Mikey Lynch

Nov 26, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Mikey Lynch

Leading a local church can be overwhelming. Just when you have the volunteer lists to fill, yet another key family announces they’ll be on an overseas holiday for six weeks. There’s a wedding to officiate, a member to visit in hospital, and child safety training to coordinate. While pastors struggle to stay afloat in this sea of pressures and demands, parachurch organizations can seem intimidating, like circling sharks waiting to devour more of your members’ time, energy, enthusiasm, and money.

Oct 1, 2024 | au.thegospelcoalition.org | Mikey Lynch

Don Carson has been based at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School since 1978. Together with Tim Keller, Don Carson founded The Gospel Coalition (TGC) in 2005 and he was the president until 2020. He could rightly be seen as a successor to John Stott: both wrote an enormous amount on a range of theoretical and practical topics; both invested significant time to global Christianity, preaching, training, and evangelising; both established and strengthened important parachurch organisations.

May 30, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Richard Osborne III |Tim Keller |Edmund P. Clowney |Mikey Lynch

As the number of children identifying as transgender has increased enormously, the gender debate has taken center stage in the American culture war. How did we get here? For years, the answer has evaded many—but not for lack of trying. In the quest to understand the transgender boom, many wide-ranging theories have surfaced, focusing on social progress, coping mechanisms in adolescent development, social media, and even the massive profits for healthcare providers.

May 29, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Candace Echols |Tim Keller |Edmund P. Clowney |Mikey Lynch

Community. It seems to be the word of the day. In a culture that increasingly relies on digital connections, churches seek ways to help people build meaningful and supportive in-person relationships. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach, but a tool under our noses could be useful in this seemingly elusive endeavor. It’s nothing glitzy or glamorous. It’s not cutting-edge or unique. It’s so unbelievably ordinary that it brings to mind bathrooms and bulletins and babies who won’t be quieted.

May 29, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Josh Philpot |Tim Keller |Edmund P. Clowney |Mikey Lynch

According to a 2019 Pew Research study, evangelical pastors are about 27 percent more likely to reference the New Testament than the Old Testament in a given sermon. Though the Old Testament makes up about three-quarters of all Scripture, far too many Christians neglect reading and studying it. As a result, they fail to see the richness of the Bible’s story and its full witness to Christ’s glories.