Gregory Coles

5 Lies Modesty Culture Teaches Men

The conversation about modesty was never directed at me, so I didn’t think about it much. Modesty was someone else’s problem. Or so I thought.

September 10, 2024

5 Lies Modesty Culture Teaches Men

10 Controversial Christian Books You Should Read Anyway

It’s a tale as old as time: your friends on social media are ranting about how a “so-called Christian” book is pure evil. “Don’t waste your money...

10 Controversial Christian Books You Should Read Anyway

A Valentine's Day Prayer to Find True Love

The love I need more than anything is Your love. Without Your love, no other love will ever be sufficient.

February 07, 2021

A Valentine's Day Prayer to Find True Love

10 Inspirational Prayers to Encourage You throughout Your Day

Whether you have spoken to God for years, or are just beginning to explore prayer, there's no doubt that time spent talking to God is one of the...

10 Inspirational Prayers to Encourage You throughout Your Day

A Funeral Prayer

Today, Jesus, I am thankful to worship a God who became human enough to weep with me.

February 08, 2018

A Funeral Prayer

Church is Supposed to be Messy

A church can’t be mess-free and still function as the body of Christ.

January 15, 2018

Church is Supposed to be Messy

What Does Evangelism Look Like in a Digital, Social Media Age?

If you can document all the most important parts of your life without mentioning Jesus, it’s time to wonder whether you’re really following Him at...

What Does Evangelism Look Like in a Digital, Social Media Age?

The ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ Won't Make You Happy

We need to admit that the pursuit of happiness is a game rigged against us. It can’t work, by definition—because happiness is something we get when...

The ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ Won't Make You Happy

A Good Friday Prayer

How can there be anything good about Good Friday?

A Good Friday Prayer

A Prayer When it Feels Like Winter Will Never End

Today, God, I’m not asking for spring to come before its time. I’m just asking that You teach me to cling to a hope that feels far away.

February 10, 2017

A Prayer When it Feels Like Winter Will Never End

6 Tricks to Make it through the Bible’s "Boring" Books

If even the “boring” books are useful for us as followers of Jesus, how can we make the most of them instead of getting bogged down by them?

January 10, 2017

6 Tricks to Make it through the Bible’s "Boring" Books

Why You Need to Stop Making God Your First Priority

God wants more than just the top line of your priority list. He wants the whole list.

December 13, 2016

Why You Need to Stop Making God Your First Priority

An Advent Prayer to Love Like Jesus

I dare to ask that You teach me how to really love like Jesus. Teach me to love foolishly.

November 17, 2016

An Advent Prayer to Love Like Jesus

Is PDA in the Pews Ruining Your Worship?

We love you. We’re glad you love each other. But your PDA is distracting me from worship.

September 12, 2016

Is PDA in the Pews Ruining Your Worship?

Sex and the Single Man

If all we’re doing as single men is not having sex, we’re missing out. It’s time we stopped saying no to sex and started saying yes to Jesus.

August 05, 2016

Sex and the Single Man

A Prayer for Peace in Our Country and World

You allow each mind to think and teach each heart to beat. There is nothing you can’t do. So I pray, even though it seems impossible: Give us...

A Prayer for Peace in Our Country and World

5 Ways Singles Can Make a Difference This Summer

Whether we eventually get married or not, confusing singleness with waiting is dangerous for all of us.

5 Ways Singles Can Make a Difference This Summer

4 Biblical Things Christians Can Do about Same-Sex Marriage

Sexual minorities aren’t simply abstractions, people hidden from view in some distant place. They have names we recognize, faces we love and live...

4 Biblical Things Christians Can Do about Same-Sex Marriage