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Greg Morse

Greg Morse is a staff writer for Desiring God and graduate of Bethlehem College and Seminary. He and his wife, Abigail, live in Saint Paul with their son and three daughters.

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 Dark Side of Equality

The Dark Side of Equality

Equality can be a gift and mercy in an unjust world. But when cries for sameness rise up against God-established authority, we see equality’s dark side.

O Beard, Where Art Thou?

O Beard, Where Art Thou?

Beards are no prerequisite for godly manhood. In days like ours, though, they can be a symbol for it.

Martyr or Madman? The Unnerving Faith of Ignatius

Martyr or Madman?

The Unnerving Faith of Ignatius

What person would not only submit to martyrdom, but would embrace it, relish it, and even eagerly long for it? Ignatius of Antioch.

Are You Not Provoked? The Jealousy of Godly Men

Are You Not Provoked?

The Jealousy of Godly Men

Too many men sit around and watch the world burn without stepping up to tell someone about Jesus.

The Progressive Pilgrim: Allegory for an Easy Age

The Progressive Pilgrim

Allegory for an Easy Age

The world, the devil, and your flesh will tell you there is surely an easier way to heaven than the narrow way, a more comfortable burden than the cross, and a more reasonable spirituality than self-denial requires.

If Your Brother Sins Against You: How to Forgive and Let Go

If Your Brother Sins Against You

How to Forgive and Let Go

When we are the victim of another’s sin, we are often in danger of becoming a culprit in how we respond.

Jellyfish Christians: The Costs of Thin Christianity

Jellyfish Christians

The Costs of Thin Christianity

The deepest, fullest, most vibrant unity is found in embracing, not a few favorite verses, but everything God has said in his word.

Casual Church: What Happened to Christian Reverence?

Casual Church

What Happened to Christian Reverence?

Where reverence withers, worship suffers.

Do Not Fear to Leave This World

Do Not Fear to Leave This World

Want to measure your growth in grace? Consider how deeply you long for heaven.

Because They Are No More

Because They Are No More

If a pitiless culture will not mourn for the missing, she will.

Seeing Is Not Believing: Why We Miss God in Daily Life

Seeing Is Not Believing

Why We Miss God in Daily Life

Some imagine they would believe in God if he would simply write his message in the clouds. But what if he actually did?

Face Your Fear of Man: How Christ Delivers from Human Approval

Face Your Fear of Man

How Christ Delivers from Human Approval

Jesus could love people like he did because he did not fear them like we do.

Stuck Between the World and God: How I Almost Died in Indecision

Stuck Between the World and God

How I Almost Died in Indecision

God is not honored by mere checked boxes. He’s honored by a life that says he can be trusted, obeyed, and treasured above all else.

The Love in His Grief: How the Spirit Responds to Our Sin

The Love in His Grief

How the Spirit Responds to Our Sin

The Spirit can be grieved with us. But if we are in Christ, the Spirit will never leave us.

What God Can Do in One Conversation: Recovering the Power of Personal Evangelism

What God Can Do in One Conversation

Recovering the Power of Personal Evangelism

In all the emphases on slow, patient, relational evangelism, have we forgotten just how much God can do in a single conversation?

Sympathy Without Distress: The Exalted Compassion of Christ

Sympathy Without Distress

The Exalted Compassion of Christ

The risen Jesus remembers us, loves us, intercedes for us — and not in a way that diminishes his heavenly joy. That is really good news.

The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life: Confessions of a Sophisticated Sloth

The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life

Confessions of a Sophisticated Sloth

Life is rarely wasted all at once, but rather through thousands of small, seemingly insignificant moments.

Lord, Let Me Die: Mercy for Those Tired of Living

Lord, Let Me Die

Mercy for Those Tired of Living

Some walk through the valley of the shadow of death and long to just lie down. How does God respond to those who pray for life to end?

As for Me and My House: The Delightful Duty of Family Religion

As for Me and My House

The Delightful Duty of Family Religion

God doesn’t want worship to be a tiny corner of family life. He wants worship to touch every room, closet, and hallway.

The Contagion of Cowardice

The Contagion of Cowardice

God requires a lot of men in the church. The enemies are real, and the risks are great. Will we trust God enough to lay aside our fears?

Sons of Lionhearted Saints: Recovering Our Lost Lineage

Sons of Lionhearted Saints

Recovering Our Lost Lineage

The pages of Scripture are filled with the stories of brothers and sisters meant to stir up your heart and keep you following Jesus.

Let Tragedy Find Us Living

Let Tragedy Find Us Living

The story of Job reminds us that our world can be undone in an afternoon. Have you prepared your soul for the worst that may come?

In Love with the Life You Don’t Have

In Love with the Life You Don’t Have

Discontentment comes subtly, easily, naturally. Contentment comes slowly, deeply, supernaturally.

Desperate for Distraction: Why We’re Bad at Being Alone

Desperate for Distraction

Why We’re Bad at Being Alone

For many, “quiet time” is anything but quiet. Distractions, diversions, and notifications fill the room. How can we learn to get alone with God in our brave, new world of distractions?

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