He Drew Me Through Agony: My Painful Path to Faith
Midway through my surgical training, the suffering I witnessed on a single night in the ER pitched my faith into turmoil. I was a nominal Christian, with an understanding of God grounded in sentimentality rather than biblical truth. When paramedics rushed three dying young men through the sliding doors of my emergency department, my meager…
Press Afresh into Jesus: Four Truths About Genuine Faith
Just a small-town girl, livin’ in a lonely world . . . I suspect most of us have heard the 1981 song, by the band Journey, called “Don’t Stop Believin’.” It came into a second life around 2007, and for the last fifteen years it has reached a level of popularity it didn’t first have.…
Roast What You Kill: Becoming a Man Who Follows Through
The sluggard’s Instagram is unforgettable. If you have followed him in the Scriptures, you readily picture this creature sticking his hand in the bowl of Cheetos, unwilling to lift it back up to his mouth (Proverbs 19:24). We picture the man marooned on his bed, energetically telling about all the lions that prowl the streets…
Popular Blunders About Christ’s Return
Audio Transcript Welcome back on this Friday. Pastor John, back in June of 2021, here on the podcast, you gave us a personal update. And at the very end of that update, like a little footnote, you briefly mentioned that you were about to head off for a two-month writing leave to write a whole…
The Introvert City Podcast – Ep. 24: An Honest Conversation About Reading Through the Whole Bible, the Pros and Cons of Christian Influencing, and the Appearance of Sin
The Introvert City Podcast by Seth and CarinaIn the world of online influence, we oftentimes fall into traps of being mislead, misinterpreting the Word, and struggling in your personal journey of reading through scripture. For this week’s episode, Carina and Seth speak on issues regarding mainstream Christian influencers, and the appearance of sin. They also…
Why Boys Don’t Wrestle Girls: Lessons for Our Future Men
In my son’s first wrestling tournament, he was dominant. His preparation and good coaching were evident, as he pinned every opponent and won every match — that is, with one exception: a forfeiture. The brackets were established by dividing the wrestlers on the basis of weight and age, with even some consideration given to experience.…
Death Can Only Make Me Better: Remembering Tim Keller (1950–2023)
Audio Transcript Today we say farewell to our friend, pastor and author Tim Keller. Tim passed away in New York City at the age of 72. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2020. Over the years, Dr. Keller graciously appeared as a guest on this podcast, leaving us with nine rich APJ episodes on…
Conversion Story of a Nation: How Suffering Led Armenia to Christ
In 2001, Armenia celebrated its 1700th anniversary as the first Christian nation in the world. If you were to ask members of the Armenian Apostolic Church today about their church’s origins, they likely would answer that the apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew first brought the gospel to Armenia in the middle of the first century. They…
Grumbling Obedience: Resisting a Common Temptation
If you were giving an exhortation to an obedient people, what temptations would you urge them to guard against? Most of us would likely highlight the danger of pride and self-righteousness. And we’d be right to do so. In his letter to the Philippians, Paul is addressing an obedient people. Unlike the Galatians or Corinthians,…