Articles by Desiring God
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Prayers of the Apocalypse
12 mins; January 31, 2024
Respectable Drunkenness: Subtle Ways to Numb a Soul
10 mins; January 28, 2024
Start the Day Happy in God: The Lost Art of Bible Meditation
14 mins; January 27, 2024
What Makes a Woman Beautiful? A Guide for Young Men
13 mins; January 24, 2024
The Joy of Being Left Behind: Releasing Children to Follow Jesus
8 mins; January 20, 2024
The Three Most Important Words in Prayer
15 mins; January 17, 2024
Put God’s Word to Work: Four Ways Pastors Use the Bible
13 mins; January 16, 2024
Why Not Me? The Quiet and Consuming Eye of Envy
10 mins; January 13, 2024
Heart-Deep Prayers: Why We Prioritize Spiritual Needs
11 mins; January 07, 2024
Prayer: A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic
11 mins; January 06, 2024
His Voice First: A New Year’s Resolve and Prayer
11 mins; January 01, 2024
Plan Like a Christian: Five Principles for a New Year
12 mins; December 31, 2023
Heart of My Own Heart: Why I Love ‘Be Thou My Vision’
13 mins; December 30, 2023
Appeal from John Piper
5 mins; December 29, 2023
Reality Written in Cursive: The Power of Christian Wordcraft
12 mins; December 27, 2023
God Unveils His Majesty: The Quiet Surprise of Christmas Day
11 mins; December 25, 2023
Christmas Like a Christian: Five Glories the World Belittles
15 mins; December 24, 2023
Your Best Days Are Ahead: Confronting the Lies of Nostalgia
12 mins; December 23, 2023
Ghosts of Christmas: What the Damned Might Say
13 mins; December 16, 2023
Trials Are Gardens for Lies: How Thankfulness Guards Us Against Satan
12 mins; December 13, 2023
Tangible Acts of Christmas: A Missing Ingredient in Evangelism
7 mins; December 10, 2023
When Your Heart Goes Dark: How to Seize Hope in Suffering
13 mins; December 09, 2023
The Curious History of Christmas
15 mins; December 06, 2023
Take a Chance This Advent: The Season of Waiting Begins
10 mins; December 02, 2023
He Did Not Revile in Return: Following Jesus in an Age of Anger
13 mins; November 26, 2023
Find Your Fathers in Christ: Advice for Younger Men
12 mins; November 24, 2023
Give Thanks Against Temptation: The Spiritual Power of Gratitude
13 mins; November 23, 2023
Bring Order to the Chaos: The Calming Force of Good Pastors
14 mins; November 19, 2023
Order and Beauty: A Little Theology of Christian Writing
14 mins; November 18, 2023
Romance Can Ruin You: How a Relationship Becomes a God
12 mins; November 15, 2023
Apologetic of the Heart: Why Costly Love Captures Us
10 mins; November 12, 2023
Single Men with Many Sons: How to Be a Spiritual Father
13 mins; November 11, 2023
Children Caught in the Crossfire: The Tragedy of Same-Sex ‘Adoption’
13 mins; November 08, 2023
We Have Sinned and Grown Old: Seeing Through Six-Year-Old Eyes
11 mins; November 05, 2023
Jesus Is Better Than Working for Jesus
12 mins; November 04, 2023
The Spiritual Discipline of Sky: How the Heavens Shape a Heart
12 mins; November 01, 2023
Real Protestants Keep Reforming
13 mins; October 31, 2023
‘The Shadow Proves the Sunshine’ How to See God in Spiritual Darkness
8 mins; October 28, 2023
The Ache of ‘If Only’
9 mins; October 25, 2023
The Dangers of Alone: Five Questions for Single Men
15 mins; October 21, 2023
Counseling for Normal Christians
12 mins; October 18, 2023
Preach to Comfort and Disturb: A Plea to Pastors
13 mins; October 15, 2023
A Brief Life Still Burning: The Unlikely Impact of Robert Murray M’Cheyne
9 mins; October 14, 2023
How to Love a Sister in Christ: A Guide for Single Men
12 mins; October 11, 2023
The Successful and Worthless Husband: Five Marks of Foolish Men
15 mins; October 08, 2023
Act Like Men
14 mins; October 07, 2023
The Use and Abuse of Scripture: How Christian Preachers Wield the Word
12 mins; October 04, 2023
Stepping Through Darkness: Obedience on the Hardest Days
8 mins; September 30, 2023
Until You Get to Pastor: Seven Ambitions for Aspiring Men
16 mins; September 27, 2023
His Majesty Lifts the Lowly: The Attractive Force of God’s Mercy
13 mins; September 23, 2023
Wander Away to Her
15 mins; September 20, 2023
A Faithful Man Who Can Find?
