Article & Essay Archive

Feel rejected for something that was never sin? That isn’t God talking. Toni Kim’s test distinguishes conviction from condemnation. Given to Rapt readers.

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.

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.

Should your faith change the culture or leave it alone? Timothy Keller's answer: serve your neighbors and city, and change comes as a by-product.

Books, laptop, wine: John Mark Comer never sat in silence without them. A cabin allowed none. Undone, then healed. His new book begins here.

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.

No one to call at 3 a.m.? Ian Simkins says the answer is a table and whoever shows up. Set for Rapt readers.

Afraid to be known? What does God say when you look up? 'Come here,' for a start. Jennifer Camp wrote it down for Rapt.

What do you do when you’re helpless, ashamed or dying? Give yourself back to God, says George MacDonald. It’s the simplest thing there is.

'Be still,' the psalm says. Too busy? Bobbie Schaeperkoetter sighed too, then found relief inside the command. She opens her book to Rapt readers.

You've sung God a welcome and wondered whether he'd come. He's the host. He called first. Adriel Sanchez hands these pages to Rapt readers.

Ever been moved to tears by beauty without knowing why? That's God's love breaking into your smallest moments, says Timothy Willard. A Rapt original.

Lysa TerKeurst gave her Bible to a stranger on a plane. Twenty-four years later, it found her, filled with two more generations of notes.

Skipped something you wanted because nobody would go? Annie F. Downs on going anyway and the world that opens. Set aside for Rapt readers.

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 world counts how many serve us. Jesus counts how many we serve — and hands us the towel. Shared with Rapt readers.

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.

Opened to Rapt readers from his new book, Derwin Gray traces an NFL collapse into the hard truth that healing begins with honesty.

In this excerpt opened to Rapt readers, Granger Smith explains why the local church offers something solitude can’t: accountability, encouragement and belonging.

Still trying to make yourself change? Jonathan Bailey opens his new book to Rapt readers with an ancient, slower path to transformation.

Ever prayed for the presence of God? Ever felt it? You can. Gary S. Selby opens his new book on C.S. Lewis for Rapt.

When time feels like it's running out, take the long way home. Timothy Willard took it under a supermoon and wrote it for you.

Opened to Rapt readers from “Authentic Communication,” this excerpt shows why speaking, listening and handling conflict well are part of Christian work.

Jim Street opens this excerpt to Rapt readers, freeing calling from career and talent so you can notice how God may work through you.

We were never meant to carry every tragedy, headline and opinion. Prayer helps us release what belongs to God and recover a quieter soul.

The in-between is not empty. Mary’s story shows how God meets us in ordinary waiting and quietly forms what comes next.

Because judgment has already fallen on Christ, guilty consciences can rest in forgiveness, acceptance and lasting peace with God.

From Picasso to Rembrandt, centuries of art can help readers notice the Bible’s grief, glory and humanity with fresh eyes.

When prayer stops feeling like something to master, silence can gather the soul and teach us how to remain with Jesus.

A garden's unnecessary beauty interrupts the rush to be useful, loosening worry and teaching us to receive each day as a gift.