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Why Youth Stay in Church When They Grow Up

“What do we do about our kids?” The group of parents sat together in my office, wiping their eyes. I’m a high school pastor, but for once, they weren’t talking about 16-year-olds drinking and partying....

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How to Call for a Gospel Response Like a Calvinist

“Think like a Calvinist. Preach like an Arminian.” That is how one preaching professor taught his students to call people to faith in a sermon. He couldn’t reconcile a theological system that embraces...

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You Asked: Should Churches Perform Altar Calls?

Editors’ Note: Send your theological, biblical, and practical ministry questions to ask@thegospelcoalition.org along with your full name, city, and state. We’ll pass them along to The Gospel...

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Don’t Take It from Me: Reasons You Should Not Marry an Unbeliever

Over the course of our ministry, the most common pastoral issue that Tim and I have confronted is probably marriages—either actual or proposed—between Christians and non-Christians. I have often...

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When the Gospel Hits Home

Several weeks ago, my 8-year-old daughter and I stumbled into a conversation about the family structure within our home. Although my husband and I embrace a complementarian dynamic, it’s not the...

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You Asked: Should I Get ‘Re-Baptized’? (Paedobaptist Answer)

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David Platt Warns Unconverted Believers: ‘Slay Yourself’

Have you ever met an unconverted believer? Or watched blood transform into Kool-Aid at church? David Platt has. Almost three years since the release of his New York Times bestseller Radical, Platt has...

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Is Your Child a Christian?

Is my child a Christian? As parents, we all wrestle with how to answer this question, and I’ve found there are usually two extremes that need to be avoided. The first is made worse by a lack of...

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Don’t Segregate the Youth

I was enjoying brunch at a local café with my wife after church. It was before we had kids, so it was just the two of us. Across the room I spotted one of the students in my youth ministry, sitting...

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Church Planting as Spiritual Warfare

I’ve never fought in a war, but I’ve read my share of war stories, watched my share of war documentaries, and visited my share of war memorials. Every war had some objective, some overriding purpose...

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