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The Gospel Coalition’s mission is to help renew and unify the contemporary church in the ancient gospel.

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🚨 New Cohort: Jesus and the Climax of Israel

Register now for this great new cohort with Benjamin Gladd. Registration ends October 17! Register here: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/cohort/introducing-the-four-gospels/ Dates and Times: 6 Weekly Sessions (90-minutes each) Fridays, October

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From High School to Campus: Stay Rooted in Christ and Guard Your Heart

Before heading to college, I wasn’t too concerned about preparing myself spiritually. Looking back, I wish I had been. Imagine standing at a fork in the road: one path draws you closer to God, the
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How to Kill the Seven Deadly Sins with Grace

Few doctrines are more obvious, or more personally experienced, than the reality of sin. As Reinhold Niebuhr quipped, “The doctrine of original sin is the only empirically verifiable doctrine of the
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Don’t Skip Judges in Women’s Bible Study

When an email from church announced an upcoming women’s Bible study on Judges, my mind raced to various passages, trying to grasp how we’d talk about this book as a group of women in an extremely

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Can You Love Your Neighbor by Investing?

In an iconic scene from the 1987 film Wall Street, Gordon Gekko, a ruthless businessman played by Michael Douglas, claims that greed is good. Most supporters of capitalism see Gekko as a caricature.

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My Mom, Her Drug Addiction, and God’s Grace

In our comfortable age, we often avoid affliction at any cost. But I’ve learned that Christian suffering isn’t without hope and that God often uses our pain to bring about redemption. In sixth grade,
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Flawed Youth Ministry Wasn’t the End of My Faith

Painful experiences make it difficult to engage with what we once loved and held dear to our hearts. Broken relational trust and trauma can even lead us to abandon our faith. This is perhaps
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The False Hope of ‘Rebrand Yourself!’ Identity Shifts

A growing subgenre of YouTube influencers and videos promises quick, easy hacks for reinventing yourself and becoming a “new you.” Here are some examples: Identity Shifting: Your New Way to Reinvent
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Take It from Me: Don’t Get a Divorce

My dear friend, I was saddened, but not wholly surprised, to hear you are thinking about divorce. As I understand it, over the years you and your husband have argued with increasing bitterness. He
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Why Churches Need Counter-Catechesis

Working among college students, I get a firsthand look into the trends that dominate the cultural landscape at any particular moment. Over the years, I’ve witnessed fashion fads like the “man bun,”
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How Should We Define Biblical Manhood and Womanhood? Trace the Arc of God’s Design.

Near the end of C. S. Lewis’s science-fiction novel Perelandra, his protagonist, Dr. Elwin Ransom, saw two idyllic forms—the celestial guardians of Mars and Venus: Malacandra [Mars] was like a rhythm
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I Miss the Pews: Why Uncomfortable Togetherness Mattered

Red-padded pews. It’s one of my most vivid memories from growing up in church. Their smell resembled my grandparents’ closet. They weren’t comfortable. They were impossible to nap on during sermons.

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