Articles by Desiring God
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Some Kindness Stings: Why Love Uses Hard Words
11 mins; March 25, 2022
The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life: Confessions of a Sophisticated Sloth
11 mins; March 24, 2022
Kneeling Among Lions: Learning to Pray Like Daniel
11 mins; March 20, 2022
Live Closer to Home: How Proximity Shapes Responsibility
11 mins; March 18, 2022
After Two Whole Years: Have We Humbled Ourselves Yet?
11 mins; March 15, 2022
The Strange Sounds of Praise: A Sufferer’s Introduction to the Psalms
10 mins; March 14, 2022
Lord, Let Me Die: Mercy for Those Tired of Living
14 mins; March 13, 2022
The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Questioning How We Frame Reality
9 mins; March 12, 2022
Did We Kiss Purity Goodbye?
15 mins; March 11, 2022
The Power of a Praying Mother
10 mins; March 09, 2022
As for Me and My House: The Delightful Duty of Family Religion
9 mins; March 07, 2022
Talking Back to God: How His Promises Provoke Our Prayers
14 mins; March 06, 2022
The Safest Man for Women: A Guide Toward Sexual Purity
14 mins; March 04, 2022
Will I Trust God? Simple Prayer in a Desperate Moment
11 mins; March 03, 2022
Pastors Are Only Matchmakers: The Humble Heart of Faithful Ministry
10 mins; March 02, 2022
The Blissful and Trivial Life: How Entertainment Deprives a Soul
11 mins; February 27, 2022
What Does a Faith Crisis Feel Like?
13 mins; February 25, 2022
The Contagion of Cowardice
14 mins; February 22, 2022
Am I Real? A Basic Guide to Christian Assurance
16 mins; February 20, 2022
The Sin-Defying Power of Words
14 mins; February 18, 2022
Walk the War Before You: What It Means to Live by the Spirit
9 mins; February 17, 2022
What Does ‘Deconstruction’ Even Mean?
16 mins; February 15, 2022
Sons of Lionhearted Saints: Recovering Our Lost Lineage
9 mins; February 13, 2022
Leave Your Imperfections with God: How Remaining Sin Inspires Holiness
11 mins; February 10, 2022
We Wish to See Jesus
12 mins; February 09, 2022
Lord, Deliver Me from Me: A Daily Prayer Against Unbelief
8 mins; February 07, 2022
The Light We Need to See: How Christ Dispels Spiritual Darkness
10 mins; February 06, 2022
Let Tragedy Find Us Living
12 mins; February 04, 2022
Patience Will Be Painful: How to Love the Hard-to-Love
12 mins; February 02, 2022
Can I Be Holy Without Happiness?
12 mins; February 01, 2022
In Love with the Life You Don’t Have
8 mins; January 30, 2022
Holy Distractions: When God Interrupts Our Productivity
10 mins; January 27, 2022
‘Your Will Be Done’: The Glory of Christ’s Human Choices
11 mins; January 23, 2022
Life at the End of Roe: Recovering the Sanity and Wonder of Wanted Pregnancy
14 mins; January 22, 2022
The Deepest Part of You: How Feelings Relate to Choices
12 mins; January 20, 2022
The Other Side of the Race Debate: Four Ways to Disagree Christianly
13 mins; January 17, 2022
Parable of an Unhealthy Soul: Why ‘Faith’ Dies Without Action
11 mins; January 16, 2022
Why I Read Aloud to My Children
11 mins; January 14, 2022
The Difficult Habit of Quiet
10 mins; January 13, 2022
Desperate for Distraction: Why We’re Bad at Being Alone
10 mins; January 09, 2022
Trials Prove True Joy: What Jesus Says About Happiness
11 mins; January 08, 2022
Who Really Has Your Ear? The Re-Forming Power of Words
12 mins; January 06, 2022
A Father’s Good Pleasure
8 mins; January 05, 2022
Endangered Attention: How to Guard a Precious Gift
11 mins; January 04, 2022
Repentance for a New Year
10 mins; January 02, 2022
A New Year Worthy of God
9 mins; January 01, 2022
The Most Wonderful Books on Earth: Gospel Reading for a New Year
10 mins; December 30, 2021
More of Jesus: ‘Maximalist Christianity’ for a New Year
11 mins; December 28, 2021
Confessions of a Former People-Pleaser
