About GospelFocused

Dear reader,

GospelFocused exists for one reason: to help ordinary Christians treasure Jesus in ordinary life. Not a new gospel, and nothing clever: the old good news, written plainly, prayed honestly, and read aloud around kitchen tables.

We publish essays, we make podcasts, and we write liturgies for the household. All of it is free, and it will stay free, sustained by readers who give.

If you're new here, start with an article, or listen to Family Moment with your kids this week. We're glad you've come.

Eric Novak
Author · Host · GospelFocused
Our mission
Helping ordinary households know, love, and live the gospel.
What we hold
01
Scripture is our authority.
We write under the Word, never over it.
02
The gospel is our center.
Everything we publish should smell like good news.
03
The local church is our home.
We serve churches; we don't replace them.
04
Prayer is our first work.
Hence the liturgies, prayed before published.
Statement of faith

With the church across the centuries, we confess the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, and we stand gladly in the stream of the Reformation: grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, according to Scripture alone, to the glory of God alone.

The Scriptures
The Bible, in its entirety, is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God, our final authority for faith and life.
The Trinity
One true and eternal God in three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
Jesus Christ
Truly God and truly man, two natures in one person: crucified, risen, ascended, and coming again in glory.
The Gospel
Salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. He took our filthy rags and gave us His righteous robe.
The Church
Christ's visible body, gathered locally to preach the gospel, administer the sacraments, and care for souls.
The Christian Life
The Spirit conforms ordinary people to Christ through Word, prayer, and the long obedience of daily life.
Our AI policy
Every word here was written by a person.

We use AI the way we use a calendar or a concordance: to plan, organize, research, and build. We never use it to write. Every article, liturgy, and prayer on this site is composed by a named human writer, because words meant to form souls must come from one.

Where we use it
Planning: editorial calendars, series outlines, publishing schedules
Research: gathering sources and cross-references, always checked against the originals
Building: the site, search, audio transcription, and accessibility tooling
Where we never will
Writing or drafting articles, liturgies, prayers, or any teaching of Scripture
Speaking in a writer's voice: no generated bylines, ever
Replacing the editors, pastors, and writers who pray over this work

If that ever changes for a given piece, we will say so, on the piece itself.

The peopleRead their writing →
Eric Novak
Author · Host
Eric writes the essays and liturgies here, and hosts Family Moment. He is Director of Website & Graphics at Solving.org, a dad, and a follower of Jesus.
Aaron Grosch
Previous writer
Husband. Father. Beloved Son of God. Lover of Beauty and writer of words.
Jennifer Moodie
Previous writer
Stay at home mom of four children, wife to Brad, and a lover of the body of Christ. Central WI, member of the PCA.
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Contributors
If you write plainly for the household and hold what we hold, tell us about yourself. Pitching a show instead? Start here.
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