Desiring God Articles

Satan Will Not Leave You Alone

Living in a World Filled with Devils

Jan 23, 2019

Some have said that the devil’s greatest trick is convincing the world that he doesn’t exist. He would love for you to believe that.

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What to Do When We’re Prayerless

Are you wrestling with prayerlessness? Here are five ways into more consistent and passionate time alone with God.

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Darkness Does and Will Descend

Jan 22, 2019

When darkness descends, remember that God’s faithfulness is more real than the thoughts in your head and the feelings in your chest.

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You Are Not Your Own

Jan 22, 2019

In what part of your life have you functionally forgotten that you belong to Jesus? What are you stewarding as if it is yours and not God’s?

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Ethnic Arrogance Dies Beneath the Cross

Why I Love the Apostle Paul

Jan 21, 2019

Jesus transformed the apostle Paul from an ethnic bigot to a herald of reconciliation. His racism was crucified with Christ.

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All We Did Was Survive

The State of the Pro-Life Movement Under President Trump

Jan 20, 2019

An escape is not a triumph. Abortion is here to stay as long as millions of Christians are uninformed and unequipped.

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Does She Spark Joy?

Sorting Through Marie Kondo

Jan 19, 2019

Marie Kondo has led many of us to declutter our homes and hearts, but it’s what we find underneath, where all our things once were, that matters most.

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Grooming the Next Generation

Did Gillette Miss a Spot?

Jan 18, 2019

Cities crumble when men are brutal toward the weak — and when men fail to act like men.

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Are You Open to Spiritual Gifts?

Exposing the Least Biblical Position

Jan 17, 2019

If you are open but cautious about spiritual gifts in the church, you may hold the least biblical position of all.

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Liar, Lunatic, or Reliable

Why I Love the Apostle Paul

Jan 17, 2019

Paul was either a lying fraud, a deluded lunatic, or a reliable spokesman for the risen Lord, Jesus Christ.

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Go Directly to God

Practice Defeating Your Distractions

Jon Bloom Jan 14, 2019

What Is the Opposite of Homosexuality?

Christopher Yuan Jan 12, 2019

When Temptation Holds Out Pleasure

Jackie Hill Perry Jan 10, 2019

A Love Stronger Than Our Worst Days

Scotty Smith Jan 9, 2019

Are Your Resolutions All About You?

Lydia Brownback Jan 8, 2019

Should We ‘Make a Beeline to the Cross’?

John Piper Jan 7, 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 Expository Exultation: Christian Preaching as Worship.

Ethnic Arrogance Dies Beneath the Cross

John Piper Jan 21, 2019

Liar, Lunatic, or Reliable

John Piper Jan 17, 2019

Should We ‘Make a Beeline to the Cross’?

John Piper Jan 7, 2019

The Wisdom of God Lay in a Manger

John Piper Dec 25, 2018

God Saved a Wretch Like Him

John Piper Dec 21, 2018

Two Common Mistakes Preachers Make

John Piper Dec 9, 2018

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.