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Dec 12, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Steve Bateman
There’s a vault under a mountain above the Arctic Circle. It’s intentionally remote and cold, to prevent its contents from being damaged by war or disaster, and because the temperatures aid preservation. Inside the vault, there’s a priceless treasure gathered from all over the world. It’s not gold or silver, coin or cash. The treasure is seed. Inside this vault is “the world’s largest collection of agricultural diversity.”Try to imagine this scenario: A blight obliterates all the wheat on earth.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Steve Bateman
In Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People, Tiya Miles, professor of history at Harvard University, has composed a biography of Tubman that goes beyond earlier versions.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
ifstudies.org | Steve Bateman
Many competing theories attempt to explain our national mess, but few are as compelling as the one put forth by Brad Wilcox, sociology professor and Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. One of our central problems is that not enough Americans are getting and staying married.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Don Carson |Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra |Matt Smethurst |Steve Bateman
Don Carson: We turn tonight to 1 John, chapter 2. I shall read from verse 3 to the end of verse 27. “We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Chris Krycho |Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra |Matt Smethurst |Steve Bateman
According to the , about one in five Americans deals with some kind of mental illness, and about one in 20 Americans has a mental illness so severe that it seriously affects their lives. What Christians ought to make of this and how we ought to respond to the idea of “mental illness” in the first place have both been open points of debate for decades.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Brett McCracken |Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra |Matt Smethurst |Steve Bateman
One of the most exciting action sequences in A Quiet Place: Day One ends with the protagonists climbing up from Manhattan’s underground subway network and into a cavernous, quiet church. Barely escaping the sound-attracted alien monsters (called “Death Angels” in the Quiet Place franchise), Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) and Eric (Joseph Quinn) find a haven in the hallowed, quiet space of a damaged-but-still-intact cathedral.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Joe Carter |Wendy Alsup |Steve Bateman |Justin Taylor
This past weekend, men hoping to become Donald Trump’s running mate have vied to see who can be more pro-choice on abortion. Florida senator Marco Rubio previously cosponsored federal legislation that would ban abortion after 15 weeks. But when about whether the GOP platform should include a long-standing call to ban abortion, he said, “I think our platform has to reflect our nominee” (referring to, and aligning himself with, Trump’s objection to a federal ban on abortion).
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Jen Wilkin |Wendy Alsup |Steve Bateman |Justin Taylor
When I was 10 years old, I attended a screening of a movie called A Thief in the Night. It offered a vivid depiction of end-time events, images that would terrorize me well into young adulthood and leave me paralyzed to read the book of Revelation. One of the scenes that caused me the greatest anxiety involved the tattooing of a barcode on the forehead of one of the main characters.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra |Wendy Alsup |Justin Taylor |Steve Bateman
Twenty-five years ago this month, a full-page advertisement appeared in the middle of a small-town newspaper in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. The ad showed a cartoon of Jesus in the style of the TV show South Park. He was standing on top of a globe, wearing only shorts and a pair of boxing gloves. His fists were raised, like he’d just gone 12 rounds with somebody. Advertise on TGCImmediately, the 663 residents of Berkeley Springs started asking questions.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Dave Harvey |Wendy Alsup |Justin Taylor |Steve Bateman
When a leader falls, his local church feels the collateral damage. They’re like a crowd standing too close to the curb on a rainy day. The crisis drives by and splashes everyone. It drenches the elders who stood close to the leader, and it sprays shame across the whole community (1 Cor. 12:26). Judgments often follow the embarrassment. Some church members instinctively sympathize with the leaders and staff who remain after a crisis.
