Topic
Doctrine
Rob Bell's 'Ginormous' Mirror
To read his book is to read about our fascination with ourselves.
May 15, 2013
W.W. Jay-Z?
How Christian hip-hop could call the American church back to the gospel—and hip-hop back to its roots.
May 10, 2013
Up and Away: Why It Is Good that Christ Departed
Exploring the reason for Christ's ascension into heaven.
May 9, 2013
I Love You—I Just Don't Trust You
A new study finds a connection between trust and theology. An infographic.
March 20, 2013
Bigger Than We Think
The doctrine of Creation goes deeper than just explaining how the world began.
March 20, 2013
Serious Catholics Are Evangelical
True Catholicism, says George Weigel, is about boldly proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ.
March 6, 2013
The Love Shack
William Paul Young explains the theology behind his best-selling novels and why he's no longer at war with himself.
March 4, 2013
Jesus Doesn't Need Help 
Well-intentioned impulses can lead to modeling ourselves after the wrong Christ.
March 4, 2013
The Search for God Is Never a Search in the Dark
No, our doctrines can't capture the fullness of God's nature. But nor are we hopelessly ignorant about who he is.
January 25, 2013
Three Is the Loveliest Number
Why 'that Trinity stuff' is not a philosophical headache but a captivating picture of the Good and Beautiful.
December 26, 2012
Worship Christ the Newborn King
This, this is Christ the King. It's not just imagery and metaphor.
December 21, 2012
Incredible Journeys: What to Make of Visits to Heaven
Does it matter that people who have had near-heaven experiences are confused theologically, so long as good news is preached?
December 21, 2012
If at First You Don't Succeed, Stop Trying so Hard
The self-conscious pursuit of holiness leaves us despairing over (inevitable) failures or gloating pridefully over (illusory) successes.
November 29, 2012
Preaching Holiness to Reformed Theology Nuts
Can Kevin DeYoung's message reach people outside his particular Christian subculture?
November 28, 2012
The Sweaty Work of Sanctification
Holiness is God's gift to redeemed Christians, but we need to strive for it all the same.
November 27, 2012
The Need for Creeds
It's more than merely helpful to set down the church's core convictions in words.
November 26, 2012
The Hole In Our Holiness Goes Even Deeper
Kevin DeYoung uncovers a troubling erosion of personal evangelical piety, but what about the public implications of godly living?
November 26, 2012
What Jesus Might Say About Sandy
The problem with many storm theologies is that they assume Jesus never happened.
October 30, 2012
Why It's Hard to Imagine that Heaven Is Real
Learning to grasp what 'no eye has seen, no ear heard, and no mind has conceived.'
October 18, 2012
How to Eat, Play, Love—And Do Other Christian Acts
Ben Witherington III calls for serious theological reflection on activities that occupy most of our waking hours.
October 15, 2012
What's So Great About 'The Common Good'?
Why Christians need to revive the historically rich phrase.
October 12, 2012
The Real Differences Between Mormons and Orthodox Christians
And whether they really matter in the presidency.
October 12, 2012
The Bonds of Freedom
There is paradox in the Christian understanding of what it means to be free.
October 5, 2012
A New Age of Miracles
Around the world, wherever churches are growing, reports of the miraculous are rampant. What do they mean?
September 21, 2012
Making Too Much of Marriage
The problem is not God's good gift of holy matrimony—it's when we desire it above all else, forgetting the Christian virtue of self-denial.
September 21, 2012
Out with the Old (Testament)?
Paula Fredriksen ignores the early church's Israelite foundations, producing a selective (but lively) history of the idea of sin.
September 13, 2012
The Second Coming Christ Controversy: More Leaders Speak Out
David Jang's emissaries to Singapore speak for the first time on why they believed he was a new Christ, why they changed their minds, and how his organization operates.
September 12, 2012
Max Lucado Goes Overboard on Grace
It's one of those things you don't want to moderate despite the risks, he says.
September 10, 2012
The Second Coming Christ Controversy
David Jang has become an increasingly influential figure in Asian and now American evangelicalism. He and his followers have founded media outlets and a Christian college and are key influencers in the World Evangelical Alliance. But many say he leads a group that has encouraged the belief that he's the 'Second Coming Christ.' Is there any truth to the allegations?
August 16, 2012
Rejoicing in the Wrath: Why We Look Forward to the Judgment Day
You cannot have perfect justice without judgment.
August 2, 2012
Sex! Outrage! The Internet! Doug Wilson, Rachel Held Evans, and The Gospel Coalition
Why I'm not sure we should be calling for a petition for removal of a blog post.
July 20, 2012
Thoughts from a Simple-Minded Jesus Lover
The great gay Christian debate is never-ending, one-dimensional, and somewhat pointless.
July 16, 2012
Should We Stop Asking Jesus Into Our Hearts?
Doubting our salvation and false assurance are both exacerbated by the clichéd ways in which we speak about the gospel.
July 13, 2012
How Faith Works
The volcanic issue of "Lordship Salvation" is still emitting the smoke and fumes of controversy.
July 12, 2012
'Behavior Doesn't Interrupt Your Relationship with Christ': A Recipe for Disaster
A Wesleyan Arminian perspective on God's grace and the gravity of sin.
July 12, 2012
Opinion: Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?
The more progressive the Episcopal Church becomes, the more it shrinks. (Ross Douthat, The New York Times)
9Marks Journal on Hell
Pastoral, theological, and exegetical angles on the difficult doctrine of hell. (Justin Taylor)
A Dangerous Belief: 'God Is Not One' Author Stephen Prothero on Religious Equivalency
The world's religious rivals do converge when it comes to ethics—no religion tells you it is OK to have sex with your mother or to murder your brother—but they diverge sharply on doctrine, ritual, mythology, experience and law. (Stephen Prothero, The Wall Street Journal)
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