The Blessing of Persecution by Cal Thomas

FROM TABLETALK | June 2013

In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33; NIV).

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me …

The Good Life by Trip Lee

FROM TABLETALK | June 2013

I am a lover of hip hop. I fell in love with the music form when I was 10, and I’ve never been the same since. As a child and a teenager, when I wasn’t in class or …Read More

Reaching Muslims with the Gospel of God: An Interview with Abdul Saleeb by Abdul Saleeb

FROM TABLETALK | June 2013

Tabletalk: Tell us how the Lord led you out of Islam to Christianity. Abdul Saleeb: My first encounter with the gospel and the Christian faith was through the ministry of a group of American missionaries in Europe. When I discovered …Read More

Should We Care About Art? by Geoff Stevens

FROM TABLETALK | May 2013

During my time at art school, I took part in many group critiques of student artwork. Twenty or so of us would tack our best efforts on the wall, and then everyone would take turns criticizing them. At one such …Read More

Advice for the Pop Culturally Perplexed by Ted Turnau

FROM TABLETALK | April 2013

We live in a world that is saturated with non-Christian popular culture, and many Christians don’t know how to respond. Some just enjoy it without giving it another thought. Some try to withdraw into a “holy huddle,” avoiding it …Read More

Blood in the Streets by R.C. Sproul Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | April 2013

How prone we are to miss the drama. The tyranny of the urgent, the plainness of our patterns, and our propensity to look inward rather than outward all push us to regard our callings, our surroundings, and our souls as …Read More

Abortion by Randy Alcorn

FROM TABLETALK | April 2013

Some “pro-choice” advocates claim to base their beliefs on the Bible. They maintain that Scripture does not prohibit abortion. They are wrong. The Bible does, in fact, emphatically prohibit the killing of innocent people (Ex. 20:13) and clearly considers …Read More

Proclaiming Life to Captives by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | April 2013

I am writing this on the twenty-fifth anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s release of the “Personhood Proclamation.” On January 14, 1988, Reagan released the following declaration: “America has given a great gift to the world, a gift that drew …Read More

Honoring Christ Online: An Interview with Tim Challies by Tim Challies

FROM TABLETALK | April 2013

Tabletalk: How did you become a Christian?
Tim Challies: Along with my brother and three sisters, I had the great privilege of growing up in a Christian home. My parents had both come to Christ through Pentecostalism and had married …Read More

Relevant, Old Paths by Burk Parsons

FROM TABLETALK | March 2013

My dad was fifty-two years old when I was born. When I was thirteen, he asked me if I was embarrassed that he was so much older than my friends’ dads. I told him I wasn’t embarrassed but that …Read More

Praying for Politicians by David Robertson

FROM TABLETALK | March 2013

Having been a minister for twenty-six years and an editor of a church magazine for some of that time, I can safely say that there is no subject more likely to get you into controversy than the troubled relationship of …Read More

The Gospel-Driven Life: An Interview with Michael Horton by Michael Horton

FROM TABLETALK | February 2013

Tabletalk: Please tell us how you became a Christian. Michael Horton: My parents were faithful Baptist believers, although my mom was really the spiritual leader in the home when it came to daily devotions together and encouraging me to pursue …Read More

Listening to the World by Gene Edward Veith

FROM TABLETALK | January 2013

Christians should listen to the Word of God, of course, in the sense of heeding it, following it, and taking it in. Listening to the competing voices of the world in that way can get us into trouble. But there …Read More

Just How Beautiful Beauty Can Be: An Interview with Andrew Peterson by Andrew Peterson

FROM TABLETALK | October 2012

Tabletalk: Please describe your conversion briefly, and tell us how you got into writing music and literature. Andrew Peterson: I grew up in the church, the second son of a preacher man. That implies a lot, and most of what …Read More

The Christian’s GPS by Anthony Selvaggio

FROM TABLETALK | September 2012

One of the great inventions of the modern world is the global positioning system (GPS). The devices that use this satellite system make travel easier and enhance marital bliss by eliminating disputes between husbands and wives regarding the need to …Read More