Desiring God Articles

No Mere God

The Fascinating Tension in Jesus Christ

Dec 9, 2019

The hypostatic union is simply (and inexplicably) the union of Jesus’s two natures mysteriously, inseparably, arrestingly in one spectacular person.

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Wait to Date Until You Can Marry

At what age should Christians begin to date? What I learned while looking for affection, safety, and intimacy from girls instead of from God.

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The Voice That Made the World

Hearing Our Long-Awaited Prophet

Dec 8, 2019

All throughout the Old Testament, God’s people waited for a final prophet: a man who would not only speak on God’s behalf, but as God himself.

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God Uses Everything

Why Our Suffering Is Never Wasted

Dec 7, 2019

God governs all things for the everlasting joy and good of his people. Nothing that happens to you is a waste — even, and especially, the hardest things.

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Uncomfortably Human

Why Jesus Can Sympathize with You

Dec 6, 2019

When we miss the full and true humanity of Christ, we miss a precious part of our Savior. We miss the one who can sympathize with every one of us.

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Pray Something Bigger

Dec 5, 2019

The next time others ask how they can pray for you, ask them to pray for something weighty — for more holiness, more love, more faith, more boldness.

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God Always Wanted the Whole World

Global Mission from Genesis to Revelation

Dec 5, 2019

From the “come and see” calling of the Old Testament, to the “go and tell” commission of the New, God has been advancing his global mission for the sake of his name.

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Whose Son Is He?

How the Gospels Whisper Christ’s Divinity

Dec 4, 2019

Though the Gospel writers never recorded Jesus saying, “I am God,” they whisper his divinity on every page.

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Someone Needs to See You Suffer Well

Dec 3, 2019

Your suffering is not a detour. Suffering may hinder or halt a hundred things in our lives, but it will also magnify our small visions of God.

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Chalcedon

A Defining Moment for the Doctrine of Christ

Dec 2, 2019

In 451, the church gathered 500 leaders to confront four great errors about Christ — errors which are as serious today as they were then.

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Bethlehem’s Supernatural Star

You Can Be Anxious About Nothing

Kim Cash Tate Nov 30, 2019

Thanksgiving Gives Us Eyes for God

Steve Fuller Nov 28, 2019

The Lovely Insufficiency of Gratitude

Jon Bloom Nov 27, 2019

Depression Fought Hard to Have Him

John Piper Nov 26, 2019

The Watershed Issue in Every Generation

John Piper Nov 25, 2019

Never Be Wise in Your Own Eyes

Marshall Segal Nov 24, 2019

Imagine Life Without His Words

Chris Tachick Nov 23, 2019

Lies That Keep Women from the Word

Rachel Jankovic Nov 21, 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.

Depression Fought Hard to Have Him

John Piper Nov 26, 2019

The Watershed Issue in Every Generation

John Piper Nov 25, 2019

Humility Was His Secret Strength

John Piper Nov 13, 2019

Love Is the Overflow of Joy in God

John Piper Nov 8, 2019

He Dared to Defy the Pope

John Piper Oct 31, 2019

‘The Expulsive Power of a New Affection’

John Piper Oct 23, 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.