Family Discipleship for Busy Families
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Learn to Grieve Well
The longer we live, the more we’ll lose. And the more we love, the deeper we’ll grieve. Let’s do it well.
Overcoming Fear and Perfectionism in Bible Reading (with Tara-Leigh Cobble)
Courtney and Melissa talk to Tara-Leigh Cobble about how she got over her lack of desire to read the Bible and how, over time, reading the Bible made her fall in love with its Author.
What Job Teaches Us About Suffering
‘Yet I Will Hope in Him’ reminds us that the hope Job found in God is still available to us, and through Christ, our hope is multiplied.
A Roach Infestation Taught Me to Rest
In a culture that praises self-sufficiency, it’s easy to lean on our own understanding.
Is This College Really Christian?
Christian higher education hasn’t been immune from the cultural trends that have eroded trust in higher education.
Science Fiction Reveals Our Fears and Longings
Science fiction gives a particularly vivid window into different worldviews in our cultural moment.
Themelios 51.2
The new summer 2026 issue of ‘Themelios’ has 231 pages of editorials, articles, and book reviews.
God Wants You to Be Happy—but Not How You Think
‘Happiness’ points readers toward lasting joy by showing that delight in God isn’t the enemy of holiness but one of its richest fruits.
What Longevity Influencers Get Wrong About Death
Longevity influencers are convinced we’re our own best shot at dealing with the problem of death. They’ve vastly underestimated both the problem of death and the hope of the gospel.
AI and Aging: The Grace of Limits (with Autumn Ridenour)
Autumn Ridenour joins Christopher Watkin to discuss how AI affects our understanding of aging and the difference between simulation and real relationship.
The Case of the Missing Youth Pastors
‘I get a text at least once a week from a church looking for a youth pastor,’ said TGC’s vice president of operations, Zach Cochran.
Our Weakness Is God’s Invitation
Human beings were never designed to be self-sustaining. We were designed to depend on God.
Help Teens Navigate Friendship in the Social Media Age
The rise of social media use among teens is complicating their friendships, and they need godly guidance.
Hope for the Doubting and Deconstructing
Where can we find help when we feel racked by doubt or are walking alongside someone who is?
Literal or Symbolic? Reading Revelation Responsibly
As a rule of thumb, Revelation should be largely read and interpreted symbolically.
Help Your Kids Have a Missionary Encounter with Western Culture
‘The Gospel Way Catechism for Kids’ is a beautifully illustrated book that can be used in the home or at church to help 8-to-12-year-olds answer our culture’s most pressing questions.
‘I Wouldn’t Change Anything’: The Pain and Blessing of Hard Adoptions
Four couples share how hard it can be to raise challenging adoptive kids—and why they’d do it again.
How Scripture Memorization Helps Me Pastor Well
Nothing has been so fruitful or eternally consequential as my ongoing memorization of extended passages of Scripture.
How Kevin Vanhoozer Bridges Biblical Studies and Theology
Kevin Vanhoozer discusses interpreting God’s Word on the far side of the ‘demise of biblical civilization.’
Where Constant Pain Meets Constant Prayer
In ‘Praying in Pain,’ Glenna Marshall teaches Christians how to pray without ceasing, especially those suffering from chronic health conditions.
Mobilize Your Church to Serve Local Schools
What if a school were so confident in your church’s care that when students had needs, it referred them to your church for help?
AI and Emotion: Can Machines Feel? (with Rosalind Picard)
Rosalind Picard joins Christopher Watkin to discuss how AI affects our emotional well-being.
Defend the Doctrine of Original Sin Like It’s 1776
The doctrine of original sin clearly informed the founding of the United States. But even many evangelicals reject it today.
AI Writing: The Day of Reckoning
We’re not anti-tech. We’re pro-human. We refuse to surrender our minds to the machines.
Starving in Silence: How the Church Can Care for Those with Eating Disorders
To be fully known and loved frees us from the shame that gives eating disorders their power.
