The Gospel Coalition

The Gospel Coalition aims to empower the upcoming generation of believers, pastors, and church leaders to center their lives and ministries on the gospel message.

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How to Care for Sufferers (with Joni Eareckson Tada)

5 days ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Matt Smethurst

The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. One of my favorite Puritans, he said, Christ cheaply manifests Himself in times of affliction, because then and mostly only then the soul clings most closely in faith to him. Welcome. Friends to the everyday pastor a podcast on the nuts and bolts of ministry from the gospel coalition.
Brick by Brick: The Inspiring Story of Ole Kirk Christiansen

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Jordan Raynor

The future founder of LEGO wasn’t yet 6 years old when he created his first toy. The hands that would one day mold plastic into the world’s most popular plaything started with much simpler materials: a stone and some string. Where others might see an ordinary rock, young Ole Kirk Christiansen saw potential. Few people know Christiansen’s story, but once you do, you’ll never look at a pile of shiny LEGO bricks—or your own work—the same way again.
The Hyper-Abundant Refreshment of Jesus

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Scotty Smith

More By Scotty How to Foster a Praying Church Fostering a Praying Church A Biblical Theology of Worship How to Care for Victims of Abuse A Biblical Theology of Worship “Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed” (Prov.11:25). Lord Jesus, I’ll never read this verse without first thinking of you. Your mercies are new every morning, your steadfast love never comes to an end, and you give us “grace upon grace” (Jn.1:16). More than suggesting, you command us to come to you for rest (Matt.11:28)....
With Whom Does Jesus “Hang Out”?

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Scotty Smith

More By Scotty How to Foster a Praying Church Fostering a Praying Church A Biblical Theology of Worship How to Care for Victims of Abuse A Biblical Theology of Worship Matthew held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus answered them, “It’s not the healthy...
Scroll Less, Stroll More: A Summer Challenge to Leave Your Phone at Home

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Brett McCracken

Spend less time scrolling and more time strolling. Outside. Unmediated. Just you and your walking shoes. This is my summer challenge. Are you up for it? By now, we’re aware of addictive scrolling’s many ill effects. But sometimes our “this is bad for me and I know it” posture toward smartphones stops at resigned awareness. What we need are alternatives. If I’m not scrolling, what am I doing instead? Here’s an idea: Go for a walk. Meander in your neighborhood, a park, or an urban area you’d like to explore.
God’s Promises Enrich Us with Christlikeness

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Scotty Smith

More By Scotty How to Foster a Praying Church Fostering a Praying Church A Biblical Theology of Worship How to Care for Victims of Abuse A Biblical Theology of Worship Since we have God’s promises, dear friends, let’s live lives filled with his Spirit, shaped by his Word, and transformed by his grace. One Day we will be completely like Jesus. Until that Day, may our repentances be quick, deeper, and many; and Christlikeness more evident to others. (Paraphrase of 2Cor.7:1) Abba has given us...
Review: ‘Complementarity’ by Gregg R. Allison

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Nadya Williams

Sometime in the seventh century BC, Semonides of Amorgos wrote a poem providing a systematic and quasi-scientific classification of wives primarily as animals. Among the 10 types are the sow (her home, clothing, and body are always filthy), the horse (pretty but there’s nothing more to her), and the dog (who’s begging to be kicked). The bee alone of the 10 types is good. This kind of scientific misogyny reached its height in the writings of Aristotle.
We Are SO Ready for This, Jesus

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Scotty Smith

More By Scotty How to Foster a Praying Church Fostering a Praying Church A Biblical Theology of Worship How to Care for Victims of Abuse A Biblical Theology of Worship When Jesus returns to usher in the fullness of his Kingdom, “they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore” (Isa 2:4). “No one will ever bring harm nor destruction anywhere in the new heaven and new earth,...
Weddings

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Matt Smethurst

The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. Um, God’s relationship to the church is not an illustration of marriage. Marriage is an illustration of God’s relationship with the church. So it makes it, it then makes it, oh, wow. So that’s why Christians really care about marriage a lot, yeah, because the Bible starts with a marriage, Genesis, two, it ends with a marriage.
When Strong Believers Have Sharp Disagreements

1 week ago | thegospelcoalition.org | Scotty Smith

More By Scotty How to Foster a Praying Church Fostering a Praying Church A Biblical Theology of Worship How to Care for Victims of Abuse A Biblical Theology of Worship “Paul and Barnabas disagreed with each other so strongly they parted company with each other. Barnabas wanted to include Mark on their to encourage new churches and young believers, but Paul felt Mark’s earlier failure in ministry showed he wasn’t mature enough. Barnabus took Mark, and Paul took Silas, each went on a return...