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 Most Harmful Medicine

How Subjectivism Poisons a Society

May 9, 2022

The surest way to give the world over to evil is to begin to deny such evil exists. And this is exactly what we have begun doing.

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Invisible and Unmistakable

How Scripture Pictures the Holy Spirit

Apr 21, 2022

If you want to understand the Holy Spirit better, you can begin by grasping the images of the Spirit given in Scripture: wind and breath, spirit and river, oil and bird.

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I Have No Good Apart from You

Prayer of the Satisfied Heart

Apr 11, 2022

Many of us struggle to experience contentment because we look for it in the wrong places. The satisfied heart prays, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

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Kneeling Among Lions

Learning to Pray Like Daniel

Mar 20, 2022

Before Daniel courageously survived the lions’ den, he courageously knelt before his God. What can we learn from his brave prayer?

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The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Questioning How We Frame Reality

Mar 12, 2022

Are you ever perplexed that two people can experience the same event and come to very different conclusions about what happened?

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Walk the War Before You

What It Means to Live by the Spirit

Feb 17, 2022

If the Spirit lives in you, you do not need to give in to sinful desires anymore. You will not be perfect, but you can be increasingly free.

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Lord, Deliver Me from Me

A Daily Prayer Against Unbelief

Feb 7, 2022

When doubts assail and fears prevail, run to your Father in prayer: “Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in you.”

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The Deepest Part of You

How Feelings Relate to Choices

Jan 20, 2022

How much do our feelings reveal who we are? What might we learn from a seeming disagreement between John Piper and C.S. Lewis.

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Trials Prove True Joy

What Jesus Says About Happiness

Jan 8, 2022

Joy is not always a sign of spiritual vitality and strength. Some joy wears away quickly and easily, while other joy endures, even through difficult days.

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The Good War Against Moods

How Stubborn Faith Overcomes Feelings

Dec 26, 2021

Saving faith is a stubborn thing. It holds onto Christ even when our emotions and moods bid us to let go.

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More Shocking Than Christ

Why We Call Jesus Lord

Dec 5, 2021

When the New Testament writers call Jesus “Lord,” they often mean much more than “ruler” or “king.” They mean Yahweh himself.

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Give Thanks and Give More

A Guide to Joyful Generosity

Nov 23, 2021

Generosity isn’t first about giving more, but about receiving better. If you want to be a more generous giver, ask God to make you a more grateful receiver.

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Courage for Normal Christians

Nov 7, 2021

Courage is not the character trait of super-Christians; it is the God-empowered gift of every child of God.

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Beware the Anger of Your Soul

How to Restrain Ungodly Passion

Oct 17, 2021

As we feel the temperature of our souls rising, we need to stop and remind ourselves that ungodly anger will only add iniquity to our injury.

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Our Lives in His

How Justification Leads to Holiness

Oct 5, 2021

Does our right standing before God depend on our becoming more like Jesus, or does our becoming more like Jesus flow from our right standing before God?

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Pray and Obey Anyway

How God Meets Us in the Valley

Sep 19, 2021

Do you want to know what devastates the halls of hell? A Christian who feels abandoned by God and yet still believes, still prays, still loves, still obeys.

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Overseers of Souls

Why Elders Must See and Act

Sep 4, 2021

Some elders fail to see the threats to their flocks. Others fail to act on what they see. Faithful shepherding means seeing well and taking responsibility.

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The Cracks in Our Debates

Lessons from Lewis on Disagreement

Aug 25, 2021

Friendships, families, and churches divided over the events of the last year. We may have preserved more unity if we were better equipped to disagree.

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Ungodly Ambition

How to Test Our Motivations

Aug 6, 2021

Ambition can be a wonderful servant, and a cruel master. How do you discern when a holy ambition has become an oppressive one?

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The Bright Side of Futility

Jul 26, 2021

Rather than run from God out of a sense of futility, perhaps we might see in that sense of futility an invitation to come home and rest in him.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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A digest from Desiring God

Joe Rigney

A Most Harmful Medicine

How Subjectivism Poisons a Society

Invisible and Unmistakable

How Scripture Pictures the Holy Spirit

I Have No Good Apart from You

Prayer of the Satisfied Heart

Kneeling Among Lions

Learning to Pray Like Daniel

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Questioning How We Frame Reality

Walk the War Before You

What It Means to Live by the Spirit

Lord, Deliver Me from Me

A Daily Prayer Against Unbelief

The Deepest Part of You

How Feelings Relate to Choices

Trials Prove True Joy

What Jesus Says About Happiness

The Good War Against Moods

How Stubborn Faith Overcomes Feelings

More Shocking Than Christ

Why We Call Jesus Lord

Give Thanks and Give More

A Guide to Joyful Generosity

Courage for Normal Christians

Beware the Anger of Your Soul

How to Restrain Ungodly Passion

Our Lives in His

How Justification Leads to Holiness

Pray and Obey Anyway

How God Meets Us in the Valley

Overseers of Souls

Why Elders Must See and Act

The Cracks in Our Debates

Lessons from Lewis on Disagreement

Ungodly Ambition

How to Test Our Motivations

The Bright Side of Futility

A Safe Place for Sinners to Change

Six Marks of Gospel Presence

The Confusing and Perfect Love of Christ

Weep, But Also Rejoice

Soul Care in a Favorite Story

A Most Offensive Love

The Hard Sayings of a Kind Savior

What Does the Lord Require of Me?

The Ten Commandments and Christian Ethics

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