The Last Word From Evangelical Innovator Tim Keller
Be true to yourself. Live free. Chase what makes you happy. Timothy Keller, dying, asked why none of it holds. His last book answers.
The Villain in Your Story Has Already Lost
Feel like something's against you? Something is. Novelist Charles Martin tells how the Devil fell and what beats him, in pages lent to Rapt.
If You Stop, You Will Not Disappear
Can’t rest? It might be what you think work is for. John and Jena Starke offer three cultural scripts — and God’s answers to them.
Off-Kilter on Purpose: How God Grows You Through Doubt
Love God and still wonder if it’s true? So did the disciples who saw Jesus risen. Paul Prather on the good doubt can do.
God's Poem: What Paul Wanted the Church to Be
Does your church feel small? Ephesians was first read in rooms of five to thirty. N.T. Wright says Paul called them God's own poem.
The Myth of 'Enough' — Rest for Everyone Still Climbing
Burned out? Maybe you want what everyone else wants. Jay Y. Kim on the peace that's closer than the top. Opened for Rapt readers.
A Word Aptly Spoken — Why We Should All Become Students of Communication
Opened to Rapt readers from “Authentic Communication,” this excerpt shows why speaking, listening and handling conflict well are part of Christian work.
Called Where You Stand: Any Place, Any Hour
Jim Street opens this excerpt to Rapt readers, freeing calling from career and talent so you can notice how God may work through you.
The ‘Visual Commentary On Scripture’ Is Changing How We Read The Bible
From Picasso to Rembrandt, centuries of art can help readers notice the Bible’s grief, glory and humanity with fresh eyes.
Most of Us Are Agnostics — Even Pastors
Faith is not the absence of questions. Sometimes the deepest disciples are the ones who keep following Jesus even when certainty feels out of reach. If you've ever wrestled with doubt, discover why honest questions need not weaken your faith — and why surrender, not perfect certainty, has always been the truest mark of trust.
God’s Two Books: The False War Between Science and Scripture
A rainbow can be explained by physics and still inspire wonder. The supposed conflict between science and Scripture is often overstated, as if understanding how something works somehow eliminates the One who made it possible. Yet many of history’s greatest scientists saw no contradiction. Nature and Scripture are not rival stories but two ways of encountering truth — each pointing beyond itself to the mystery, beauty and meaning woven into creation.
Miracles, Order, and the Hand That Holds Both
The parting of the Red Sea is unforgettable, but Moses’ deeper question lingers: Why are we astonished when God interrupts nature yet indifferent to the order that sustains it every day? The same God who parts the waters also holds the tides in place, orders the stars and gives structure to reality itself. Miracles matter, but they point beyond themselves to the One whose wisdom upholds all things.
Still Enrolled: God Is Always Teaching You
Some lessons arrive through books, mentors and workshops. Others arrive disguised as disappointment, success or the realization that a milestone wasn't the finish line you imagined. Scripture describes wisdom as a lifelong pursuit, one that grows through humility rather than certainty. God’s work in us rarely ends where we expect it to. As long as we’re breathing, there is still something left to learn.
From Miracles To Mystery: How Faith Survived My Unanswered Prayers
A miraculous healing convinced him that God still works miracles. Years later, unanswered prayers forced him to wrestle with a harder question: Why does God intervene in some stories and remain silent in others? After witnessing both wonders and heartbreak, he discovered that faith isn't the absence of mystery. It's learning to trust God in the middle of it.
Gods, Creatures, and the One Who Simply Is
Most gods are just creatures with better costumes — stronger, stranger, louder versions of us. But the God who meets Moses in the burning bush is not one more being among beings. He is Being itself: the great I AM. The plagues are not party tricks, but judgments against lesser powers. Egypt worships creatures. Moses encounters the Creator — the One from whom all existence comes.
Pride, Fig Leaves, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Something in us keeps reaching, grasping, trying to be more than we are — and then covering up when it all unravels. The story isn’t just ancient; it’s familiar. Pride, shame, blame — they still echo in us. We sense the gap between what is and what should be. And naming that fracture, honestly, might be the first step toward something like healing.
Tips for Consistent Bible Reading
Consistency with Scripture rarely starts with inspiration. It starts with a decision you keep making, even on the days it feels flat. Small choices — where you sit, what you read, how you begin — quietly shape the habit. Over time, what once felt like discipline becomes something steadier, even wanted. You don’t need a perfect system. Just a place to start, and a willingness to return.
The Longest Table in the World
We all carry a longing for home — sometimes rooted in memory, sometimes in what we never had. But Christ meets that ache with something larger than nostalgia. At his Table, we taste both what was and what will be: belonging, healing, communion. It’s not the final feast, but a promise of it — a reminder that one day, every hunger will be met at a table that never ends.
Going Deep
Depth doesn’t begin with the perfect question; it begins with presence. When someone feels safe, seen and unhurried, they’ll often go further than you expected. Jesus seemed to understand this — he met people where they were, then gently invited them deeper. Real connection grows the same way: slowly, intentionally, with space to listen and the courage to stay when the conversation finally matters.
The Spiritual Case for Feeling Everything
God did not design you to feel less, but to feel rightly. Joy, grief, anger, fear — each has a place in the life of faith. Even Jesus wept, felt anguish and was moved with compassion. The goal isn’t to silence your emotions, but to bring them under God’s care. When held there, they stop ruling you and start guiding you — toward love, wisdom and deeper communion with him.