Articles by Desiring God

Greg Morse | The apostle Paul labored shoulder to shoulder with men in such a way that he could call them “fellow soldiers.” Do we have such men beside us?

David Mathis | It’s only human to respond in kind. But Christ calls his church to something more: respond in kindness.

Scott Hubbard | Some indulge their appetites, some deny their appetites, and some learn to follow Jesus in directing their appetites.

Joe Rigney | Courage is not the character trait of super-Christians; it is the God-empowered gift of every child of God.

Marshall Segal | What if we fail to love because we fail to see what love is? God shows us four subtle counterfeits we often seek.

Jon Bloom | Diligence is not just about our self-discipline, our self-esteem, or our self-satisfaction. Diligence is about our joy in God.

David Mathis | The Sunday gathering may be the most important hour of the week, but it is also only one in 168. We are the church every hour of every day.

Greg Morse | If you could see yourself how God sees you in Christ, you would have all you need to overcome any temptation.

Scott Hubbard | Not only did William Tyndale bring the word of God into English, but he brought English into the form we know and use today.

David Mathis | If God, by all accounts and remembrances, is indeed slow to anger, how can his people not seek to be like him?

Greg Morse | When you come to a warning in the Bible, do you ignore it because of grace, or do you look for the grace in it?

Marshall Segal | In our shallow and distracted age, we desperately need friends whose lives pierce through all the worldliness with earnestness.

Greg Morse | How might it change us if we really believed that we, and every soul we meet, will live forever?

Jon Bloom | For many, Bible memory conjures up feelings of futility, fear, and past failure, but Bible memory is about so much more.

Scott Hubbard | If you are in Christ, you are and always will be justified. But one day God will unveil that justification for all to see.

John Piper | The decision to be vaccinated (or not) need not be a political decision, whether left wing or right. It can be a Christian decision — informed by Scripture and free from the fear of man.

Joe Rigney | As we feel the temperature of our souls rising, we need to stop and remind ourselves that ungodly anger will only add iniquity to our injury.

Jon Bloom | Many of us today need to learn what love means, and looks like, when we’re faced with a difficult, complex issue.

Greg Morse | No matter how many rejections you’ve received, no matter how much fruit hasn’t come, no matter how discouraged you feel, do not grow weary in sharing Christ.

Marshall Segal | Justification is the gate, but not the garden. It is the door, but not the palace. It is the wedding day, but not the marriage.

David Mathis | We cannot well answer the question of whom should preach on Sunday without coming to grips with the nature of preaching in the local church.

Marshall Segal | How might you strengthen someone’s soul in Christ? How might God use you to stir confidence in him?

Joe Rigney | Does our right standing before God depend on our becoming more like Jesus, or does our becoming more like Jesus flow from our right standing before God?

Scott Hubbard | A life of laziness usually does not grow overnight, but through day after day of little excuses, trivial indulgences, small defeats.

Greg Morse | The best shepherds know they aren’t the best shepherd. And so they gladly lead their sheep to him.

David Mathis | Justification by faith alone marks the end of our work to secure God’s favor — and the beginning of our work to secure others’ good.