9 mins; September 19, 2023
Where’s the Lion Now? Making Hard Decisions with Aslan
13 mins; September 17, 2023
Attack at Dawn: The Spiritual War Against Ordinary Devotions
10 mins; September 16, 2023
Get Behind Me, Sluggard: Four Lessons Against Laziness
11 mins; September 13, 2023
The Severe Kindness of Jesus: Hearing Mercy in His Hard Words
11 mins; September 10, 2023
How to Read a Book by God: Eight Questions for Better Understanding
16 mins; September 09, 2023
‘Oh Slay the Wicked’: How Christians Sing Curses
20 mins; September 06, 2023
Habits of Grit: Athletics, Grace, and the Christian Work Ethic
13 mins; September 03, 2023
‘Just Not Feeling It’: How Routine Awakens Devotion
12 mins; September 02, 2023
Rediscovering the Joy of Writing: Six Lessons for a Lifelong Habit
17 mins; August 30, 2023
Wrestling with What Won’t Be: The Meaning of Midlife Melancholy
12 mins; August 28, 2023
Greet with a Holy Kiss? Applying an Uncomfortable Command
9 mins; August 26, 2023
The Wilderness of the Little Years: How Satan Tempts Tired Parents
14 mins; August 23, 2023
The God We Can Kiss
10 mins; August 20, 2023
Loud and Quiet Women: The Portrait God Finds Beautiful
11 mins; August 16, 2023
How to Build (or Break) a Habit
16 mins; August 15, 2023
Uncomfortably Limited: The Frustrating Beauty of Finitude
12 mins; August 12, 2023
Almost Saved: Four Reasons to Examine Yourself
15 mins; August 09, 2023
The Godliness of a Good Night’s Sleep
12 mins; August 06, 2023
When Sharp Disagreements Separate: Lessons for Churches in Conflict
12 mins; August 05, 2023
Fasting, Feasting, and Our Daily Bread: Following the Diet of Jesus
15 mins; August 02, 2023
The Rare Courage of Real Friends: Why Love Will Sometimes Wound
11 mins; July 31, 2023
The Pro-Child Life: Three Ways We Love the Littlest
11 mins; July 29, 2023
Uncomfortably Affectionate: Toward a Theology of the Kiss
12 mins; July 26, 2023
For Fathers of Young Children: Lessons from the Last Graduation
12 mins; July 24, 2023
Live for Days You Will Not See: The Beauty of Christian Legacy
11 mins; July 20, 2023
O Me of Little Faith
10 mins; July 19, 2023
How to Love an Immortal
13 mins; July 15, 2023
Did Jesus Pursue His Own Glory? The God-Centeredness of the God-Man
20 mins; July 11, 2023
That Kind of Happy: The Wide Eyes of a Psalm 1 Man
10 mins; July 09, 2023
Imagine Lust: A Lost Weapon in the Fight for Purity
11 mins; July 08, 2023
Stabbed by Joy: The Longings That Led Me to Christ
15 mins; July 05, 2023
Gentleness Made Him Great: Learning from the Strongest of Men
11 mins; July 01, 2023
Your Life of Unlikely Courage
13 mins; June 28, 2023
A Problem in Prayer: Learning to Ask as We Ought
13 mins; June 27, 2023
No One Who Abides in Him Keeps on Sinning
12 mins; June 24, 2023
What Does God Sound Like? Hearing the Voice of Majesty
12 mins; June 21, 2023
Goats in Sheep’s Clothing: Why We Warn the Lukewarm
13 mins; June 17, 2023
‘My Kingdom Is Not of This World’: The Lordship of Christ and the Limits of Government
53 mins; June 15, 2023
Entrusted with Agony: How to Love a Suffering Soul
11 mins; June 14, 2023
When God Sets Sunsets Free: Imagining the World to Come
12 mins; June 10, 2023
Good Leaders Fail Well: How Mistakes Become a Staircase
12 mins; June 07, 2023
Confrontational Christlikeness
13 mins; June 06, 2023
When Was I Born Again? How ‘Regeneration’ Blossoms in Reformed Theology
14 mins; June 04, 2023
Reversing Romans 1: A Glimpse of the Godward Life
8 mins; June 03, 2023
Mercy Swallows Any Sorrow: Struggling Beside a Sea of Blessing
11 mins; May 31, 2023
Assurance for the Unassured: Finding Hope in the Names of God
11 mins; May 28, 2023
Train Them Up in Jesus: The One-Verse Vision for Dads
11 mins; May 25, 2023
Find Your Way to Help the Hurting
12 mins; May 23, 2023