Davy Ellison

Jul 23, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Davy Ellison |Jeff Hay |Jared Kennedy |Brett McCracken

Editors’ note: Take part in TGC’s Read the Bible initiative, where we’re encouraging Christians and churches to read together through God’s Word in a year. Ministry is hard and ministers are flawed. This truth presents both insurmountable obstacles and everyday irritations on a regular basis. Ministers give in to doubts and distractions, cynicism and cowardice, gossip and glory-hunting.

May 22, 2024 | theaquilareport.com | Davy Ellison

Our looking and longing isn’t done yet. King Jesus will return. And when he does, he will bring this world to an end and establish the new heavens and the new earth. The book of Psalms trains us for that world yet to come. There is a general movement across the five books of the Psalter proportionately from more laments in the earlier books to more praise in the latter books. Since the 1980s, scholarship has devoted serious attention to the shape of the Psalter.

Feb 1, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Davy Ellison |Bernard N. Howard |Jen Oshman |Mark Tooley

Seminary isn’t as idyllic as the websites suggest. Beautiful days, fresh-faced students, and faculty with all the time in the world for you are a “best foot forward” encounter. I know—I work for a seminary. As the term progresses, the assignments mount up, and both staff and students look increasingly disheveled, it’s easy to feel like you’re beginning to sink. You question why you’re here, doubt you’ll ever complete all the necessary tasks, and wonder how you’ll face tomorrow.

Dec 22, 2023 | thegospelcoalition.org | Davy Ellison |Brett McCracken |Erik Raymond |Trevin Wax

It’s a miracle birth. A woman in despair delights at the news that she’ll bear a child. And not just any child—a rescuer. Does this narrative trajectory sound familiar? It should, but I’m not talking about Elizabeth, Mary, or the nativity. This miracle narrative about Manoah’s wife is found in the days of the Judges. In Judges 13, we’re given the account of Samson’s miracle birth.

Jul 31, 2023 | thegospelcoalition.org | Davy Ellison |Brett McCracken |Jim Davis |Michael Aitcheson

Editors’ note: Take part in TGC’s Read the Bible initiative, where we’re encouraging Christians and churches to read together through God’s Word in a year. In 1948 a ship named Nora headed from a Yugoslavian port to the Middle East. To the naked eye, the cargo was onions—almost 600 tons of them. Imagine the stench. I get seasick at the best of times; sitting on that many onions would guarantee it. Onions weren’t the real cargo though.