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Marriages with one or both spouses employed in ministry face unique pressures, challenges, and opportunities. Over the years, we change, our ministries change, and the pressures on us change. How can we navigate these changes in a way that draws us closer to each other instead of driving us apart?

In this discussion, recorded at TGC25, Michael and Lucy Aitcheson talk with Jim and Angela Davis about their own experiences of seeking to keep their marriage healthy while ministering faithfully.

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Many of us have seen the statistics that Gen Z is the least explicitly Christian or religious generation on record. As a result, we might immediately despair about ministering to this generation.

In this panel recorded at TGC25, Rachel Gilson, Alex Harris, Kori Porter, and Derek Rishmawy discuss unexpected signs of gospel hope and renewal. They talk about the very real challenges facing ministers and parents of Gen Z, as well as what gospel strategies are bearing spiritual fruit around the world.

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Church ministry has dramatically changed in the last 20 years with the rise of social media, YouTube, and podcasts. Christians might listen to their own pastor for 30 minutes a week but watch their favorite podcaster for 30 minutes or more each day. How should church leaders navigate this outside influence? And how can Christians engage with and deploy this media for discipleship and the spread of the gospel?

In this panel discussion from TGC2025, Collin Hansen talks with Ruth Chou Simons, Kyle Worley, and Laura Wifler about how we should think about the relationship of influencers to our churches.<...

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In September 2026, at a private meeting of TGC Council members, Kevin DeYoung gave a presentation on responding to Christian nationalism. Because the council found it so helpful, DeYoung gave The Gospel Coalition permission to share his talk publicly.

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One third of the psalms are prayers of lament. Mark Vroegop defines lament as “a prayer in pain that leads to trust.” No one wants to learn the language of lament, but when sorrows come, lament is the means God has given us to pour out our hearts before him.

In this message on Psalm 102, recorded at TGCW26, Vroegop encourages believers to turn to God in suffering by acknowledging the reality of our pain while holding fast to our faith in his goodness.

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When men and women work together toward a shared mission and vision in Christ's church, we get a fuller representation of what it means to bear the image of God. But what does that look like? And is it possible in a faithfully complementarian context?

In this panel recorded at TGC25, J. T. English, Vanessa Hawkins, Michael Keller, and Jen Wilkin discuss the joys and struggles of men and women working together in ministry.

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Does the gospel have the power to bridge the chasms within our polarized society? 

In the second of this two-part episode, recorded at TGC25, Bill Reidel gives pastoral reflections on how we can seek to be faithful in proclaiming the good news in our polarized contexts. He talks about understanding disordered affections, cultivating an exile mindset among a congregation, and addressing political divisions within a local church body.

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Does the gospel have the power to bridge the chasms within our polarized society? In the first of this two-part episode, recorded at TGC25, David W. Pao introduces the concept that biblical authors intentionally subverted the ideologies of their time. In part two, Bill Reidel gives pastoral reflections on how we can seek to be faithful in proclaiming the good news in our polarized contexts.

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In modern Western culture, Christianity is often seen as anything but good, true, and beautiful. The Bible’s teaching when it comes to sexuality and gender can lead people to think Christianity is actively immoral and harmful. Bible passages about warfare, women’s roles, and eternal punishment can also raise skepticism about Christianity’s goodness. In this session, recorded at TGCW26, Rachel Gilson, Mary Hannah, and Rebecca McLaughlin talk about how to help your nonbelieving friends and neighbors see the beauty, truth, and goodness of our Savior.

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No one likes to wait. The gaps of life remind us that we’re not in control of your life. Waiting is uncomfortable and hard, so it’s tempting to resist it. However, the Bible both commends and commands waiting. To wait on the Lord is a hallmark of faithful discipleship. It’s an opportunity to lean on him in the gaps of life and learn how to trust in new and profound ways.

In this conversation recorded at TGCW26, Mark Vroegop and Betsy Childs Howard discuss how to wait and employ strategies of spiritual growth in season...

