Season 1: Episode 12 In this episode Zach is joined by Ginger Blomberg to discuss her new book Charlie and the Preschool Prodigal (Crossway, 2024) as well as a broader discussion about how to use books and other media as aides for family discipleship. She also discusses how kids programs like Bluey can be a … Continue reading Podcast: Ginger Blomberg | Charlie and the Preschool Prodigal
Season 1: Episode 7 In this episode Zach is joined by Lucy S. R. Austen to discuss her new book Elisabeth Elliot: A Life (Crossway, 2023). Listeners will likely be familiar with Elisabeth Elliot as a missionary in the mid-twentieth century whose husband Jim Elliot was killed alongside four other missionaries while attempting to make … Continue reading Podcast: Lucy S. R. Austen | Elisabeth Elliot: A Life
Friendship is hard. At least it is for me. Perhaps you can resonate with my experience. In high school and college, making friends seemed easy. I didn’t even have to try. No doubt it had much to do with how much free time we had on our hands. But when you are married with kids … Continue reading A Biblical Vision for Friendship
Season 1: Episode 4 In this episode Zach is joined by Dr. William Varner to discuss his new devotional book Handbook For Praying Scripture (316 Publishing, 2023), as well as his work on the Legacy Standard Bible translation team. Find a copy of Dr. Varner’s book here. Find the Legacy Standard Bible here. Find Dr. … Continue reading Podcast: William Varner | Handbook For Praying Scripture (LSB)
All throughout church history, followers of Jesus have held fast to the belief that the Bible is the word of God. There are skeptics today who seriously doubt this claim, however, it has been an essential doctrine of the church down through the ages. Modern day Christians stand on the shoulders of those who have … Continue reading Studying the Bible Through Church History
As we near the end of the year we will hear increased talk of New Year’s resolutions. These are self improvement goals that people set and likely abandon by the end of January. Most people set the goal of losing weight, reading more, being nicer, etc. Some people even desire to grow spiritually and incorporate … Continue reading Three Crossway Devotionals for 2023
“I don’t like music. I love it.” So writes pastor, church-planter, and hymn-writer Chris Anderson. Man oh man, I love it too. Don’t we all? Needless to say, he hooked me from the start. In his new book, Theology That Sticks: The Life-Changing Power of Exceptional Hymns (Church Works Media), Anderson seeks to compel every … Continue reading The Life-Changing Power of Hymns
Jesus. There’s just something about that name.* On one hand he is one of the most well known figures in all of human history. On the other hand he is one of the most controversial figures in human history. Yet he is also one of the most misunderstood figures to ever walk the earth. For … Continue reading Confronting The Real Jesus
The Christian life is a wonderful life and has many benefits. The most important of these benefits is being reconciled to God the Father through the finished work of Jesus Christ. Yet the Christian life can be difficult and arduous. For this reason it is crucial that we fellowship with other believers for worship, discipleship, … Continue reading Church Questions Series from 9Marks (Updated)
Did you know that Jesus had female disciples? That would come as a surprise to most people, and many (if not most) Christians. This is likely because we tend to confuse the disciples with the Apostles. All twelve Apostles were men, but those twelve were not his only disciples. In Jesus Through the Eyes of … Continue reading Women Were Key Witnesses to Jesus’ Ministry
RFTG exists to “equip followers of Christ with biblically-focused resources.” One way we know that this goal can be achieved is by encouraging and equipping pastors who will in turn, equip the people in their local church. Most of the writers on our team either serve in or have served pastoral ministry. For this reason, … Continue reading For Pastors: A Resource Guide
Like many words in the English language, the word “evangelical” along with its lingual cousin “born-again” has lost its meaning. In American culture over the past several decades, the word evangelical has come to defined as a mostly white, “Christian” conservative voting block of the Republican political party. Many who are placed within this definition … Continue reading What Does It Truly Mean To Be Evangelical?
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