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Joe Rigney

Joe Rigney is president of Bethlehem College & Seminary and a teacher for desiringGod.org. He is a husband, father of three, and pastor at Cities Church. His most recent book is More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust.
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A Safe Place for Sinners to Change: Six Marks of Gospel Presence

A Safe Place for Sinners to Change

Six Marks of Gospel Presence

Jul 14, 2021
Caring for someone battling persistent sin can be hard. Wise friends and counselors know how to maintain compassionate stability while firmly confronting sin.
Joe Rigney
Jul 14, 2021
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The Confusing and Perfect Love of Christ

The Confusing and Perfect Love of Christ

Jul 5, 2021
Sometimes the hardest part of following Jesus is waiting for him to help, to heal, to answer. His delays, however, are expressions of his love.
Joe Rigney
Jul 5, 2021
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Weep, But Also Rejoice: Soul Care in a Favorite Story

Weep, But Also Rejoice

Soul Care in a Favorite Story

Jun 26, 2021
Stories can help us to gain perspective, to step outside of our own lives in order to reflect on reality. And they can help us care for one another in grief.
Joe Rigney
Jun 26, 2021
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A Most Offensive Love: The Hard Sayings of a Kind Savior

A Most Offensive Love

The Hard Sayings of a Kind Savior

May 27, 2021
When Jesus speaks a hard word, some stop following. But others press through the hard saying to see and enjoy more of him.
Joe Rigney
May 27, 2021
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What Does the Lord Require of Me? The Ten Commandments and Christian Ethics

What Does the Lord Require of Me?

The Ten Commandments and Christian Ethics

May 19, 2021
The Ten Commandments open a wide and wonderful window into who God is, and what it means for us to live and love like him.
Joe Rigney
May 19, 2021
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Religious Affections: A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic

Religious Affections

A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic

May 11, 2021
Jonathan Edwards’s ‘Religious Affections’ is a tremendous book — and potentially devastating. Here are ten things to know before reading Edwards’s classic.
Joe Rigney
May 11, 2021
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Where Do We Disagree? Golden Rule Reading and the Call for Empathy

Where Do We Disagree?

Golden Rule Reading and the Call for Empathy

Apr 12, 2021
Whatever you read, wherever you read, ask yourself, “Am I doing unto authors as I would have them do unto me?”
Joe Rigney
Apr 12, 2021
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Some Lose God While Serving God: A Subtle Danger in Christian Ministry

Some Lose God While Serving God

A Subtle Danger in Christian Ministry

Mar 26, 2021
How many have lost Christ while doing much for Christ? They evangelize, do good works, defend the truth, and yet in the process, forget their first love.
Joe Rigney
Mar 26, 2021
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Everything Is Providential: C.S. Lewis on the Symphony of History

Everything Is Providential

C.S. Lewis on the Symphony of History

Feb 27, 2021
When we think of the providence of God, we may think of names like Augustine, Calvin, Edwards, and Owen, but have we overlooked C.S. Lewis?
Joe Rigney
Feb 27, 2021
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More Than a Battle: How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust

More Than a Battle

How to Experience Victory, Freedom, and Healing from Lust

Feb 2, 2021
The struggle with lust is a fierce battle, an enslaving addiction, and a deep brokenness. Rigney shows us that through the gospel it is the Holy Spirit that gives us victory, sets us free, and heals our wounds.
Joe Rigney
Feb 2, 2021
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What We Still and Will Believe: The Precious Clarity of Enduring Creeds

What We Still and Will Believe

The Precious Clarity of Enduring Creeds

Dec 1, 2020
From the beginning, the church has strived to summarize and clarify what she believes in creeds and confessions, to guard us from error and to bind us together.
Joe Rigney
Dec 1, 2020
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What Makes a Man — or a Woman? Lost Voices on a Vital Question

What Makes a Man — or a Woman?

Lost Voices on a Vital Question

Sep 9, 2020
What makes a man, or a woman? God has not left us without answers, or without multiple witnesses to those answers.
Joe Rigney
Sep 9, 2020
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Strangely Bright: Can You Love God and Enjoy This World?

