[ad_1] After Randall Palmer graduated from Columbia University journalism school in 1981, he had a hard time finding a job. “Everybody wanted experience,” he said. Except for a paper in Saudi Arabia. Before the job interview, “I called the Saudi embassy to see if it was a real paper,” he said. They said yes. They...
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Putting Together a Christ-Centered Bible Talk
[ad_1] The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. Nancy Guthrie: Welcome. Welcome to this live recording of the “Help Me Teach The Bible” podcast before a live audience here at The Gospel Coalition Women’s Conference. I love it that you...
How To Expertly Produce Music For Worship In Your Home Studio
[ad_1] Worship leaders and songwriters find themselves in an exciting time, with plenty of ways to produce music for worship experiences. The current availability of affordable, digital audio workstations and the reach of social media has created the perfect context in which to write and share your own musical projects. No longer are quality recordings...
Fewer Americans Give to Charity (and to Their Churches)
[ad_1] The Story A new survey finds that fewer Americans give to charity, including to churches and religious organizations. The Background Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy recently released a study on charitable giving in the United States. The study is based on data collected in 2019 about charitable giving in 2018. According to...
Taste God’s Goodness in the Sweetness of Honey
[ad_1] My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. (Prov. 24:13) Breakfast cupboards are a fairly recent invention. When my eyes run along the shelf immediately above my toaster, I’m faced with a whole range of options that would have been unknown to people...
How to Use Resources to Preach Well (and Avoid Plagiarism)
[ad_1] Preaching is a complex art form—at once creative, communal, and constrained. A preacher must do his own work, but always in conversation with Christ’s church and subject to God’s Word. This unique dynamic, together with our finitude and flesh, create openings for pastors to stray into plagiarism, taking another’s work as their own without...
Can You Honor Your Parents by Asking Them to Make a Will?
[ad_1] My father and stepmother are getting older, and last year my father had a heart attack. He recovered nicely, but it made all of us wonder about the future. I know they don’t have a will—they tell me they don’t have enough assets to bother willing them to anybody—but they do have a home...
Great Writing Is a Gift in Suffering
[ad_1] Few of us get through life without having the winds of difficulty blow through our lives at some point—cold and unrelenting winds that threaten to knock us down for good. When the winds of suffering blow in our lives, what we need most is something secure to tether ourselves to, something strong and unmovable...
This Week’s Free eBook: ‘Coming Home: Essays on the New Heaven and New Earth’
[ad_1] Need a good book for your summer vacation? We’ve got you covered. This summer we are giving away a free eBook every week, for 12 weeks. This week (August 2 to 8) our book giveaway is Coming Home: Essays on the New Heaven and New Earth. GET YOUR FREE EBOOK About Coming Home: Essays...
20 Quotes from Garrett Kell on Sexual Purity
[ad_1] These 20 quotes caught my attention as I read Garrell Kell’s helpful new book, You will never regret resisting sin. You will always regret giving in. I have never looked back on obedience with regret, nor on compromise with gratitude. Seeing God is both our eternal destiny and our daily delight. (24–25) Pornography is...