Desiring God Articles

Only the Humble See Heaven

Mar 22, 2019

Why is humility so important? Because only the humble have eyes to see heaven’s kingdom and embrace heaven’s King.

How to Get Your Mind Back on Track

Our emotions and thoughts are less like engines and more like train cars: they follow wherever the engine of trust leads them.

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Leave the Safety of Social Media

Why Race Requires More Presence

Mar 21, 2019

Some of the racial animosity has been allowed to continue because we tweet and blog about our issues instead of ever meeting face to face.

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‘Just Have More Faith’

How Bad Theology Hurts the Suffering

Mar 21, 2019

If I would have prayed more and had more faith, would this have happened?

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Bring God’s Story to Your Child’s Curiosity

Mar 20, 2019

The next time your children ask, “Why?” consider moving beyond “Because I said so,” and tell them the old, old story.

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Boundaries Will Not Cure Codependency

Interview with Rosaria Butterfield

Mar 20, 2019

Rosaria Butterfield explains why codependency is common in the church today, and offers a number of diagnostic questions to ask about friendships.

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Should I Leave My Church?

Three Questions to Ask One Another

Mar 19, 2019

How should we respond when a friend wants to leave for another church? Consider asking them three careful, loving questions.

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The Story of Marriage in Seven Verses

Mar 19, 2019

If you had to summarize the story of marriage in seven Bible verses, what seven would you choose?

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The Harlot, the Virgin, and the Bride

How God Makes Us Sexually Whole

Mar 18, 2019

If you are in Christ, a day is coming when you will no longer ache for complete purity. You will see Jesus’s face, and you will be pure as he is pure.

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The Sufferer I Want to Be

Why I Love the Apostle Paul

Mar 17, 2019

If deliverance from suffering doesn’t come, it doesn’t mean God hasn’t heard your prayers. It means he has a better plan.

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Satan’s Candy Store

When You Do Not Know What to Do

Dave Zuleger Mar 16, 2019

Leave Behind the Weariness of Bitterness

Jon Bloom Mar 15, 2019

What Happens When We Confess Sin

Catherine Parks Mar 14, 2019

Am I Sitting Under Healthy Preaching?

David Mathis Mar 14, 2019

Hospitality in the Age of Allergies

Amy Wass Mar 13, 2019

Why Jesus Needed the Holy Spirit

Mark Jones Mar 12, 2019

The Wrong Strategy in Sunday School

John Piper Mar 10, 2019

John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons.

The Sufferer I Want to Be

John Piper Mar 17, 2019

The Wrong Strategy in Sunday School

John Piper Mar 10, 2019

You Are Right, Abigail Disney

John Piper Mar 7, 2019

God Set His Sermons on Fire

John Piper Mar 1, 2019

The Whole Creation Groans in Every Grief

John Piper Feb 25, 2019

The Best Leaders Remember Your Name

John Piper Feb 18, 2019

Jon Bloom

@Bloom_Jon

Jon Bloom serves as author, board chair, and co-founder of Desiring God. He is author of three books, Not by Sight, Things Not Seen, and Don’t Follow Your Heart. He and his wife have five children and make their home in the Twin Cities.