Strangely Bright

Can You Love God and Enjoy This World?

Aug 25, 2020
At the heart of the Christian life is a tension between the supremacy of God over all things and the enjoyment of all things for his sake.
Joe Rigney
Aug 25, 2020
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Do You Feel My Pain? Empathy, Sympathy, and Dangerous Virtues

Do You Feel My Pain?

Empathy, Sympathy, and Dangerous Virtues

May 2, 2020
Empathy has become a more popular virtue than sympathy in recent decades. But the shift does not come without its dangers.
Joe Rigney
May 2, 2020
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Dangerous Compassion: How to Make Any Love a Demon

Dangerous Compassion

How to Make Any Love a Demon

Jan 18, 2020
True compassion moves toward the hurting — without getting swallowed by their grief.
Joe Rigney
Jan 18, 2020
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Why God Does Everything He Does

Why God Does Everything He Does

Oct 4, 2019
The God-centeredness of God may unnerve us at first, but if we wait over his word long enough, nothing will stabilize our faith and joy in God more.
Joe Rigney
Oct 4, 2019
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Treasure in the Field: Enjoying God Through the Game of Baseball

Treasure in the Field

Enjoying God Through the Game of Baseball

Jun 8, 2019
Our problem is not that we love the good in this world too much, but that we do not see the good in this world in relation to the One who made it.
Joe Rigney
Jun 8, 2019
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The Enticing Sin of Empathy: How Satan Corrupts Through Compassion

The Enticing Sin of Empathy

How Satan Corrupts Through Compassion

May 31, 2019
Satan drives a subtle and enticing ferry from the truth that feelings are important to the lie that feelings are all that’s important.
Joe Rigney
May 31, 2019
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Killing Them Softly: Compassion That Warms Satan’s Heart

Killing Them Softly

Compassion That Warms Satan’s Heart

May 24, 2019
If he can, Satan will suck even these seven words dry, rendering them poetic and meaningless: “God works all things together for good.”
Joe Rigney
May 24, 2019
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He Sang in the Belly of the Earth: Holy Saturday in Hades

He Sang in the Belly of the Earth

Holy Saturday in Hades

Apr 20, 2019
What did the dead Jesus do on Saturday? He sang in the belly of the earth.
Joe Rigney
Apr 20, 2019
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Panel Discussion
Gospel Joy Panel Discussion: Piper, Charles, Meyer, Onwuchekwa, Rigney, & Stiles

Gospel Joy Panel Discussion

Piper, Charles, Meyer, Onwuchekwa, Rigney & Stiles

Mar 18, 2019
Join this panel of pastor-theologians as they work through difficult questions about life and ministry.
John Piper + 6
Mar 18, 2019
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Broad Minds and Big Hearts: A Case for Christian Liberal-Arts Education

Broad Minds and Big Hearts

A Case for Christian Liberal-Arts Education

Feb 21, 2019
A Christian liberal-arts education forms students into godly adults, equips them for service in the church, and sends them out as light in the world.
Joe Rigney
Feb 21, 2019
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Lewis on the Christian Life: Becoming Truly Human in the Presence of God

Lewis on the Christian Life

Becoming Truly Human in the Presence of God

Apr 30, 2018
From science fiction and fantasy to essays, letters, and works of apologetics, Lewis has offered a wealth of insight into how to live the Christian life.
Joe Rigney
Apr 30, 2018
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Ask God to Forgive You, Not Excuse You: Five Lessons from C.S. Lewis

Ask God to Forgive You, Not Excuse You

Five Lessons from C.S. Lewis

Apr 10, 2018
When we confess to God as we are, we find that we become our true selves — stable, strong, full of life and joy, and conformed to the image of Christ.
Joe Rigney
Apr 10, 2018
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Interview
Joy in This World Panel Discussion: Piper, Storms, Rigney, & Borman

Joy in This World Panel Discussion

Piper, Storms, Rigney & Borgman

Nov 10, 2017
Man’s chief end is not only to glorify God, but also to enjoy him forever. This panel of pastor-theologians discusses this joy-filled life of man.
John Piper + 3
Nov 10, 2017

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