Articles by Desiring God
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Famous for His Grace: How Christmas Makes Us Family
11 mins; December 25, 2024
He Came to a World at War: O King of Nations
7 mins; December 22, 2024
He Came to a World in Darkness: O Day-Spring
7 mins; December 18, 2024
He Came to a World Barred from Heaven: O Key of David
7 mins; December 15, 2024
Why Your Life Isn’t Working
10 mins; December 06, 2024
Light and Warmth in Winter: Three Glories of His Advent
9 mins; December 03, 2024
He Came to a World Without God: O Immanuel
7 mins; December 01, 2024
Prepare to Speak on Sunday: The Ministry of Conversation
11 mins; November 24, 2024
Forget About Yourself: Six Paths to Better Thoughts
15 mins; November 22, 2024
When Your Heart Condemns You
12 mins; November 15, 2024
When Offenses Come: How to Forgive and Move On
11 mins; November 12, 2024
Love the Church Like Jesus
11 mins; November 08, 2024
Satisfy Me to the End: Praying with Wisdom as We Age
8 mins; November 05, 2024
What Makes Jesus Marvel?
12 mins; November 03, 2024
Come to Church to Get
9 mins; November 01, 2024
The Making of More Than a Conqueror
11 mins; October 27, 2024
Escape from Doubting Castle: Counsel for Christians in Despair
16 mins; October 25, 2024
First Up: Get Your Soul Happy in God
13 mins; October 22, 2024
Lost in God’s Providence: How He Works Our Wanderings for Good
11 mins; October 20, 2024
We Groan for Home: Waiting and Hoping Like Children of God
10 mins; October 18, 2024
Christ in Me? Three Wonders of Life in the Spirit
14 mins; October 11, 2024
Lost in the Maze of Me: How Introspection Goes Wrong
11 mins; October 08, 2024
No Condemnation: A Dream Before God’s Judgment Seat
16 mins; October 06, 2024
Glory May Cost You Everything: An Invitation to Romans 8
8 mins; October 01, 2024
Some Mock, Others Believe: Pondering Strangeness in Our Preaching
14 mins; September 29, 2024
Christ Is King: A Warning to God’s Foes
15 mins; September 27, 2024
Celebrate the Reformation with Us
3 mins; September 25, 2024
Growing Wise as We Grow Old: How Hardship Teaches Us to Hope
10 mins; September 24, 2024
Stay Strange: The Church as a Home for Exiles
12 mins; September 22, 2024
The Prayer of a Hunted Man
13 mins; September 15, 2024
How to Plan Wickedly Well
13 mins; September 11, 2024
Will You Love Jesus in Five Years? Training Your Soul to Delight in Him
11 mins; September 10, 2024
Life Is Too Brief to Waste: Learning to Number Our Days
7 mins; September 08, 2024
Strangers to Sin: How Heaven Makes Us Holy
11 mins; September 06, 2024
Ten Sweeter, Stronger Looks: How Examining Self Illuminates Christ
12 mins; September 01, 2024
Our Most Important Citizenship: Four Checks for ‘World Christians’
13 mins; August 31, 2024
To Gain the World and Lose Your Soul
11 mins; August 27, 2024
If the Men Aren’t Singing: Five Questions for Worship Leaders
11 mins; August 24, 2024
If You Confess: How to Bring Your Sins to God
12 mins; August 20, 2024
Love Her Less to Love Her More: The Dangers of Idolizing a Wife
13 mins; August 17, 2024
‘Abraham, Take Your Son’: Wrestling with God’s Unsettling Test
11 mins; August 10, 2024
Facing a Task Unfinished: A Battle-Hymn for Mission
11 mins; August 06, 2024
Live a Larger Life: An Invitation to World Christianity
13 mins; August 03, 2024
‘Be Perfect’? The Holiness God Requires of Us
11 mins; July 30, 2024
Forget Your First Name: How to Live for Legacy
12 mins; July 27, 2024
Does God Delight in Me? His Pleasure in (Imperfect) Holiness
12 mins; July 25, 2024
‘Enter into My Happiness’: Jesus’s Invitation to Infinite Joy
11 mins; July 23, 2024
Keep Watch Over Souls: A One-Verse Charge to Pastors
16 mins; July 20, 2024
War Your Way to Heaven
14 mins; July 16, 2024
What Makes God Happiest? Enjoying His Signature Joy
