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April 2026
Apr 16

The USCCB’s Just War Error

Just war is again being discussed in the public square by policymakers and prelates alike. Recently, the chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Doctrine, Bishop…

First Things
Culture
Apr 16

A Grove, Not an Oak: Mentoring and Sustainable Ministry

I am no prophet. In fact, the two most life-altering “prophecies” I ever voiced were spectacularly wrong. The first occurred just six months into my…

Washington Institute
Culture
Apr 16

Is a Classical Education 'Useful'?

A perennial topic among classical educators is what to make of its ambivalent usefulness. When a school announces that it will introduce Latin to its…

Mere Orthodoxy
Culture
Apr 16

Why Avocations Matter

On a sunny afternoon in 2005, Steve Jobs exchanged his signature black turtleneck for a gown and red stole. Standing before the anxious crowd of…

Mere Orthodoxy
Culture
Apr 16

The Puritan Out of Time: Rediscovering A. W. Pink’s Reformed Identity

Arthur Walkington Pink (1886–1952) is often remembered through a single lens: the solitary, uncompromising champion of the “doctrines of grace” whose The Sovereignty of God…

Reformation21
Theology
Apr 16

The Wounded Shepherd: Is the Pastor Allowed to Grow?

Ask the question another way. Is there such a thing as a pastor who does not need to grow? Is there such a thing as…

Place for Truth
Theology
Apr 16

Devotion for April 16, 2026

The Real Question Luke 13:1–9 But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Luke 13:3 Whenever we talk about evil things happening to the…

ByFaith Magazine
PCA
Apr 16

Centering Christ In Classical Schools

Pastor Nate Walker sets a biblical basis for classical Christian education in his book “Gospel Education: Jesus as Lord of the Classical Christian School." The…

ByFaith Magazine
PCA
Apr 16

Where AI Fails

How important are emotions in the Christian life? Pastor John looks to AI and suffering to clarify the essence of what makes us unique as…

Desiring God
Theology
Apr 16

The Return of the Mainline? (ft. Brad East)

In this episode, Brad East joins R. R. Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent review, “Mainlining Nostalgia” from the April 2026…

First Things
Culture
Apr 16

A Gracious and Modest Punch to the Gut

For Instanceby rhina p. espaillatwiseblood books, 126 pages, $18 Dominican-American poet and translator Rhina Espaillat, at ninety-four, has spent decades examining life and then, graciously…

First Things
Culture
Apr 16

An American Pope at a Time of War

When it comes to papal matters in Rhode Island, I am often interviewed on the local news. Thus, I get my “fifteen minutes of fame”…

First Things
Culture
Apr 16

Can These Dry Bones Live?: Resurrection in Ezekiel

Sin and death don’t have the last word. There is hope. Not only do we become new creation in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), but in…

The Aquila Report
PCA
Apr 16

Worship Is More than a Playlist

Melissa and Courtney talk with Emily Jensen about how to broaden our understanding of worship so we respond to God’s worth even in mundane moments.

The Gospel Coalition
Theology
Apr 16

Why a Gen-Z Woman Wants Wrinkles

When I consider the older women in my life and local church, I know there’s no need to be anxious about aging. These faithful women…

The Gospel Coalition
Theology
Apr 16

God and the Fine-Tuning of the Universe

Fine-tuning provides compelling evidence that God exists and intended to create living beings. And this sounds very much like the kind of God we find…

The Aquila Report
PCA
Apr 16

The Use of the Law

Under the covenant of works, the law was a terrifying taskmaster with a whip. Under the covenant of grace, the law is a friendly guide…

The Aquila Report
PCA
Apr 16

Stealing Time: The One Theft You Cannot Restitute

What is required is a repentance that goes all the way down. Not merely a new resolution about your morning routine, but a reckoning with…

The Aquila Report
PCA
Apr 16

What Makes Me A Christian Dad?

What makes me a Christian dad is not that I have mastered the art of raising children beneath a tasteful banner of biblical conviction. No,…

The Aquila Report
PCA
Apr 16

Why Do We Take Drugs?

The Bible does not give a list of rules, but it does give us several principles that help us think wisely. Self-control is one of…

The Aquila Report
PCA
Apr 16

The Wounded Shepherd: The Abuse of Unrealistic Expectations

Unrealistic expectations ultimately impoverish the church’s witness. A congregation that forgets how to bear with its shepherds forgets how to bear with one another, thereby…

The Aquila Report
PCA
Apr 16

The Church Has Lost Its Fear of God

The tragedy is not that the world rejects the truth; it always has. The tragedy is that the Church, more often than not, no longer…

The Aquila Report
PCA
Apr 16

A La Carte (April 16)

Civility in an uncivil age / Pleasing God / Teen friendships in a TikTok age / Things we added to the Bible / Did Protestants…

Tim Challies
Books
Apr 16

Jonathan Edwards’s Vision of Heaven Equips Us for Today

You know about ‘Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.’ Here’s how Edwards’s sermon on heaven is comforting and inspiring seniors.

The Gospel Coalition
Theology
Apr 16

5 Ways Christians Can Navigate a Challenging Workplace

Christians working in secular professions and spaces often need to navigate obstacles as they seek to live out an active faith. Proximity to the lost…

Ligonier Ministries
Theology
Apr 15

The Almost-Greatness of Donald Trump and Leo XIV

Reading—for obvious reasons—Henri Daniel-Rops’s The Church in the Dark Ages, I have been repeatedly struck by the truism that moments of institutional crisis demand genuinely great…

First Things
Culture
Apr 15

What are divine ideas?

God has in his mind ideas of the things he makes. He is the grand architect. Did you know that some of these ideas in…

Credo Magazine
Theology
Apr 15

Both Virtue and Policy: How Should Christians Fight Tech Addictions?

Last month, Meta and Google were found guilty of negligence in a lawsuit arguing that social media has helped fuel a generation’s mental health crisis.…

Mere Orthodoxy
Culture
Apr 15

A Tale of Two Grandfathers: On Being Civil in an Uncivil Age

Today civil political discourse seems like a Tasmanian Tiger or Passenger Pigeon: a fascinating thing of the past but gone for good. Political turbulence marks…

Mere Orthodoxy
Culture
Apr 15

An Alabama Church Serves Spanish-Speaking Neighbors

Iglesia Presbyteriana Cristo Nuestro Refugio  (Christ Our Refuge Presbyterian Church) began with a small, Spanish-speaking adult Bible study in the summer of 2022. The post…

ByFaith Magazine
PCA
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