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Not by Head Alone: The Warm Heart of Justification

Not by Head Alone: The Warm Heart of Justification

Not by Head Alone

The Warm Heart of Justification

The beloved Reformed slogan of “faith alone” does not make good works optional in the Christian life. Nor does it mean that saving faith involves the intellect alone and not also the heart.

Before You Begin to Mother: Three Lessons for Young Moms

Before You Begin to Mother: Three Lessons for Young Moms

Before You Begin to Mother

Three Lessons for Young Moms

The pressures of motherhood are many and varied. To love our families well over the long haul, we need to hear from those who have mothered before us.

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Scripture Alone? What the Reformers Really Believed

Scripture Alone?

What the Reformers Really Believed

Does ‘Scripture alone’ mean we ignore the creeds of church history or our pastors’ commentary on the Bible? The Reformers certainly did not believe so.

The Beautiful Roots of Courageous Submission

The Beautiful Roots of Courageous Submission

God describes feminine courage very differently from how the world does. So what makes a godly woman brave, and how might that change her marriage?

Give Me More of God: Why Spiritual Intimacy Can Feel Elusive

Give Me More of God

Why Spiritual Intimacy Can Feel Elusive

The path to intimacy with God can sound so simple, yet those who follow this path often find intimacy with God more elusive than they expected.

Back and Forth with God: A Sentence That Reshaped My Relationships

Back and Forth with God

A Sentence That Reshaped My Relationships

Obeying God and knowing the truth about God is no substitute for the thrilling, essential, life-shaping experience of communing with God himself.

Fathering Future Men: Twelve Lessons from Four Decades

Fathering Future Men

Twelve Lessons from Four Decades

With so much confusion over manhood and womanhood, how can we raise the kinds of sons who are not fragile or lazy or endlessly distracted?

What Is the Lord’s Supper?

What Is the Lord’s Supper?

This is a family meal ordained by Jesus Christ himself, meant to be enjoyed by his gathered church, in order to remember him and nourish our souls.

The Search for Manly Men of God: A History of Muscular Christianity

The Search for Manly Men of God

A History of Muscular Christianity

The Muscular Christianity movement sought to reach and reclaim men adrift in an increasingly feminine world. Many of the questions asked by the movement still need answers today.

The Hands That Made the Meal: What the Supper Says About Ordinary Work

The Hands That Made the Meal

What the Supper Says About Ordinary Work

When Jesus broke the bread and shared the cup, he blessed the ordinary work of ordinary hands like ours.

Doubt: A Personal History

Doubt: A Personal History

One of the more disorienting parts of facing doubt is that so few talk about their own struggles with doubt. Part of overcoming temptation is realizing you’re not alone.

The Bitter Splinters of Marburg: How the Table Split Luther and Zwingli

The Bitter Splinters of Marburg

How the Table Split Luther and Zwingli

In the fall of 1529, Martin Luther and Huldreich Zwingli met to discuss the Lord’s Supper — and they left still divided. What can we learn from the sad story of the Marburg Colloquy?

Our Children Need to See Weakness

Our Children Need to See Weakness

Don’t hide or run from your weaknesses in parenting. Lean into them, and help your children learn to rely on God for everything.

Pastors Are Teachers First: A Paragraph That Reformed My Ministry

Pastors Are Teachers First

A Paragraph That Reformed My Ministry

When pastors understand they are primarily teachers, and the goal of their teaching is the salvation of souls, then pastors will pray.

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John Piper

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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 What Is Saving Faith?

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Jon Bloom

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Jon Bloom serves as teacher and cofounder 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.

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