Desiring God Articles

Enter the Dragon Slayer

How God Took Satan’s Breath Away

Dec 15, 2018

From the garden, to the manger, through the cross, to that final day, watch the devil rise in anticipation, writhe in agony, and then fall before the Dragon Slayer.

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To Great Things That Never Came

Hope loves the whole story. Hope breathes, laughs, and draws courage from knowing there are more pages to be read.

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Intimacy with God Is the Main Thing

Letter to My 30-Year-Old Self

Dec 14, 2018

If God calls you to put a calling on hold, don’t assume he’s stopped working. Assume he’s just getting started.

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How to Love Hard People at Christmas

Dec 13, 2018

The key to real generosity at Christmas is knowing that we already have a far greater Possession than anything this world can offer.

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Far as the Curse Is Found

Dec 12, 2018

No one should be content to have Christ come once. Christmas is wonderful, but not if there’s not more to the story.

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Know Who You Are Not

Dec 12, 2018

Misplaced identity plagues people in general, and far too many Christians. We need to be reminded who we are in Christ — and who we are not.

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What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Dec 11, 2018

No friend you have is closer, more caring, more truthful, more patient, more faithful than Jesus of Nazareth.

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A Neglected Minority of a Different Kind

Seven Pleas to Fellow Pastors

Dec 11, 2018

We cannot fully glorify our great God if we continue to marginalize those who are the weakest and most needy among us.

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What If I Never Get Better?

How Not to Comfort Suffering People

Dec 10, 2018

If we immediately assure suffering people that everything is going to be okay, we don’t really comfort their pain. We dismiss it.

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Two Common Mistakes Preachers Make

Searching for Reality in Sermons

Dec 9, 2018

John Piper takes one simple verse in Romans and shows two major and prevalent mistakes preachers make today.

Solid Joys Daily Devotional

Making It Real for His People

Two Common Mistakes Preachers Make

John Piper Dec 9, 2018

We Fall for the Feeling of Christmas

Matt Chandler Dec 8, 2018

Prostitutes, Mistresses, and the Messiah

Jon Bloom Dec 7, 2018

The Most Difficult Time of the Year

Michele Morin Dec 6, 2018

God Grew Up in a Forgotten Town

David Mathis Dec 6, 2018

Godly Guilt Awakens Happiness in God

Jeremy Adelman Dec 5, 2018

The Discipline That God Despises

Marshall Segal Dec 5, 2018

Expect God to Do Something Unexpected

Alexander Stewart Dec 4, 2018

Give the Gentle Kiss of Honesty

Scott Hubbard Dec 4, 2018

Confessions of a Wandering Mom

Christina Fox Dec 3, 2018

God Will Answer in Your Crisis

David Mathis Dec 3, 2018

What I Wish I Had Known About Purity

Adrien Segal Dec 2, 2018

What God Might Do with Satan’s Arrows

Garrett Kell Nov 30, 2018

May She Be Beautiful and Strong

Carolyn Mahaney Nov 29, 2018

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.

Two Common Mistakes Preachers Make

John Piper Dec 9, 2018

He Was Made for Another World

John Piper Nov 29, 2018

25 Christian Books I Love to Recommend

John Piper Nov 26, 2018

Climb the Mountains of God’s Mysteries

John Piper Nov 23, 2018

I Was Far Too Easily Pleased

John Piper Nov 16, 2018

If We Love Jesus, We Will Love the Jews

John Piper Nov 5, 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 live in the Twin Cities with their five children.