It's wedding season, and—partly inspired by the TV show Married at First Sight*—I’ve had a genius idea for getting evangelical believers up the aisle in 2016. Arranged marriages. And I'm only slightly joking.** Let me explain why.... continue reading
To start with, this isn’t about surviving the summer.
After all, if we lived in a place where summer means escalating military conflict… or heatwave-fuelled violence… or crop-ravaging drought… or torrential rain and floods… or throat-constricting pollution.. or no break from grinding 16-hour working days seven days a week… or no change to intimidation, harassment, economic oppression, physical attacks, fear of a knock at the door, simply for being a Christian…... continue reading
Having finished my first year at university two months ago it feels like I’m well into the summer now, despite the not so great weather! Living back at home with your parents takes some getting used to. But since being back I’ve concluded that surviving the summer as a student really isn’t that difficult.
The answer: a laptop.... continue reading
Today there are many popular views about God. One view tells us to seek the “god within”. Another view says that God is one with everything. Some say God doesn’t even exist.... continue reading
The chances are that the majority of your church has a vague and possibly heretical view of God.
Yes, really.... continue reading
Why is it that we find it difficult to share the gospel with others?
Sometimes it’s because we have become distracted. There are so many things that can push the need to tell others from its central place in our calling as individuals and churches.... continue reading
Can we really appreciate modern science and be a Christian? Doesn’t one cancel out the other?
Here’s the surprising thing: there doesn’t have to be a full-blown battle between science and Christianity.
We need science—it gives us practical benefits that help us live well. We need science to help us know well—science begins to help us understand the cosmos.
But let me suggest that we also need Christianity to live well. Christianity is all about Jesus, who claimed to be the author of life. If that’s the case, then what he has to say about life is worth listening to.... continue reading
It’s a huge question, isn’t it? Hardly a day goes by when we don’t come across suffering. Devastation caused by earthquakes and tsunamis… millions living in poverty… children being abused… family breakdowns… bullying… people suffer. We suffer. So it’s right to say to God: “God, if you’re there, why don’t you do something about it?”... continue reading
The Good Book Company Team setting up for The Gospel Coalition National Conference 2015.
Watch the live stream of the conference: http://live.tgc.org/
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Tim Keller answers this commonly asked question:
The resurrection of Jesus Christ probably is the thing that sets Christianity apart—because the other religions bring you a prophet or they bring you a sage, and they say: “This is the way to find God.” So in that sense they're all the same.
Christianity comes along and says: “This person IS God, and he was raised from the dead to prove it.”
And that is just a different category and you have to come to grips with that to be a Christian, and also it does force you in a way to grapple with it. Instead of saying: “I like this religion because it meets my needs” or: “I like these thoughts,” you have to say: “Did it happen or not?”... continue reading
