‘Tis the season for gift giving, gathering with family and friends, and feasting on food that evokes savored childhood memories while making new ones. Each year we curate Christ-centered, meaningful, and fun gift ideas for your loved ones. This year, we’re sharing our gift guides as five articles, with one releasing each day this week. […]

If we’re wondering how long or how often we should study the Bible, we’re forgetting how relationships work. It’s like asking how much time we should spend with a friend or a significant other in order to check a box. When hanging out with people we enjoy, we don’t watch the clock like we may […]

[Editor’s Note: Don’t miss our Reformation Day Flash Sale! Find our Grounded in the Gospel Workbook, Well-Watered Kids Grounded in the Gospel Workbook, and Five Solas Bag for 20% off now through Tuesday, November 1 at 11:59 pm ET!]   On this day more than five hundred years ago, Martin Luther nailed a document to the church […]

Fall rolls out the red carpet for me each October when autumn leaves greet me on my morning drive. I almost feel guilty for how I anticipate watching the once-green and vibrant leaves die slowly and beautifully in my yard. Each tree that glows with gorgeous yellows, radiant reds, and bold browns signals that I’ll […]

I was in elementary school when I asked for my first Bible. I had read my children’s Bible cover to cover and was ready for the real deal. I didn’t want to use the church pew Bibles or the ones stacked in the corner of my Sunday school classroom anymore. As we went into the […]

No one would ever call me an optimist, yet some part of me has always believed that things would work out for my good. I grew up in a Christian home, and the church culture of the ’90s fed me a lie that I consumed and digested wholeheartedly: if I just followed Jesus, my life […]

[Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from chapter 21 of In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God, Colleen Chao’s forthcoming book on suffering that provides thirty-one days of hope, honesty, and encouragement for the sufferer. Find it available for preorder today.] Early this morning, while it was still dark and quiet, I lay in […]

Jesus is the Son of God, fully God and fully man. He came to earth and lived a sinless life. Then he died on the cross to offer us salvation. If we trust in his name, our sins are forgiven and we are saved from death to an eternal life with God.  Jesus is the […]

My children squealed in delight on our family’s first afternoon in our upgraded, fenced-in backyard. My husband spent weeks sweating in the overgrown landscape. He dug up rocky soil, carried pallets of sod, and repaired broken fence boards to create a fun, safe play area. Previously, anytime my young children wanted to play outside, I […]

[Editor’s Note: We are forgetful and faithless people, so we need constant reminders of God’s faithfulness. This series of devotional articles will serve as stones of remembrance that God is faithful in every circumstance, even in our struggle with sin, loss, fear, and despair. Learn more about God’s faithfulness by studying his Word and walking […]