TGC Podcast

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.

Jared Kennedy reviews ‘The Child's Story Bible’ by Catherine F. Vos (Eerdmans, 1983).

Rachel Gilson, Alex Harris, Kori Porter, and Derek Rishmawy discuss unexpected signs of gospel hope and renewal among Gen Z.

It's hard to find a youth pastor these days. But Sam Bierig, dean of Spurgeon College, is more bullish on youth ministry than he's ever been.

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.

Here's how the church can steward the past in a way that's compelling and inviting to non-Christians.

A presentation given by Kevin DeYoung to TGC Council members in September 2026.

Is reading really on the verge of extinction? TGC asks literature experts what they think—and for their recommendations for Christians.

In this talk recorded at TGCW26, TGC President Mark Vroegop teaches on learning to lament from Psalm 102.

Read four insights from the methods of closed-country missionaries that can help us share the gospel with our coworkers.

J. T. English, Vanessa Hawkins, Michael Keller, and Jen Wilkin discuss the joys and struggles of men and women working together in Christian ministry.

God is in the business of redeeming suffering to bring about his kingdom purposes. Here's how one woman discovered that amid infertility.

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.

Four couples share how hard it can be to raise challenging adoptive kids—and why they’d do it again.

Does the gospel have the power to bridge the chasms within our polarized society? In the first of this two-part episode, David W. Pao introduces the concept that biblical authors intentionally subverted the ideologies of their time.

Building projects often take longer, cost more, and are more difficult than expected. But they can also be more rewarding.

Rachel Gilson, Mary Hannah, and Rebecca McLaughlin talk about how to help nonbelieving friends and neighbors see past harmful misunderstandings of the Christian faith to reveal it's truth and beauty.

We don’t get to see how God is working all things together for good. We just get to hope that he is and wait and see what he has in store.

Mark Vroegop and Betsy Childs Howard discuss how to wait well and grow spiritually in seasons of uncertainty

Science fiction gives a particularly vivid window into different worldviews in our cultural moment. Here's how Christians can engage with it.

In this session from TGCW26, Mike and Melissa Kruger talk about the habits and strategies they used to make Bible study a regular part of their household routine.

Scripture memorization is beneficial for every Christian. But this pastor explains why it has been particularly fruitful in ministry.

In this talk from TGCW24, Collin Hansen and Rebecca McLaughlin explore questions that have caused many to doubt—and even deconstruct—their faith.

C.S. Lewis's ‘That Hideous Strength’ and what it teaches us about the Western impulse to escape is important for apologetics today.

A panel discussion on ways Christians can proclaim the gospel and demonstrate kingdom values in the marketplace.

God made at least 11,000 different species of birds. Doesn’t it seem like he wanted us to notice?

Chris Watkin and Michael Keller talk about how cultural narratives shape our understanding of identity, freedom, power, and beauty

In these apocalyptic times, it can be hard to find hope. Here are three anchors for hope in our anxious age.

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.

Find out how Nancy Guthrie learned to study and teach the Bible, and how Reformed women's ministry grew up alongside her.

In this TGC classic, Don Carson, Tim Keller, and John Piper discuss why it’s so important to get the doctrine of the Trinity right.

A contradiction exists within AI: It enslaves us while promising sovereignty. But the Bible offers a better way to be human.

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.

Christian churches and families need a better strategy to disciple young people in the areas of human life and sexuality.

Based on concepts from his book, 'The Wisdom Pyramid', Brett McCracken teaches how to become wise in a world that offers too much information, too quickly.

Jesus's ‘judge not’ command is often misused by Christians and non-Christians today. What does it really mean?

Don Carson considers four New Testament passages that talk about the Law in relation to Jesus and how he fulfills it.

Andrew Spencer interviews John C. Lennox about ‘My Story: A Spiritual and Intellectual Autobiography’ (SPCK, 2026).

In this TGC Classic, Tim and Kathy Keller, John Piper, Kathleen Nielson, and Don Carson discuss why they are complementarians and how they see that practically worked out in life and ministry.

