Tim Challies Archives

If the Apostle Paul suffered greatly and found joy, those of us who suffer lightly in comparison should be able to find the same joy.

I learned that Steve Jobs’ last words were, “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.” What I wouldn’t give to know what it was that he understood or perceived in...

It has been fascinating to witness the rise of Halloween in recent years. I’ve developed a theory. It may seem a little far-fetched, but hear me...

That’s a place and a context I had not thought about too much until I read Richard Phillips’ book Jesus the Evangelist. Based on a series of...

Don’t run away from this blog post just because I’m quoting a Puritan. Yes, Puritans are scary with all their big words and frilly collars, but...

I can understand why and how people could give up leading the local church in favor of the speaking circuit. I began to think about this as Rob...

How do we respond to spiritual abuse internally—in our own hearts, and how do we respond to spiritual abuse “externally”—in our relationship to the...

Spiritual abuse is a term that seems to be gaining a little bit of traction with whole blogs dedicated to it. It describes a clear reality—that...

Obviously the most important part of a prayer life is just praying—I’m sure it’s very easy to get hung up on questions of procedure while...

While I feel the desire to pray and I often long to pray, I find it difficult. So, I have turned to a few pastors I know to ask them how they...

There was a time when homeschooling was a very lonely place to be. Perhaps in some contexts it still is. But it seems that homeschooling has...

There was a time when homeschooling was a very lonely place to be. Perhaps in some contexts it still is. But it seems that homeschooling has...

I recently found myself wondering what it would be like to have someone measuring my popularity on a day-to-day basis. It cannot be fun. I do not...

It was A.W. Tozer who wrote (in The Knowledge of the Holy), “what comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about...

Though it's popular to say, “Never criticize any method that God is blessing,” I am convinced that one of the greatest but most subtle spiritual...