A Poem for Those Whose Faith Feels Stale

Podcast: Get to Know Your Favorite Theologians’ Favorite Poet (Stephen Witmer)

Dr. Stephen Witmer discusses how reading George Herbert’s poetry is a way to shepherd our souls, live counter-culturally, and see Christ differently.

Why Does Jesus Silence People Who Say Who He Is? (Mark 1)

Hans F. Bayer

Generally speaking, Jesus had to defer the full disclosure of his identity because God’s Messiah was to die and be raised from death in order to be enthroned as the eternal Messiah-ruler.

7 Practices for Spiritual Progress According to George Whitefield

Ian Maddock, Tom Schwanda

Whitefield examined seven practices to encourage spiritual progress. He argued that spiritual disciplines “are means; but then they are only means; they are part, but not the whole of religion.”

Why Does God Call Himself “I AM”?

Samuel G. Parkison

“I am who I am.” Yahweh. This is the name God gives to Moses. It is the covenant name of the covenant-making, covenant-keeping God of Israel.

Why Were There Such Strict Dietary Laws in the Old Testament? (Leviticus 11)

Christine Palmer

The first topic of Israel’s discipleship is how to eat in holiness by distinguishing between clean and unclean animals. A variety of approaches have sought to explain these dietary laws.

Help! Reading the Bible Feels More Like a Chore Than a Delight

Uche Anizor

I have become increasingly convinced that some of our resistance to the Bible is rooted in our failure to really see it for what it is fundamentally: a gift.