Obey the Greatest Commandment . . . While You Sleep
The third of our lives we spend sleeping can be a potent realm for loving God and others.
Living the Gospel at Work
Christians can showcase Christ’s character through their work ethic, business practices, and relationship dynamics.
Gospel Hope for College Drop-Off
As I help my son move 10 hours from home, this question erupts from the depths of my heart: How does God redeem the particular pains of parenting—things that the passage of time takes away?
The One Where We Offend Everyone
Courtney Doctor and Melissa Kruger discuss why Christians shouldn’t be quick to take offense and how we should live in a culture where people are easily offended.
Why Liberalism Needs Christianity
The crucial question is whether Christianity is true. ‘The End of Woke’ reminds us we should be grateful to live in a society that still allows us to ask it.
Every Type of Psalm Belongs to Jesus
When we see Jesus’s full experience of suffering, we learn that the laments weren’t meant to send us spiraling into despair. Instead, God invites us to pour out our complaints to him.
Our Line in the Sand on AI: TGC’s Missional Opportunity
TGC articles are human-made, human-edited, human-assessed, made in human community for other humans—as an act of love, fellowship, and worship.
Sleep Is More than Rest—It’s a Lesson in Grace
‘The Wisdom of Sleep’ reminds us that rest—whether waking or sleeping—is an act of worship.
‘The Odyssey’: Homer’s Story of Glory and Misery
In ‘The Odyssey,’ Homer’s vision of the good life falls short of the glory God has designed humans for. So does Nolan’s.
AI and Art: What Is Creativity For? (with Brett McCracken)
Brett McCracken joins Christopher Watkin to discuss AI, art, attention, and why human creativity still matters when machines can make beautiful things in seconds.
What the Spurgeon Family Scandal Teaches Us About Failure
The Spurgeon family scandal reminds us that even extraordinarily impressive ministries like Charles Spurgeon’s can have grubby, messy roots.
Struggle Against Sin Doesn’t Signal Defeat
God’s sanctifying work in our lives includes the violence of warfare against sin.
Rooted in What Lasts: Identity Beyond Disability
Whether you have a disability or not, you aren’t relegated to a temporary identity or one that depends on the context in which you live.
The Cultural Myths That Fail Us
The Christian story offers a compelling alternative that completes and transforms the stories offered by the world.
Don’t Treat AI as Your Pastor
AI always has a kind, commonsense answer for us. Why can’t we ask it about our spiritual lives?
What Complementarianism Is (and Isn’t)
‘Mere Complementarianism’ delivers as promised: an overview of God’s vision for men and women in the church and beyond that’s straightforward and helpful.
If Our Work Matters to God, Why Doesn’t the Bible Address It More?
The absence of direct instruction is the instruction.
The Gospel According to Birds
God made at least 11,000 different species of birds. Doesn’t it seem like he wanted us to notice?
Jen Wilkin Wants to Help You Age Wisely
The world says to age is to diminish. But as Jen Wilkin shows in her new book, the Bible says to age is to deepen.
Don’t Judge Christian Womanhood by ‘Yesteryear’
The attempt at satire is evident throughout ‘Yesteryear,’ but good satire requires enough of a grasp to know what you’re making fun of. Burke doesn’t.
A Muted World Requires Fresh Approaches to Evangelism
For the church to flourish in an age trained to mute creation, we must first restore attentiveness to general revelation.
AI and the Image of God: What Does It Mean to be Human? (with Stephen Driscoll)
Stephen Driscoll considers how AI threatens human uniqueness in intelligence, creativity, and productivity.
Engage Teens with the Whole Bible
As teenagers live in this world with all its confusion and heartache, we want them to know that the Bible contains the words of eternal life.
Why Some Church Fathers Are Hard to Read
When we labor over what we read, we end up sharpening our spiritual intellects more than if we were told the truth directly.