-
1 month ago | 
crossway.org | Ray Ortlund |David Powlison
This article is part of the Open Letters series. Dear friend,If you’ve hit rock bottom, you know one thing for sure. It’s horrible. I know it too. You’re not alone. Jesus is down here, and he welcomes you. His friends are down here, and we welcome you. Rock bottom isn’t where we wanted to go, obviously. But here we are. And to our amazement, rock bottom is where great things are finally starting to happen, thanks to Jesus and his gospel of grace. That’s the first thing we need to know.
-
1 month ago | 
crossway.org | Kevin DeYoung |John Piper |John MacArthur |David Powlison
Public Progress ReportIt was several years ago, not long after my ordination, that I stumbled upon 1 Timothy 4:15 and found it to be a source of both great comfort and mild discouragement. It wasn’t the first time I had read the verse. But it was the first time God opened my eyes to the verse to see what it meant for my life and ministry.
-
Jan 21, 2025 | 
christianity.com | David Powlison
Are there prayers God has put on your heart years ago? If so, have you felt discouraged and tempted to give up? If so, ask God to renew you and strengthen you to keep praying.
-
Oct 13, 2024 | 
9marks.org | David Powlison
In this episode of Counseling Talk, Deepak Reju, Hayley Satrom, and Garrett Kell start a mini-series on pornography and how pastors and members can help one another fight the battle.
-
Sep 17, 2024 | 
sailingworld.com | David Powlison
We all lean into gear with lots of bells and whistles when it comes to anything sailing, but sometimes a product comes along that reminds us just how valuable simplicity can be. Take, for example, Mustang Survival’s Quadra Drysuit. There’s a zipper to get in and out of the suit, a waist adjustment, velcro cinch straps on each leg, and the rest is, well, a drysuit. So let’s start by talking about the suit itself.
-
Jul 9, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | David Powlison
All of Ephesians is about our conflict with darkness—within ourselves, with other people, with the spiritual forces of evil. Christ’s triumph over all that is evil, dark, and deadly is the message throughout. Now all these strands come together in one final description of life in Christ. Spiritual warfare is our participation in the Lord’s cosmic war with darkness. The Lord is the warrior. The weapons describe his strength and what he does. By his strength we participate in what he is doing.
-
Mar 25, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Daniel Miller |David Powlison
This article is part of the Open Letters series. Dear Brother or Sister,Local churches hurt people. People hurt people, of course, but since churches are people, churches have the capacity to inflict severe relational pain. By God’s grace the reverse is also true. The local church is designed by Christ to function as a spring of encouragement and joy to its members.
-
Feb 26, 2024 | 
crossway.org | Randy Newman |David Powlison
This article is part of the Open Letters series. Dear Friend,Sometimes doubt comes upon me like a foreboding cold. I wonder if that was just a sneeze or am I coming down with something serious. The sniffles of doubt increase when I read of natural disasters that bring unfathomable suffering. Where was God during that hurricane? Other symptoms of wavering faith show up when famous Christians espouse heresy or reveal double lives of staggering immorality.
-
Aug 14, 2023 | 
crosswalk.com | David Powlison
It is never God's perfect will for one to divorce. But the sin nature being what it is, God has made very carefully defined provisions for obtaining a Scriptural divorce. Divorce is not an unforgivable sin. For that reason, we need the many good resources on how to put our lives back together again after such shattered dreams brought on by divorce. Photo Credit: ©GettyImages/LiountmilaKorelidou
-
May 20, 2023 | 
crossway.org | Kevin DeYoung |David Powlison
This article is part of the Open Letters series. Dear Graduating High School Seniors,Some of you have heard hundreds of sermons over the years—many of them at church, and for some of you, one sermon a week for the past dozen years in your Christian school.1This is a season of milestones for many of you. Final papers and final exams. Last games, last meets, and last classes. You’ve worked hard to get to this point. And you are probably working hard for what is coming next.