Collin Hansen offers six reflections on Tim Keller's ministry and considers how pastors and churches can effectively engage in apologetics.

In this TGC Classic message recorded at our 2019 National Conference, H. B. Charles preaches on the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4.

Performance culture is fragile and unsatisfying. But Psalm 8 provides a way off the achievement treadmill.

In this TGC Classic message recorded at TGCW16, Tim Keller explores the concept of friendship with God as taught in the psalms.

Read an overview of Herman Bavinck: his biography, his notable works, and his significance for apologetics.

Vaneetha Rendall Risner shares questions she asked God in suffering, the beautiful ways God answered her, and the anchors that have given her hope and grounded her faith.

AI is a powerful tool—perhaps the culmination of human technological mastery. But we must use it as a tool, not worship it as a god.

James Eglinton discusses the concept and importance of “front porch” ministry today and share ideas for how churches can create “in between” spaces to evangelize our neighbors.

Cultivating the virtues of fellowship, presence, patience, and faithfulness can ground us in the age of AI.

This candid and thoughtful conversation recorded at TGC25 explores the biblical vision of diversity.

Joe Carter explains the prominence of ‘edgelords’ on social media and urges young men not to look to them as models of virtuous masculinity.

This workshop and panel recorded at TGC25 considers how to effectively disciple young people via an integrated, collaborative approach in a 'post-everything' world.

AI exacerbates three problems inherent to modern identity formation. But the gospel offers a far better way.

In this talk from TGC25, Collin Hansen talks about the personal and historical impact of evil, and why so many attempts to respond to the Problem of Evil are ultimately unsatisfying.

As we live every day, we declare Christ’s resurrection to the world, because it’s the source of hope for all creation.

Bobby Jamieson demonstrates how Ecclesiastes offers fresh pathways to the gospel and equips us to evangelize secular neighbors.

How Tim Challies started Challies.com, sorted his theology, kept from discernment blogging, and publicly grieved the death of his son.

In this thoughtful conversation recorded at TGC25, Matt Boswell, Ligon Duncan, Keith Getty and Sandy Willson discuss the liturgical practices that have formed American Evangelical worship.

Some Christians take themselves too seriously, but the gospel sets us free to laugh. Joylessness isn't equated with godliness.

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra talks with Michael J. Kruger about the arguments that New Testament scholar and skeptic Bart Ehrman makes in his latest book Love Thy Stranger.

We need the humanities today because they teach us how to be fully human, to glorify God, and to love our neighbor.

This message on Jesus's passion from Luke 23 was preached by Gary Millar at The Gospel Coalition's 2013 National Conference.

Church planting has moved from guys leading Bible studies in bars to men leading church-planting teams into well-scouted locations.

Ligon Duncan and Michael Lawrence discuss the nature of Christian conversion, emphasizing that it is a divine work of God followed by human response through repentance and faith.

The metamodern generation is hungry for a few things Christianity is well positioned to provide. But this disposition will pose challenges too.

In this conversation recorded at TGCW24, Wendy Alsup, Blair Linne, Jen Oshman, and Vaneetha Risner—four women whose lives have been touched by divorce—discuss their experiences and God’s faithfulness.

Christian parents need the classics for the same intellectual and spiritual benefits that make them good for your children.

Benjamin Gladd and Nancy Guthrie outline principles for making sound biblical connections, tracing themes in the text, and avoiding common pitfalls of biblical interpretation.

In an age of overmediation and digital delusion, trust what you can touch with your own hands and see with your own eyes.

Mike and Melissa Kruger consider biblical principles that should serve as the foundation for the practical decisions parents make.

This panel discussion explores the idea that the church is the household of God where men and women we are meant to flourish as spiritual brothers and sisters.

In this talk recorded at TGC25, Stephen Witmer explains how Ephesians 5 unlocks a joyful, liberating, and distinctively Christian approach to marriage.

Michael Keller explains how understanding and critiquing “cultural narratives” helps us communicate the gospel in comprehensible and compelling ways.

Ellen Mary Dykas talks about how to diagnose relational idolatry in our lives, bring real help and healing to those around us, and take steps of faith toward loving people without craving or worshipping them.