11 mins; December 27, 2021
The Good War Against Moods: How Stubborn Faith Overcomes Feelings
9 mins; December 26, 2021
The Most Stubborn Day of the Year: Why the World Stops for Christmas
12 mins; December 25, 2021
He Is, He Was, He Will Be: Adoring the Alpha and Omega
12 mins; December 24, 2021
Christmas with an Empty Chair: When the Holiday Just Isn’t the Same
10 mins; December 23, 2021
The Wedding at the End of Marriage
9 mins; December 19, 2021
Our Tongues (and Fingers) of Fire: What Words Reveal About Us
10 mins; December 16, 2021
Worthless Conversation: How God Weighs Our Words
10 mins; December 13, 2021
A Son Worthy to Be King
8 mins; December 12, 2021
The Perils of a Passive Man
14 mins; December 09, 2021
Who Wrote Hebrews? Exploring a New Testament Mystery
19 mins; December 06, 2021
More Shocking Than Christ: Why We Call Jesus Lord
7 mins; December 05, 2021
Someone Is Listening to Your Suffering
10 mins; December 03, 2021
Labor to Give (or Take) No Offense
10 mins; December 02, 2021
Indescribable: The Many and Marvelous Names of Jesus
10 mins; November 28, 2021
We Were Made for Thanksgiving: A Father’s Gratitude for a National Holiday
9 mins; November 25, 2021
Men of Faith Are Men Who Fight
11 mins; November 24, 2021
Give Thanks and Give More: A Guide to Joyful Generosity
7 mins; November 23, 2021
There Is a Name: Our Exclusive and Precious Christ
9 mins; November 21, 2021
When Darkness Veils His Lovely Face
12 mins; November 20, 2021
Victory That Lasts: Where to Begin Against Lust
9 mins; November 18, 2021
Do You Insult Your Savior’s Bride? What Jesus Thinks of His Church
15 mins; November 16, 2021
The Hardest Word to Obey
8 mins; November 14, 2021
Impatience Is a War for Control: How God Prepares Us to Wait
12 mins; November 12, 2021
Take the Hill: How Mission Brings Men Together
11 mins; November 11, 2021
Kindness in a World Gone Mad
13 mins; November 10, 2021
Food Rules: How God Reshapes Our Appetites
10 mins; November 08, 2021
Courage for Normal Christians
12 mins; November 07, 2021
What Love Is Not: Four Ways We Avoid the Costs
13 mins; November 05, 2021
Laziness Ruins Happiness: What Makes Diligence a Virtue
9 mins; November 04, 2021
Two Truths About the One Percent: How Important Is Corporate Worship?
9 mins; November 03, 2021
Sin Is Not Who You Are
9 mins; November 02, 2021
The Reformation of English: How Tyndale’s Bible Transformed Our Language
17 mins; October 31, 2021
A Strange and Holy Calm: Holding Our Peace in an Age of Outbursts
14 mins; October 28, 2021
For God So Warned the World: How He Keeps the Ones He Loves
12 mins; October 26, 2021
Disrupt Your Dullness: Rekindling the Flame of Earnestness
13 mins; October 24, 2021
Live Like You’ll Live Forever
9 mins; October 23, 2021
Bible Memory Brings Reality to Life
11 mins; October 22, 2021
You Are and Will Be Justified: The Future Promise of a Finished Work
12 mins; October 21, 2021
A Reason to Be Vaccinated: Freedom
16 mins; October 19, 2021
Beware the Anger of Your Soul: How to Restrain Ungodly Passion
11 mins; October 17, 2021
Can Anything Mend Our Conflict? How Cynicism Dies in a Divided Church
11 mins; October 16, 2021
Every Other Way Leads to Death: Why We Keep Sharing Christ
10 mins; October 14, 2021
Don’t Miss the Marriage: Why the Justified Love Holiness
12 mins; October 13, 2021
Feed His Sheep: Whom Does Christ Call to Preach?
13 mins; October 10, 2021
Encouragement for Beginners: How to Strengthen a Soul in God
13 mins; October 07, 2021
Our Lives in His: How Justification Leads to Holiness
11 mins; October 05, 2021
The Sluggard in Me: Four Lies That Lead to Lazy
11 mins; October 04, 2021
Feed the Sheep by Any Hand: Fighting Envy in Pastoral Ministry
8 mins; October 03, 2021
The Real Protestant Ethic: How ‘Faith Alone’ Sparks Industry
12 mins; October 01, 2021