We invite you to join us for our 2012 National Conference, September 28 - 30 in Minneapolis. The theme of the conference this year is “Act the Miracle: God’s Work and Ours in the Mystery of Sanctification". You can read lots more about the conference theme, speakers and schedule here.

The conference will feature the following speakers: Kevin DeYoung, Elyse Fitzpatrick, R W Glenn, Sally Lloyd-Jones, David Mathis, Carolyn McCulley, Russell Moore, John Piper, Ed Welch, Jarvis Williams.

This year we're also excited to welcome Fernando Ortega, who will lead a seminar on corporate worship. He will also lead us in "An Evening of Worship" on Friday night after Pastor John's first message.

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Update 5/4: Reaching the Muslim World — On the Web

Our vision at Desiring God is increasingly global. If you've had the chance to read John Piper's blog post from last week, you might recall that one of the things he mentions is this highly encouraging statistic: in the last 12-months we've seen a 40% increase in Website visits from outside the United States.

For those who might be interested, here is a country-by-country ranking, and how it compares to historical data.

From April 25, 2010 to April 25, 2011, we had 2,848,264 visits from outside the United States

From April 25, 2011 to April 25, 2012, we had 4,063,757 visits from outside the United States

Most notably, we sa…

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6. What do you do personally to engage in social justice?

7. Do you view abortion under the canvas of social justice?

8. How do you build generous justice into the DNA of a church plant?

9. What is Hope For New

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1. Can you give us a sneak peek at your upcoming book, King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus?

2. How do you define good and bad art?

3. What are some ways that one can learn cultural narrative of his city in order to further the gospel?

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We are excited to announce that the 25th Anniversary Edition of the book Desiring God is now available.

Who could have known what God's gracious intentions were 25 years ago when this volume first arrived for publication? Looking back, we have only praise and thanksgiving to God for how He has used it to encourage and equip the Church.

And as we look forward, it is our faith-filled prayer that God will glorify himself through the truths in this book, opening the eyes of millions around the world to seek Jesus Christ as their treasure and joy.

January 27, 1987—

Yesterday when I walked into the office there was a package in my box. . . . It was the first copy of DESIRING GOD.

I sh…

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Even though our 2010 National Conference has sold out (we do have some reduced rate tickets for sale; call us for details), there are several other wonderful events you might consider attending this fall.

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Together for Adoption Conference 2010

In partnership with Hope For Orphans and the Austin Stone Community Church, this event will be held at Hill Country Bible Church on October 1-2 in Austin, Texas. The theme is "The Gospel, the Church, and the Global Orphan Crisis."

Speakers include Dan Cruver (Co-founder and Director of Together for Adoption), Bryan Loritts, J. D. Greear, Dave Gibbons, and Matt Carter. Aaron Ivey will be leading worship at the event.

In their own words, "The 201…

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Our 2010 National Conference is just around the corner. Please join us in prayer that God would bless this event.

The following update contains important information for those who have registered. Some of this information was not on our website at the time you registered. Most of this pertains to the schedule of events on Friday, October 1, the first day of the conference:

Seminar Schedule

Unlike previous years' conferences, we have added nearly a full day of activity on the first day of the conference. Check-In will begin at 10:00 AM. Our new 100,000 square foot Exhibition Hall and Bookstore will be open at this time as well. 

In the afternoon, there are several seminars that you ma…

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As we continue to prepare for the Desiring God 2010 National Conference, Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones has a good word about the relationship between thinking and faith.

Although he may overstate the case a little—thinking is not the essence of faith—he is right that thinking is essential to faith.

Faith, according to our Lord’s teaching in this paragraph [Matthew 6:25-34], is primarily thinking; and the whole trouble with a man of little faith is that he does not think. He allows circumstances to bludgeon him.

That is the real difficulty in life. Life comes to us with a club in its hand and strikes us upon the head, and we become incapable of…

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We hope that you can join us in Vancouver this week. There are several opportunities to hear John Piper preach and to enjoy the fellowship of believers.

reFocus Canada
Willingdon Church
Wed night - Fri noon
John Piper will preach at 7:00pm Thursday night, followed by a Q&A session at 8:45pm.

DG Regional Conference
Willingdon Church
Fri night - Sat noon
John Piper will preach on Friday night and Saturday morning, followed by a Q&A session on Saturday morning.
See the schedule for exact times.

Sunday Service
Crossway Community Church
John Piper will preach their morning service at 9:30am, and the service will be h…

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It is staggering to consider how many important and interesting conferences are scheduled to take place over the next couple of months. They are unique events which put a strong emphasis on the Word of God, the gospel and the supremacy of Christ in all things. Thanks be to God for these events!

We surely can't mention them all here (and there are surely many good events that we don't even know about), but we thought it might be helpful to highlight a few of these events that you might find of interest. Hopefully you'll be able to attend one or more of these and, in doing so, find your soul encouraged in the Lord.

April 7-9 - reFocus Canada - Held at Willingdon Church near Vancouver,…

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