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Browse select Tabletalk articles and columns exploring themes and topics across a spectrum of relevant issues.

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  • Broken Homes in the Bible by Richard Pratt Jr.

    Unless you live in complete isolation, you have seen a broken home. Maybe it’s the family of a friend or a relative; maybe it’s your own home. Families fall apart in ways that are short-lived and lifelong, hidden from view …Read More

  • Caring for Our Families by John Piper

    A few years ago I wrote a short book on justification that was published by Crossway under the title Counted Righteous in Christ. In one section of it I ask, “Why would a pressured pastor with a family to care …Read More

  • A Child’s Call to Conversion: Faith as a Christian Mark by Tedd Tripp

    The clear desire of all Christian parents is the spiritual wellbeing of their children. We want our children to be saved, to be part of the company of the redeemed. We yearn for the blessing of God’s covenant grace to …Read More

  • A Child’s (Mis)understanding by Keith Mathison

    Like many, I have watched my fair share of films over the years, and the vast majority have been quite forgettable. There are a small number that I enjoyed enough to purchase in order to watch them again. But there …Read More

  • Christ and the Academy: An Interview with D.A. Carson by D.A. Carson

    Tabletalk: When did God call you to ministry and what were the circumstances that surrounded your call? D.A. Carson: I was well into a degree in chemistry at McGill University, with well-formed plans to pursue a PhD in organic synthesis, …Read More

  • Christian Parenting by Elyse Fitzpatrick

    Allie was having a rough night. She had already been disciplined once for slapping one of the pastor’s sons across the face, and she had just done it again, this time to his brother. Her mother was humiliated and frustrated. …Read More

  • Compromising Truth and Practice by Walter Chantry

    Just before Jesus was taken up into heaven He told His disciples: “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to …Read More

  • Discipline in the Home by Tom Ascol

    Early in our married life, my wife, Donna, spent two years working as a pediatric nurse at a large children’s hospital. Her unit regularly saw young patients who were in desperate need of medical care, sometimes extreme medical care. One …Read More

  • Evangelizing Our Children by E. Calvin Beisner

    God tells us to command our children to keep the way of the Lord (Gen. 18:19), which includes faith in Jesus Christ. We are to command our children to trust in Jesus for their salvation. We are to teach them …Read More

  • Family Authority by Denise Sproul

    It has wisely been said, “He who defines the terms wins the debate.” For many years we have, as a nation, been engaged in a battle over defining the nature of the family. On one side are those who say …Read More

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