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Marshall Segal

Marshall Segal is a writer and managing editor at desiringGod.org. He’s the author of Not Yet Married: The Pursuit of Joy in Singleness & Dating. He graduated from Bethlehem College & Seminary. He and his wife, Faye, have three children and live in Minneapolis.

What We Confess With Our Clothing

What we wear says more about us than we might think. Many of us probably barely think at all when we get dressed in the morning. But something really profound is happening every time we pull on our pants and…

The Centerpiece of Sunday Worship

The Centerpiece of Sunday Worship

What really moves you on Sunday mornings? There are a lot of potential answers to that question. Maybe the music is enough to get you out of bed. The old hymns have always resonated deeply with you, or the church’s…

100,000 Hours

Eight Aims for Your Career

What should I do with my life? It’s one of the biggest questions on most young minds. Here are eight aims for every career path.

The Best Quotes from Cross

Something potentially historic happened last week as thousands of students gathered for the sake of the unreached peoples around the world. Hundreds stood on Monday night at the close of the first Cross conference to commit to returning to their…

Are You Pastoring Your Pastor?

Some of the least pastored people in the world are pastors. These men work long, unpredictable hours, addressing every physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual issue under the sun, sacrificing their schedule, comfort, and a thousand other things, all without being…

The Kinds of Gifts That Keep on Giving

In the next few hours, you may have more stuff than you’ve had all year — some expected, others a surprise; some practical, others sentimental; some useful, and others not as much. It might be the latest television or phone…

As Cool As the Other Side of a Calvinist

If you know Calvinists, you probably know some bad ones. The stereotypes aren’t fair, but they don’t come out of nowhere. Calvinists are “cold,” “heady,” and “condescending.” They think they have it all figured out and everyone else is blind…

A Book You Can Be Caught Reading

Some books we rarely read in public. Spiritual Depression. Almost Anorexic. Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave. Anything on sexual purity. Regardless of our reason for reading, it can feel like a confession — like we have…

Four Keys to Satisfying Your Starving Soul

His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very…

Lecrae Unwraps His Joy in Jesus

How do you pursue joy in Jesus? I mean what does it really look like — like today? How about when things are crazy at work or tense at home? If God made us to enjoy him, we have something…

Meet Grace’s Masterpiece

Do you find theology intimidating? Does it sound distant, cold, academic? Maybe you’ve known people who are really into theology and don’t seem to love Jesus much, or don’t seem to go to the hard places where poverty, suffering, and…

Meet the Miracle Next to You This Morning

God gave me you to be my miracle. That’s the banner over our relationships in the church. God performs the miracle of our growth in godliness through people — Holy-Spirit-filled people in our lives and churches. These are the people…

It’s Not You, It’s God: Nine Lessons for Breakups

It’s Not You, It’s God

Nine Lessons for Breakups

Breakups in the church are painful. Here are lessons for loving others in the heartbreak.

Finding Joy in the Everyday

The Tuesday after a long holiday weekend may feel like the epitome of the mundane. It’s easy to sense joy in Labor Day’s food, friends, and freedom. It’s much harder to find it returning to the ruthless routine of work…

What Would We Do “Without” the Gospel?

Have you ever stopped to look at just one word in God’s word? Maybe you look it up in a concordance or do a search online. You might search for “hope” or “peace” or “God” or “life.” But what if…

Five Back-to-School Basics

Five Back-to-School Basics

As students head back to school this fall, here are five basic keys to the classroom they won’t find in any syllabus.

For Those Feeling Forgotten

Some of the greatest disappointments in our relationships are made in the moments our memories fail us. No one enjoys being forgotten, especially by those we love most. Your memory is one of the most powerful and fragile things about…

Your Hope Is As Alive As Jesus

Your Hope Is As Alive As Jesus

Hope can be a very dangerous thing. Your greatest wounds may be tied to unrealized dreams or unexpected disappointments. Unfortunately, the daily and worldly hopes we know in this life create some category confusion when it comes to our hope…

When the Not-Yet Married Meet

When the Not-Yet Married Meet

Dating to Display Jesus

The great prize in dating is not Christ-centered intimacy, but Christ-centered clarity. And seven other principles for Christian dating.

Why Gosnell, God? Why Boston?

Why Gosnell, God? Why Boston?

Not long ago, we learned that Kermit Gosnell had been killing babies in the third trimester and even after they were delivered, for decades. Just this week, we watched as bombs ripped through an unsuspecting crowd in downtown Boston. They’re…

Single, Satisfied, and Sent: Mission for the Not-Yet-Married

Single, Satisfied, and Sent

Mission for the Not-Yet-Married

Satan loves to deceive single people and derail our devotion and ministry. Here are eight suggestions for making the most of your not-yet-married life.

When Christian Hedonism Heads to the Hard Places

While there may be many Christians in the world truly qualified to speak on suffering for the gospel, few of them are Westerners. One with some qualification is Zane Pratt, who lived and ministered in Central Asia for 20 years…

The Not-So-Special Season of Seminary

My seminary education was unbelievably special. It was a unique and weighty privilege to give myself for a season to the intense, disciplined, and uninterrupted study of God in his word. I graduated this May from Bethlehem Seminary, and…

Fighting for Faith with a Fan

When going to war or defending his family, a man would be silly to arm himself with the bellows from his fireplace. An accordion with a kazoo on the end simply won’t strike fear in any enemy, however weak, small…

Winning Like a Christian Hedonist

Pride is an ugly thing whenever it shows itself. It tinges the cuteness of the smallest toddler declaring their independence and self-centeredness with screams too young for words. It stains the honor of the elderly grandfather losing control of his…

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