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Discipleship begins in the home, and one of the best ways to do this is to study the Bible as a family. Creating a regular habit of spending time together in God’s Word invites children to learn through both their parents’ instruction and their personal experience how to read, interpret, and meditate on Scripture. Even imperfect family devotionals can have a profound impact on your children’s lives. 

In this session from TGCW26, Mike and Melissa Kruger talk about the habits and strategies they used to make studying the Bible, learning the catechism, and praying for the wor...

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How can you believe what the Bible says about sexuality when Christians have acted so hatefully? How can you be a Christian given the church’s record on race? Questions like these have caused many to doubt—and even deconstruct—their faith. Where can we find help when we feel racked by doubt or are walking alongside someone who is?

In this talk from TGCW24, Collin Hansen and Rebecca McLaughlin explore these questions and offer hope and help by pointing to Jesus, the one who has the words of eternal life.

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In creation, God sets out a purpose and vision for human labor and vocation through the cultural mandate of Genesis 1:26–28. Affirming that vision and yet moving beyond it, how ought Christians proclaim the gospel and demonstrate kingdom values in the marketplace? 

In this panel moderated by Darryl Williamson, Bob Doll, Jessica Cicali, Chris Carneal, and Alex Harris discuss how Christians can go into the marketplace to advance the gospel. They talk about how to showcase Christ’s character through your work ethic, business practices, and relationship dynamics.

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Chris Watkin and Michael Keller talk about how cultural narratives shape our understanding of identity, freedom, power, and beauty, and how the Christian story offers a compelling alternative that completes and transforms these stories.

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Sometimes life just hurts. Out of nowhere, death, illness, unemployment, or a difficult relationship can change our lives and challenge everything we thought we knew. But amid all this pain and confusion, we are not alone.

In this TGC Classic recorded in 2019, Paul Tripp weaves together his personal story, pastoral ministry experience, and biblical insights to encourage believers to cling to God’s promises when trials come, moving forward with the hope of the gospel.

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We’re tempted to take the doctrine of the Trinity for granted. But there is scarcely any belief unaffected when we get the Trinity wrong. So argue Don Carson, John Piper, and Tim Keller in this classic discussion recorded at a meeting of The Gospel Coalition’s Council. 

Pull the thread of the Trinity and the universe unravels. Without the Trinity, grace and glory disappear. So does church unity. And we lose a powerful opportunity to share with unbelievers how the Trinity distinguishes the gospel as the source of love for the world.

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Did Jesus and Paul preach the same gospel? 

In this classic panel discussion recorded at TGC13, Don Carson, Kevin DeYoung, Tim Keller, and John Piper discuss whether Jesus and Paul agreed on the gospel. They respond to the trend among mainline scholars to pit Jesus’s preaching on the kingdom against the gospel of salvation by grace through faith. Carson counsels that if others are abusing the doctrine of the kingdom in a reductionistic way, the response of evangelicals should be to preach the biblical view of the kingdom better and more often, for the glory of God...

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Based on concepts from his book The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World, Brett McCracken teaches on how to become wise in a world that offers too much information, too quickly. McCracken addresses an issue of today's generation of quick information—how to develop wisdom amid all that's being thrown at us online. He shares three things that are making us sick:

1. We have too much information.

2. We receive it too quickly.

3. The information is too focused on the individual (self).

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In this talk recorded at TGC’s 2018 women’s conference, Don Carson considers four New Testament passages that talk about the Law in relation to Jesus. He considers the Greek meaning of the word “fulfill,” explains the theological concept called the three-fold division of the law (moral, civil, and ceremonial), and discusses Old Testament typologies and trajectories. 

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In this TGC Classic recorded at TGW2014, Tim and Kathy Keller, John Piper, Kathleen Nielson, and Don Carson discuss why they are complementarians and how they see their theology work out practically in life and ministry. With candor and humor, they tell personal stories of how they came to their positions, address key exegetical questions, and discuss misconceptions surrounding Complementarian theology.

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