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Phillip Holmes served as a content strategist at desiringGod.org. He’s married to Jasmine. They have a son.

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RT @CarlEllisJr: Nonviolence succeeded in changing structures not because it was nonviolent, but because it had a strength derived from God.

The Evangelical Drug of Choice

The Evangelical Drug of Choice

Our never-ending pursuit to escape through games and fantasy is a direct enemy of our joy. And our addiction will subtly cause contempt towards God and reticence in our duty to ultimately delight in him.

How to Have a Happy Life

How to Have a Happy Life

If we made good interpretation of God’s dealings toward us, it would revolutionize the way we see the world and enable us to not only have a good day, but a happy life.

What Is Your Biggest Regret?

What Is Your Biggest Regret?

We don’t have the power to undo our mistakes. Time machines don’t exist, and they never will. So where do we find hope and rest in our regrets?

Online Friendships Are Not Enough

Online Friendships Are Not Enough

Online friendships can be a great blessings when placed in their proper perspectives, but perilous when they replace local community and the local church.

Pastors Lead by Example

Pastors Lead by Example

We don’t practice eldership because it works. Our conviction is deeper than practicality.

The Most Important Reason We Work

The Most Important Reason We Work

Many view work as a means of survival. When we view work this way, our motivation to work is misguided. In order to shift our misplaced motivation, we need a theology of work.

When Our Conduct Contradicts Our Confession

When Our Conduct Contradicts Our Confession

Life and Scripture taught me that sometimes our conduct contradicts our confession.

Big-God Living in a Man-Pleasing World

Big-God Living in a Man-Pleasing World

Like children, we have an innate desire to “be seen” and share our accomplishments for our joy and the pleasure of another. But because of the fall, this desire has been misdirected.

Drunk in Love

The Danger of Infatuation in Dating

Marriage should be entered by a man and woman with a sober mind and heart, who can take seriously the vows they’re making before God and others.

Four Ways to Use desiringGod.org Everyday

Four Ways to Use desiringGod.org Everyday

Here are a few simple ways you can use our resources daily to maximize your joy.

Live to Give — At Any Cost

Live to Give — At Any Cost

Maundy Thursday

Jesus gives a command, an illustration, and a promise. Jesus answers the what, how, and the why. He tells his disciples to “love one another” how “I have loved you” so that “all people will know that you are my disciples.”

The Heart of Socialism

The Heart of Socialism

A Sympathetic Response to Advocates of Social Programs

Few question whether those who advocate for Socialism have good intentions. But as the saying goes, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”

Hope for the Unhappy Christian

Hope for the Unhappy Christian

The only thing that will cure our discontentment is learning the art of contentment and embracing a biblical view of God, which are essential for our joy.

What Is the Source of Biblical Love?

What Is the Source of Biblical Love?

In four minutes, Piper explains that love “is not just a decision you make moment by moment. It’s a fruit, it’s an overflow, it’s a work of God within us.”

The Meaning of Manhood

The Meaning of Manhood

I didn’t drink from the fountain of manhood as a single, so I’m now drinking from a fire hose as a new husband. I’m learning the hard way about the high and hard calling of manhood.

Seven Questions to Ask Before You Watch ‘Deadpool’

Seven Questions to Ask Before You Watch ‘Deadpool’

Christians are debating whether it’s appropriate to see Deadpool. John Piper explains why he is committed to a radical abstention from anything he knows is going to present him with nudity.

Love the Racist, Confront the Sin

Love the Racist, Confront the Sin

If we’re serious about fighting the sin of ethnic partiality, also known as racism, in the church, we must readily address it locally and privately.

More Tough Skin and Tender Hearts

More Tough Skin and Tender Hearts

How to Prepare for Conversations on Ethnic Harmony

Over the years I’ve learned that the conversation is complicated and how we view the world and ourselves can radically shape how we engage one another.

You Can’t Passively Kill Sin

You Can’t Passively Kill Sin

Time doesn’t kill sin. If you make peace with your sin and hope that time or age kills it, it will only grow more twisted and perverted.

A Safe Place for Sexual Sinners

A Safe Place for Sexual Sinners

There is no ideal church specifically for sexual sinners. But there is an ideal church for sinners. It’s a safe place to confess and repent.

Top 15 Articles of 2015

Top 15 Articles of 2015

Every year we aspire to produce one thousand new resources. Below are the top 15 articles of 2015.

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Learning from the Choirs of Heaven

The gospel is good news for us, not angels; yet they rejoice and worship as if they were the ones experiencing this peculiar good of our merciful God.

Should Evangelicals Evolve on Homosexuality?

Should Evangelicals Evolve on Homosexuality?

Accepting homosexuality is a growing trend among professing evangelicals. But most Bible-believers are not convinced.

One Voice on Christian Social Media

One Voice on Christian Social Media

Rosaria Butterfield reminds us that love and boldness are crucial and inseparable as we engage the culture with the hard truths of Scripture.

Justice Without Facts Is No Justice at All

With a short video of Laquan McDonald’s death, more of the facts have finally been released in Chicago. In Minneapolis, with another black man dead and several more shot, we’re left waiting for more information. How should we respond to perceived injustice from those who should be enforcing justice?