Investments in the kingdom of Heaven are foolproof and resistant to earthly forces. They’re guaranteed for eternity. Store your treasure there.

Each month, Benjamin Vrbicek, the GCD managing editor, offers coaching to writers. This month: “Good writing kicks strong.”

In this excerpt from the recently released book Terms of Service, author Chris Martin reminds us that social media outlets are not neutral tools: they have a cost.

We can radically accept our reality, grieve what it is without making it more than it is, and comfort ourselves with the story of Scripture rather than solely our own.

We’ve come a long way from the church in the second and third centuries where so many members could not own, let alone read, a copy of the Scriptures. Now, Bible commentaries flood in through radio, internet, podcasts, and television.

As redeemed people, we too are prone to forget the most powerful message in all of the universe. We need to be constantly drawn back to the good news of Jesus Christ.

An entire body of believers in Michigan was praying for a sister in South Carolina all because a 95-year-old woman saw the value of prayer. In the days following that interaction, I couldn’t stop thinking about how indispensable prayer is to the health of the global church.

“Begin with the end in mind,” we tell parents. And that end is often described as an empty nest and an independent child. But is that mantra more American than it is biblical?

Suffering often opens our eyes to the gospel unity that binds us together—from the psalmists to the apostles and from eighteenth-century British Baptists to twentieth-century Japanese Americans.

We’ve all been through a lot. Let’s start the year with the goal of working together for God’s glory and our joy.

Though we often think suffering is something to be vehemently avoided, God has seemingly chosen to make it his distinct and unique training ground for heroes of the faith.

Some people praise curiosity as a spiritual discipline we each should partake in if we wish to know God and grow in holiness. In other circles it’s viewed as a dangerous practice where believers shouldn’t even acknowledge the words of someone they disagree with on secondary or tertiary issues. Who is right?