seem to shuffle rather than take proper steps. In his hands, he holds two small weights, and with his forearms at right angles to…

Often, it’s the little things in life that bring the most pleasure. For instance, after playing soccer in the driving rain and cold, taking a hot shower is a simple yet delightful experience. When I get home, covered in mud, I peel off my stiffening soccer gear and watch as the warm, soapy water rinses…

“Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God.” These words open one of John Newton’s (1725–1807) most well – known hymns. Once a slave trader who later became an abolitionist, Newton drew inspiration from various biblical passages. In his hymn, he emphasizes how the name Zion has come to represent the eternal…

Editors’ note: “Difficult but Beautiful Doctrines” is a long – form series that highlights the glory and necessity of theological truths that people in the post – Christian West often struggle to accept. “Thirty – one seconds before death.” This is how author Brandon Sanderson ominously foreshadows the inevitable, offering a peek into his characters’…

One morning, my 4 – year – old son was having a particularly tough time. Usually, he loves going to school, but that day, he sat in the car, in tears, and refused to enter the school building. The California heat had made the backseat hot and stuffy. I climbed back there to talk to…

I climbed the front steps of our duplex, trying my best to act as if everything was fine. I didn’t want my mother to know what had just occurred; it was far too embarrassing to talk about. As we sat at the kitchen table, my mind kept wandering back to that afternoon. I had been…

What is the earliest historical proof of the existence of Christianity? Today, almost all scholars in the fields of ancient history, classics, and biblical studies, regardless of their religious beliefs, agree on some fundamental facts about Jesus of Nazareth. For example, Jesus started his public ministry after being baptized by John the Baptist. He was…

I recently delivered a sermon on Jesus’s most revolutionary ethical principle: “love your enemies” (Matt. 5:44). This teaching is like Mount Everest among ethical instructions, earning respect from both Christians and non – Christians alike. However, due to our modern understanding of love, it’s easy to misinterpret what Jesus really meant. So, what did Jesus…

I was 25 years old before I could comfortably say the word “father” during my prayers. That word felt alien to me. It didn’t flow naturally from my lips as it did for many of my Christian friends. It was like a word from a foreign language; on one hand, it seemed meaningless, like gibberish….

Among all the verses in the Hebrew Bible, Psalm 110:1 is the most frequently cited in the New Testament. Moreover, verse 4 of the same psalm receives nearly an entire chapter’s worth of commentary in the book of Hebrews (Heb. 7:11–28). Clearly, the apostles and prophets regarded this messianic psalm as extremely important for understanding…