Christian Living

Comfort and Contentment

I’ve sometimes struggled to understand the difference between comfort and contentment in my life. Comfort is dangerous. Todd Henry writes, “When I aspire to comfort as the greatest goal of life, I

The Wounds of a Friend

I met a friend for lunch last year. It wasn’t the most pleasant of lunches. Midway through our time together, the conversation shifted, and my friend delved into some difficult areas of

We Will Cease to Love You Like This

I was there in 2011 when D.A. Carson was presented with a Festschrift, and I remember John Piper saying these words: I want to obey Paul’s plea in 1 Thessalonians 5:

Watch Me!

I had no idea that someone had turned D.A. Carson into a cartoon character. Watch to the end. Well worth watching.

Five Quick Lessons on Mission from Jonah

1. God loves the hard places and the hard people. It was inconceivable that God would send Jonah to Nineveh. Tullian Tchividjian writes, “It’s safe to say that no people in the