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Church Life, Ministry and Leadership
Ben Shin — May 27, 2026
Choosing the right leaders helps determine good leadership. This is true for every organization that requires leadership. Even the business world...
Ministry and Leadership
Kyle Strobel — May 22, 2026
There is an odd legacy in the Christian tradition. The legacy is the way guilt, shame, fear and anxiety end up fueling life and ministry. The...
Missions
Ed Stetzer — May 20, 2026
It was a joy to be with Kasr El Dobara (KDEC), an evangelical church in Cairo, Egypt, as well as with KDEC’s Senior Pastor Dr. Sameh Maurice (in...
Biblical Exposition
Kenneth Berding — May 18, 2026
A few weeks ago, I joined Josh Summers for an interview at Bible Memory Goal about my recently published book, The Bible by Heart: The Bible’s Own...
Church Life, Spiritual Formation
Kyle Strobel — May 15, 2026
The primary question I hear when I go to conferences, or when people in full-time ministry reach out to me, is “What does spiritual formation look...
Ben Shin — May 13, 2026
The whole mentorship movement continues to increase in popularity, especially within the church. Many young people today are seeking out mentors....
Biblical Exposition, Culture
Kenneth Berding — May 11, 2026
Many American Christians think that Christians who suffer for Jesus live somewhere else — in nations where Christians endure imprisonments,...
Church Life
Ed Stetzer — May 08, 2026
Recently, the Orange County Register asked me to comment on the recent mass baptisms in California. Images of mass baptisms have circulated widely...
Spiritual Formation, Theology
Ed Stetzer — May 06, 2026
Alyson Pryor brings a breath of fresh air into an evangelical world often obsessed with activity and achievement. With her training as a spiritual...
Spiritual Formation
Kyle Strobel — May 01, 2026
There are many things that sound right that are not. I find that for many, there is a kind of feeling that is used when reading Scripture or...
Ben Shin — April 29, 2026
Leadership in the church is certainly not an easy task. It requires great diligence, faithfulness, time, energy, competence and spirituality. The...
Biblical Exposition, Historical Theology
Gary Manning Jr — April 27, 2026
When I teach or preach from the Gospels, I always bring in relevant aspects of the historical and cultural background. Including such details not...
Philosophy
William Lane Craig — April 20, 2026
This is a Q&A blog post by Talbot School of Theology’s Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question My question was related to...
Ed Stetzer — April 17, 2026
If you trace the history of the modern missions movement, you’ll find a recurring theme: students saying yes to God. From the 1886 Mount Hermon...
Historical Theology, Spiritual Formation
Kyle Strobel — April 15, 2026
When I first came to seminary, I called myself an Arminian. That wasn’t true, really. The reality was that I just didn’t like people I knew who...
Kenneth Berding — April 13, 2026
Yes, the Bible commands us to memorize Scripture. But the command probably doesn’t come in the form you think. Normally, people think of a biblical...
Historical Theology, New Testament
Thaddeus Williams — April 10, 2026
Can We Build a Case Using only Non-Christian Scholars and Seven Hollywood Hits? [A video of Dr. Williams presenting this case can be found here....
Kyle Strobel — April 08, 2026
In a wonderful recent episode of the Dallas Willard Podcast, we get to listen to Dallas teach about what it looks like to bring spiritual formation...
William Lane Craig — April 06, 2026
This is a Q&A blog post by Talbot School of Theology’s Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Dear Dr Craig, In many...
Theology
Thaddeus Williams — April 03, 2026
What happened on Good Friday is so scandalous and profound that the Bible does not limit itself to a single explanation. Dutch theologian, Herman...
Biblical Exposition, New Testament
Kenneth Berding — April 01, 2026
My colleague, Dr. Isaac Blois, who teaches in the Torrey Honors College at Biola University, recently published an academic book entitled The Role...
Evangelism, Missions
Ed Stetzer — March 30, 2026
Stories of missionary calling rarely begin with a clear map. Obeying God is almost never linear. Detours, doubts and divine providence interrupt...
Marriage and Family
Kyle Strobel — March 25, 2026
For the first eight years of my time as a professor at Talbot, I had a weekly meeting with my friend and mentor John Coe. John was my immediate...
Kenneth Berding — March 23, 2026
I used to find a strange sort of comfort in two verses that seemed to indicate that the author of Hebrews sometimes didn’t know where he was...
Christian Education, Marriage and Family
William Lane Craig — March 20, 2026
This is a Q&A blog post by Talbot School of Theology’s Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Hi Dr. Craig, I greatly...