Suffering Is Not the End of Your StoryJuly 14, 2024Ray Ortlund“Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against…Read More
What Does the Bible Teach About Divorce and Remarriage?July 14, 2024Ray OrtlundCarol, a young wife with an infant son, discovered her husband Ryan, a police officer, was in an adulterous relationship…Read More
Pastoral Prayer After the Failed Assassination of President TrumpJuly 14, 2024Ray OrtlundIt’s with profound shock, grief, and sadness that our country is once again facing the specter of political violence. The…Read More
100 Facets of the Diamond of Jesus ChristJuly 13, 2024Ray OrtlundIn his letter to the Ephesian church, Paul refers to the privilege of proclaiming “the unsearchable riches of Christ” (Eph.…Read More
‘Wildcat’ and the Perils of PeacockingJuly 12, 2024Ray OrtlundHer neighbors didn’t see her as a brilliant author but as the strange woman with all the peacocks. Flannery O’Connor…Read More
Fight Good FightsJuly 11, 2024Ray OrtlundUnity matters. Christ prayed his church would be marked by it. Yet disunity among Christians abounds, and it’s not always…Read More
Rediscover Poetic Enchantment with Charles TaylorJuly 11, 2024Ray OrtlundIn Four Quartets, T. S. Eliot called poetry “a raid on the inarticulate.” I’ve always liked the phrase. It implies…Read More
Savoring the Moment Takes TimeJuly 11, 2024Ray OrtlundWater laps against the side of the boat, nudging it gently back and forth. I look down at my 6-year-old…Read More
Think Biblically About Relational BoundariesJuly 10, 2024Ray OrtlundWe’ve all felt wounded or taken advantage of by the way another person has treated us. It can be hard…Read More
Don’t Let Nietzsche Be Your Political TeacherJuly 10, 2024Ray OrtlundNietzsche wrote in his book The Anti-Christ, “What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to…Read More
Christian Obedience, Love, and Perseverance: 1 John 2:3–27July 9, 2024Ray OrtlundDon Carson teaches on the importance of obedience to God and his Word as a true demonstration of knowing him,…Read More
Reckon with Sin and Suffering in Mental IllnessJuly 9, 2024Ray OrtlundAccording to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, about one in five Americans deals with some kind of mental illness,…Read More