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Ministry and Leadership
Ben Shin — December 01, 2025
Dr. Mick Boersma was a man who loved greatly and who was greatly loved by all. Mick was born on September 2, 1948, and passed into glory to be with...
Christian Education, Ministry and Leadership
Kenneth Berding — November 28, 2025
This blog post is adapted from an article I wrote a few years ago for Didaktikos: Journal of Theological Education , a semi-academic journal...
Culture
Dave Keehn — November 26, 2025
The national pastime has become a sacred holiday: shopping on “Black Friday.” The day after Thanksgiving has developed into a manic state of sales...
Matthew Williams — November 24, 2025
We usually think of giving thanks on this one day, but Thanksgiving is not just a day — it should be a daily practice. A few years ago, I started...
Kevin Lawson — November 21, 2025
For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him?...
Porque el Espíritu todo lo escudriña, aun lo profundo de Dios. Porque ¿quién de los hombres sabe las cosas del hombre, sino el espíritu del hombre...
Biblical Exposition, New Testament
Kenneth Berding — November 19, 2025
Not long ago, I helped a group of young adults memorize the famous verses below using hand motions. Perhaps you can do the same. (Adapt to...
Church Life
Ed Stetzer — November 14, 2025
If you think community is an important part of healthy church life, and I hope you do, then small groups should also be important to you. They are...
Apologetics, Culture
Kenneth Berding — November 12, 2025
I grew up listening to a Christian rock group called Love Song. I listened to their music all the time. I even got to meet one of their founding...
Gary McIntosh — November 10, 2025
Pastors don't like to admit it, but many harbor fears. This is particularly true of those who serve alone — solo pastors. There are seven fears...
Church Life, Ministry and Leadership
Kevin Lawson — November 07, 2025
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you,...
Entonces habló Jesús a la gente y a sus discípulos, diciendo: « En la cátedra de Moisés se sientan los escribas y los fariseos. Así que, todo lo...
Biblical Exposition
Kenneth Berding — November 03, 2025
How can I grow to love God’s Word more than I currently do? One night recently, I had trouble falling asleep. So I got up and spent three hours in...
Biblical Exposition, Culture
The Good Book Blog — October 31, 2025
The following blog post is a meditation by former Talbot School of Theology adjunct professor Joy Mosbarger, initially published in October 2012....
Biblical Exposition, Spiritual Formation
Kyle Strobel — October 29, 2025
I will often use the language of “true self” and “false self,” because I think it gets at something important. The problem is that others use this...
Theology
Ed Stetzer — October 27, 2025
Over the past two years, Talbot has experienced remarkable growth. In a season when many institutions struggle, especially in Christian higher...
Kevin Lawson — October 24, 2025
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if...
Por lo demás, hermanos, todo lo que es verdadero, todo lo honesto, todo lo justo, todo lo puro, todo lo amable, todo lo que es de buen nombre; si...
Church Life, Ethics, Ministry and Leadership
Ed Stetzer — October 22, 2025
While AI offers exciting opportunities for ministry, its use also raises important ethical questions. From sermon writing to administrative tasks,...
Philosophy
William Lane Craig — October 20, 2025
This is a Q&A blog post by Talbot School of Theology’s Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question I was arguing with a...
Kenneth Berding — October 17, 2025
I recently read a deep and thoughtful book on Christian living entitled A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation . I...
Marriage and Family
Kenneth Berding — October 13, 2025
She broke her promise. She vowed to love, respect, and stay faithful to her husband — for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and...
Biblical Exposition, Church Life
Kevin Lawson — October 10, 2025
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and...
Si yo hablase lenguas humanas y angélicas, y no tengo amor, vengo a ser como metal que resuena, o címbalo que retiñe. Y si tuviese profecía, y...
Gary Manning Jr — October 08, 2025
In season 2 of the popular television series The Chosen, the apostle Simon the Zealot is depicted as a former assassin from the Zealot party — with...