Brett McCracken leads a panel discussion with Brad Edwards, Gavin Ortlund, and Jared C. Wilson on practical responses to the challenges facing the church.

Jared C. Wilson, Gavin Ortlund, and Brad Edwards address the critical weaknesses in our discipleship that cause believers to drift from the gospel and give compelling reasons to rediscover the church’s beauty.

Andy Davis, Dan Doriani, Trillia Newbell, Ruth Chou Simons, and Afshin Ziafat discuss very practical ways to become more faithful in prayer, Bible intake, fasting, and other disciplines.

In this panel discussion recorded at TGCW24, Courtney Doctor, Vanessa Hawkins, Melissa Kruger, Laura Wifler, and Jen Wilkin talk why a biblical perspective on aging means we don’t have to fear the years.

This panel from TGC25 takes a fresh look at the prayers of Ephesians with the hope of deepening our delight in drawing near to God.

This talk from TGCW24 by Trillia Newbell explores the what, when, where, and how of Bible reading in order to cultivate a delight in God’s Word.

In this panel discussion recorded at TGC25, Mark Vroegop, Nancy Guthrie, Collin Hansen, Juan Sanchez, and Ligon Duncan talk about all God has done in and through TGC in the past 20 years.

In this talk from TGC25 followed by Q&A, Sam Chan talks about what shifts are needed to speak about Jesus in a post-Christian culture in a way that is actually heard.

As Laura Wifler and Emily Jensen sunset their popular Risen Motherhood ministry, they've got some parting advice for today's moms. A TGC article read by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra.

In this plenary message from TGC25, Ryan Kwon talks about how God's indicatives always lead to God's imperatives, and how the grace of God gives us a new desire to obey God's commands.

In this plenary session from TGC25, Andrew Wilson argues that you can't make sense of the book of Ephesians without understanding the necessity of Jesus's ascension.

An excerpt from the Advent devotional 'Unto Us: 25 Advent Devotions' about the Messiah.

Mark Vroegop teaches from Ephesians 2:11-22 about the compelling need to remember our redemption and its results.

Campus pastors describe ministry this fall as ‘crazy,’ ‘wildly encouraging,’ and ‘a little overwhelming but super exciting.’

Kenneth Mbugua preaches on Eph. 2:1–10 and how the outworking of our new nature in Christ leads to boasting only in him.

In this second of a two-part discussion, Collin Hansen and James R. Wood discuss Tim Keller's attitude toward politics and take questions from the audience.

In this first of a two-part discussion, Collin Hansen and James R. Wood discuss Tim Keller's strengths and weaknesses and explore the good and bad of the "third way."

Mike Kruger and Jen Wilkin talk about the riches that lie behind the symbols and story of Revelation, and why we don’t have to view this hope-filled book as inaccessible or weird.

Rebecca McLaughlin reflects on Harvard's Tyler VanderWeele's research on the positive health effects of regular church attendance.

Rebecca McLaughlin and Sam Chan discuss strategies for answering skeptics' questions about Christianity, then they answer questions posed by the audience.

Ligon Duncan mines Puritan and Scottish Presbyterian writers for theology we can apply not only in our personal suffering, but also in our ministry to others.

In this conversation recorded at TGCW24, Melissa Kruger, Ruth Chou Simons, Courtney Doctor, and Ann Voskamp discuss the blessings of persevering with real-life partnerships in ministry rather than taking refuge in digital friendships.

In this talk from TGC25, Jeremy Pierre looks at Scripture’s vision for wellbeing and offers suggestions for how to talk about mental health wisely, avoiding common errors.

In this panel discussion from TGC24, Ginger Blomberg, Betsy Childs Howard, Emily Jensen, and Laura Wifler offer practical advice for the difficult task of raising young children to the glory of God.

This panel discussion defines cultural apologetics and discusses how it can be a tool for evangelism and discipleship.

Tim Keller discusses the significance of the Red Sea crossing in the Old Testament and its connections to the New Testament, emphasizing that salvation is about getting out of bondage on different levels.