Desiring God Articles

Anxious About Nothing

How the Promises of God Calm Our Fears

Jan 26, 2021

Fear and anxiety are common, and increasing, threats to faith. How do we identify and fight our particular battles with worry?

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Plan Now to Die Well

Nothing will be more discordant in your final hour than the sound of the television. And nothing sweeter than friends singing and reading God’s word.

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How Does Providence Make You Feel?

Jan 25, 2021

The providence of God is ignored by many and despised by some. But for others, it becomes a well of endless peace and wonder.

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The Proverbs 31 Man

Jan 24, 2021

Behind the Proverbs 31 woman is her man, who may be every bit as compelling as she is.

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Lean into the Hill

A Runner’s Lesson for the Christian Life

Jan 23, 2021

Of all the people on the planet, none should be less daunted by difficulty than those who claim the name of Christ.

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The Land That Turns Women into Ostriches

Jan 22, 2021

The ostrich “deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers.” Is ours a land where ostriches roam?

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Will You Wake Up a Christian Tomorrow?

Jan 21, 2021

For all who are in Christ, holiness is not only a command. It is a promise.

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Remember Our Chains

The State of the Persecuted Church

Jan 20, 2021

In the providence of God, persecution is more than an obstacle to the gospel. It is a means of advance.

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Has God Withheld Good from Me?

Jan 19, 2021

If it feels like God has withheld good from you, remember that your Father knows your needs even better than you do.

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Tempted and Unarmed

Why We Need the Armor of God

Jan 18, 2021

Spiritual warfare can be dramatic, but it most often takes place in the mundane details of our lives.

Solid Joys Devotional

The Giver Gets the Glory

How Do I Explain the Trinity to Children?

Vern Poythress Jan 16, 2021

Welcome to a God-Entranced World

John Piper Jan 12, 2021

The Lord Bless You and Keep You

David Mathis Jan 10, 2021

All Who Believe Battle Unbelief

Jon Bloom Jan 9, 2021

Obeying God Will Make You Wise

Abigail Dodds Jan 5, 2021

The Church Is Bigger Than Any Church

Dieudonné Tamfu Jan 4, 2021

The Dying World Outside My Window

Greg Morse Jan 3, 2021

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 Providence.

Will You Wake Up a Christian Tomorrow?

John Piper Jan 21, 2021

Welcome to a God-Entranced World

John Piper Jan 12, 2021

Policies, Persons, and Paths to Ruin

John Piper Oct 22, 2020

Brokenhearted Boldness

John Piper Aug 3, 2020

We Preach in the Presence of God

John Piper Jul 23, 2020

Reformation Theology in the Hands of a Servant

John Piper Jul 18, 2020

Jon Bloom

@Bloom_Jon

Jon Bloom serves as teacher 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.