This year The Gospel Coalition recognizes 10 years since we adopted our foundation documents.

While grateful for the many things accomplished over our first decade, we pray for continued faithfulness as we seek gospel-centered renewal today and for the coming generation.

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So, after having celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Protest Reformation, what will it look like for TGC to continue seeking reformation according to Scripture?

We posed this question in a roundtable video to Don Carson (TGC president), Tim Keller (TGC vice president), and John Piper (TGC Council member).

Carson takes a step back and considers the word “reform,” which sounds antiquated to some. Citing the example of Richard Baxter’s The Reformed Pastor (which for Baxter meant “renewed” pastor), he urges us to think in terms of Scripture-shaped renewal. Faithfulness to TGC’s foundation documents, according to Piper, must be rooted in constant examination of God’s Word. By doing so, we will have true reform and renewal with whatever challenges we face in the future.

Watch (or listen) to the 10-minute conversation as these leaders discuss the heart of TGC conferences, fresh discoveries of truth when the gospel moves into a new culture, the holy joy of diverse unity in Christ, and more.

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Is there enough evidence for us to believe the Gospels?

In an age of faith deconstruction and skepticism about the Bible’s authority, it’s common to hear claims that the Gospels are unreliable propaganda. And if the Gospels are shown to be historically unreliable, the whole foundation of Christianity begins to crumble.

But the Gospels are historically reliable. And the evidence for this is vast.

To learn about the evidence for the historical reliability of the four Gospels, click below to access a FREE eBook of Can We Trust the Gospels? written by New Testament scholar Peter J. Williams.

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Ivan Mesa (PhD candidate, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is editorial director for The Gospel Coalition, where he has served since 2014. He’s editor of Before You Lose Your Faith: Deconstructing Doubt in the Church (2021) and co-editor of Faithful Exiles: Finding Hope in a Hostile World (2023). He and his wife, Sarah, have four children, and they live in eastern Georgia.