16 mins; July 13, 2024
Save a Soul from Death: How We Bring Wanderers Back
15 mins; July 09, 2024
A Republic — If God Keeps It
12 mins; July 04, 2024
A Father’s 5-to-9: The Holy Ambition of Godly Dads
11 mins; July 02, 2024
Speak to Men Like Men
13 mins; June 29, 2024
The Wild Glory of an ‘Ordinary’ Life
9 mins; June 28, 2024
The Skies We Die Under: Common Deathbed Deceptions
13 mins; June 25, 2024
The Blessings of Being Bound: Finding Freedom Through Commitment
11 mins; June 22, 2024
My Body Is Not My Own: How God Redeems What Sin Seized
14 mins; June 18, 2024
The Strong Legacy of a Weak Father
16 mins; June 16, 2024
The Undistracted Soldier: Six Marks of Christian Manhood
15 mins; June 15, 2024
Love (All) Your Neighbors: A Surprising Test of True Faith
13 mins; June 11, 2024
Throw Yourself Away in Hope: The Sacred Death of Fatherhood
10 mins; June 08, 2024
Lord of All the Law: How Jesus Handled the Ten Commandments
25 mins; June 07, 2024
God Beckons Through Beauty: Where Our Deepest Longings Lead
10 mins; June 01, 2024
Give Them Time to Grow: Learning the Power of Patient Love
11 mins; May 28, 2024
The Splendor of His Queen: How the Church Reflects Christ’s Majesty
21 mins; May 25, 2024
When Love Takes You by the Shoulders: Embracing the Gift of Exhortation
10 mins; May 24, 2024
Bring Out Her Best: The Privilege of Christian Husbands
12 mins; May 21, 2024
Grace Has Taught Our Hearts to Fear
13 mins; May 18, 2024
The Lost Son Who Never Left: Imagining the Older Brother’s Return
14 mins; May 11, 2024
See Through Enemy Eyes: Expecting Temptation Before It Comes
13 mins; May 07, 2024
Examine Yourself, Forget Yourself: Help for the Overly Introspective
13 mins; May 04, 2024
Head of Every Head: How to Lead Like Jesus
13 mins; May 03, 2024
Better Than Our Bitter Thoughts: The God of Surprising Goodness
14 mins; April 27, 2024
Be Ready to Speak of Jesus: Evangelism as Spiritual Warfare
12 mins; April 20, 2024
The Unimpressive Path to Immortality
14 mins; April 13, 2024
Life Beneath a Sovereign Lord: How His Power Unleashes Us
12 mins; April 08, 2024
Wrap Your Soul in Truth: Under-Armor for Spiritual War
12 mins; April 06, 2024
To War, to Christ, to Glory
14 mins; April 03, 2024
Risen to Love His Own: The Surprising Mercies of Easter
12 mins; March 31, 2024
Life Is for Living
13 mins; March 30, 2024
Good Friday for Bad People
11 mins; March 29, 2024
Bring Your Grief to Gethsemane: The Healing Wounds of Maundy Thursday
11 mins; March 28, 2024
What (Not) to Preach: How to Build and Cut a Sermon
11 mins; March 23, 2024
Restore My Soul: In Pursuit of Personal Revival
11 mins; March 20, 2024
Sin Won’t Comfort You: How Satan Tempts the Hurting
11 mins; March 16, 2024
Revival in the Making: God’s Central Means for Spiritual Renewal
13 mins; March 13, 2024
The Joy of Genuine Revival: Four Signs of the Holy Spirit
11 mins; March 09, 2024
Start Small, Step Up, and Fail Well: How to Pursue Pastoral Ministry
13 mins; March 06, 2024
The ‘Ask Pastor John’ Book Launches Today
3 mins; March 04, 2024
Why We Long for Revival
11 mins; March 02, 2024
Uprooting Sensibility: The Plain Speech of Godly Men
15 mins; February 24, 2024
Are You Sailing or Sinking? A Tool for Diagnosing Spiritual Health
14 mins; February 21, 2024
Even Believers Need to Be Warned: How Hell Motivates Holiness
13 mins; February 18, 2024
The Gospel of God’s Happiness
14 mins; February 16, 2024
Hell Can Heal Any Bitterness: Finding Peace in God’s Vengeance
14 mins; February 10, 2024
Hell Is for Real
12 mins; February 07, 2024
Hand Back the Fruit: Trusting God with the Mysteries of Evil
11 mins; February 05, 2024
Hell Should Unsettle Christians: Embracing the Most Emotionally Difficult Doctrine
12 mins; February 03, 2024
When This Season Ends: How to Let Good Things Go
10 mins; February 02, 2024