TGC Podcast

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

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 29 May 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 22 May 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 8 May 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 1 May 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 24 April 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 17 April 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 10 April 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 3 April 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 27 March 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 20 March 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 13 March 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 6 March 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 27 February 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 20 February 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 13 February 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 6 February 2026

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

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 23 January 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 16 January 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 9 January 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 2 January 2026

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.

Transcribed - Published: 26 December 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 19 December 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 12 December 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 28 November 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 14 November 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2025

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."

Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2025

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.

Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2025