Shakespeare on Love – Part One: King Lear by L. Michael Morales

Throughout his magnificent corpus of plays, William Shakespeare explored several themes, continually developing them through the dynamic possibilities of drama. He would create characters and then explore their interrelationships by pressing them into different trials and settings. Some of these …Read More

Hope for Prodigal Children by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | December 2012

As a pastor, I am often faced with the difficulty of counseling deeply saddened fathers and mothers with prodigal sons and daughters. Parents who enter my study for counsel and prayer are usually trying to come to grips with the …Read More

A Hopeful Offense by John Starke

FROM TABLETALK | October 2012

In my neighborhood, there are almost thirty Jewish synagogues. These congregations include Reformed, Orthodox, and Hasidic Judaism. And, of course, our city is full of secular Jews who have long left any traditional form of their faith. So, on any …Read More

Preach the Gospel, and Since It’s Necessary, Use Words by Ed Stetzer

FROM TABLETALK | June 2012

There’s a popular saying often repeated by Christians. It has found new life on Facebook and Twitter. Maybe you have even uttered these words, commonly at tributed to Francis of Assisi: “Preach the gospel. Use words if necessary.” I …Read More

What is the Gospel? by W. Robert Godfrey

FROM TABLETALK | June 2012

Many Christians, churches, and organizations regularly use the word gospel to describe their convictions. Theological controversies have occurred and do occur over the meaning of the gospel and who preaches it faithfully. What does that familiar word gospel mean? The …Read More

The God-Centered Gospel by Michael Horton

FROM TABLETALK | April 2012

One of the benefits of the older liturgies is that they provided a framework for our prayers to the Father in the Son by the Spirit. They taught our hearts to preach, pray, sing, and witness in a Trinitarian way …Read More

Death Does Not Have the Last Word by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | October 2011

The guns of secular naturalism, when aimed at the Christian faith, resemble not so much shotguns as carefully aimed rifles. The chief target of the naturalist is the biblical doctrine of creation. If the doctrine of creation falls, all of …Read More

Death, Disease & the Gospel by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | October 2011

I was sixteen when my father died. It was a Sunday evening in late September of 1992 when I heard the news of his death. I had just returned from work when my mother came into my room in tears …Read More

The Gospel for Muslims

FROM TABLETALK | September 2011

In 2005, I make my first trip to the Middle East. I was there to engage in a Christian-Muslim dialogue sponsored by a local university’s Muslim and Christian student associations. As far as we knew, it would be the …Read More

A Religious Explosion?

FROM TABLETALK | September 2011

Yesterday, I had another conversation about New York City—this one with a reporter from the New York Times. “Do you see a surge in evangelical work?” was the gist of the interview. Many are asking — what is the impact …Read More

The Gospel and Stewardship by Donald Whitney

FROM TABLETALK | July 2011

Stewardship is the care and management of that which belongs to another. while we often speak of things as “ours,” the reality is that all that we have and all we are belongs to another — God. As the Apostle Paul …Read More

Evangelism and the Gospel by Donald Whitney

FROM TABLETALK | May 2011

It does little good to encourage people to discipline themselves to evangelize if they do not know the gospel. Try this experiment in your church, class, or small group to reveal one’s level of preparedness to share the gospel …Read More

The Gospel and Worship by Donald Whitney

FROM TABLETALK | April 2011

There may be nothing in the realm of religion by whic h people vainly attempt to establish their acc eptability to God more than by acts of public or private worship. As a result, worship can degrade into one of …Read More

Preaching Christ by R.C. Sproul

FROM TABLETALK | April 2011

The church of the twenty-first century faces many crises. One of the most serious is the crisis of preaching. Widely diverse philosophies of preaching vie for acceptance among contemporary clergy. Some see the sermon as a fireside chat; others, as …Read More

Holding the Line: An Interview with R. Albert Mohler Jr. by Albert Mohler

FROM TABLETALK | April 2011

TT: In 1993, shortly after your appointment as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, there was substantial faculty fallout and a sharp move in an orthodox direction. Would you give us a glimpse into that time for you and …Read More