Jon Bloom

Our lives are both shorter and harder than we expect. But for the believer, God designs these sorrows to teach us wisdom and hope.

When we learn to number our days, we see just how brief life is — briefer than we tend to assume, and far too brief to waste.

God made men to sing. But sometimes, our lyrics miss their hearts, our keys miss their registers, and as a result, our churches miss their voices.

God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son. How do we know he won’t call us to do the same today?

A typical human life is a lot like grass — brief, quiet, and apparently ordinary. But one day we will see that no human life could ever be considered ordinary.

Don’t underestimate the impact a debilitated father can have on his children. Sometimes, the strength our kids need to see most comes through profound weakness.

The longings we feel at the sight or sound of beauty point to something beyond the beauty itself. They point to the place and the person from which all the beauty comes.

Sometimes, the encouragement we need most is not tender but firm — not a shoulder to cry on, but someone to lovingly take us by the shoulders.

Why do earnest Christians long for revival? Because revival gives us more of our heart’s deepest desire and strongest delight: Jesus.

How can we respond when faced with profound and seemingly senseless evil? We can begin by cultivating the spiritual discipline of handing the fruit back to God.

When our children go far from home to follow Jesus, we have an opportunity for paradoxical joy. We can join the happy fellowship of the left behind.

What makes the brief life of Robert Murray M’Cheyne so compelling? He lived to the hilt. He burned with love for Christ. He was a truly holy man.

Where can we find a man true to his word — not just for a moment or some big occasion, but over a lifetime?

The same Jesus who invited the weary and heavy laden also called his followers to hate their families. How do we understand the hardest words of Christ?

Is there a godly habit you really want to start? Or an ungodly habit you really need to break? These four steps might help you press through.

The years of fatherhood are few and precious. The days may seem long, the sleep short, and the seasons tiring, but in the end, you’ll look back and wish to have much of it again.

What qualities make someone the kind of person suffering people seek out and trust? He offers judicious counsel with discernible humility and kindness.

If God gives the Holy Spirit to those who believe in Jesus, why do we still have such a hard time walking in love?

Any Christian who lives in a cursed world like ours will need to learn resilience, and God hasn’t left us without staggering examples to follow.

The wisdom we need in this world often wears black. Painful as they are, all our deaths and endings hold lessons we cannot live wisely without.