Maintain Gospel Centrality: 1 John 1:1–2:2July 2, 2024Ray OrtlundIn this lecture on 1 John, Don Carson calls Christians to maintain gospel centrality, cautioning against an excessive focus on…Read More
Why One Presbyterian Appreciates a Baptist Systematic TheologyJuly 2, 2024Ray OrtlundIt’s an exciting time to do theology. Technology allows unprecedented access to vast deposits of historical resources. Scholars across disciplines…Read More
Does the Bible Blame Women for Rape?July 2, 2024Ray OrtlundMany women, including me, endure the tragic experience of Scripture being misused against them, often by men. It can be…Read More
Now Available: 50+ Hours of TGCW24 Conference SessionsJuly 1, 2024Ray OrtlundLast month, The Gospel Coalition hosted its largest ever gathering. Nearly 9,000 women assembled in Indianapolis for TGC’s 2024 Women’s…Read More
Let’s ponder this Schaeffer quote about once a weekSeptember 29, 2023Ray Ortlund“The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism, nor the old Roman Catholicism or the new Roman…Read More
Your life is propheticSeptember 22, 2023Ray OrtlundIn explaining what makes a great story, C. S. Lewis notes one category: “Another very large class of stories turns…Read More
Revival changes how we thinkJuly 11, 2023Ray Ortlund“In all our efforts to cure the disorders of the mind, or what is the same thing, to produce or…Read More
The Ministry of ReconciliationMay 20, 2023Ray Ortlund“But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.” …Read More
Quietness vs. prominenceApril 14, 2023Ray Ortlund“I have calmed and quieted my soul.” Psalm 131:2 How did David get into that quiet place before God? He…Read More
A kind of explosion of joyApril 3, 2023Ray Ortlund“There has been a long tradition which sees the mission of the Church primarily as obedience to a command. It…Read More
The peace of ChristAugust 4, 2022Ray Ortlund“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.” (Col. 3:15) The tsunami of sin flooding the world today…Read More
Psalm 1, a reverse translationJune 21, 2022Ray OrtlundBlighted is the man who doesn’t stick his neck out, doesn’t think for himself, doesn’t revere anything. But he laughs…Read More