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Scott Hubbard

Scott Hubbard is a graduate of Bethlehem College & Seminary and an editor for desiringGod.org. He and his wife, Bethany, live with their son in Minneapolis.

Do Not Despise the Day of Small Things

Do Not Despise the Day of Small Things

Christians worship a big God with a big mission. Yet for all of his bigness, our God has a remarkable love for the small.

He Must Be Preeminent: Christ’s Supremacy on Easter Sunday

He Must Be Preeminent

Christ’s Supremacy on Easter Sunday

On Easter morning, his heart began to beat again, and it will never stop. Come taste and see the supremacy of Jesus.

Holiness Begins in Intimacy with Jesus

Holiness Begins in Intimacy with Jesus

We will not grow in holiness if we focus so hard on holiness that we fail to see Jesus.

Will You Praise Him While You Wait?

Will You Praise Him While You Wait?

Many allow unanswered prayer to drive them further from God, but what if greater faith and intimacy were waiting in our waiting?

Set Your Mind on Things Above: How to Live Heavenly Minded

Set Your Mind on Things Above

How to Live Heavenly Minded

Christians set their minds on things above because their home is in heaven, their hope is in heaven, and the one their hearts beat for is in heaven.

Am I Really a Christian? Lessons from John Owen on Assurance

Am I Really a Christian?

Lessons from John Owen on Assurance

Am I really a Christian? Few questions are more important. But for those burdened by the power of indwelling sin, few can feel more difficult to answer.

Seek a Broken Heart for Sin

Seek a Broken Heart for Sin

If we knew more of the sinfulness of our remaining sin, how much sweeter would the song of God’s grace fall on us in Christ?

Walk in His Providence: How God Opens Doors for You

Walk in His Providence

How God Opens Doors for You

Nothing about your life is an accident. In the providence of God, you are who you are, what you are, where you are, for such a time as this.

The Proverbs 31 Man

The Proverbs 31 Man

Behind the Proverbs 31 woman is her man, who may be every bit as compelling as she is.

Some Trust in Numbers: How Counting Can Ruin a Ministry

Some Trust in Numbers

How Counting Can Ruin a Ministry

In our measurable, countable, quantifiable world, it is all too easy to put our trust in numbers, rather than in the promises of a faithful God.

Lord, Make Us Diligent and Desperate: A Prayer for the Pursuit of Holiness

Lord, Make Us Diligent and Desperate

A Prayer for the Pursuit of Holiness

As you resolve to grow and change this year, remember that good intentions without diligence will fail. And so will diligence without God.

The Untamed Spirit of Christmas

The Untamed Spirit of Christmas

Christmas reminds us that the Holy Spirit is a world-invading, wonder-working, devil-spurning, sin-slaying, death-destroying Spirit.

Plan to Be Interrupted: Slow Love in a Busy World

Plan to Be Interrupted

Slow Love in a Busy World

In moments of interruption, we do well to step back, catch our breath, pray, and remember all the good that God sends through interruptions.

The Curse Between Us: Why Racial Healing Begins at Calvary

The Curse Between Us

Why Racial Healing Begins at Calvary

The cross of Jesus Christ is not only sufficient for addressing ethnic animosity in the church — it is the only thing that can.

God Is More Than ‘God’: Why He Loves to Be Called Father

God Is More Than ‘God’

Why He Loves to Be Called Father

If you are a Christian, you have more than a God and Lord. Through Jesus, you have a Father.

A Friend in the Fire: How John Newton Loved William Cowper Through Depression

A Friend in the Fire

How John Newton Loved William Cowper Through Depression

For 27 years, William Cowper wrestled with darkness, depression, and suicidal temptations. And for 27 years, his friend John Newton stood by his side.

Grace Is Not a Thing: Why Spiritual Renewal Begins with a Him

Grace Is Not a Thing

Why Spiritual Renewal Begins with a Him

For all the differences between legalists and antinomians, they both try to acquire the grace of God while avoiding the God of grace.

Seize the Day’s Interruptions

Seize the Day’s Interruptions

Are you too busy to be like Jesus? Do you have time for the quiet and inconvenient interruptions God has planned for you?

Calvinism in One Point: The Often-Forgotten Story of TULIP

Calvinism in One Point

The Often-Forgotten Story of TULIP

Many might defend, and even die for, the truths contained in the acronym TULIP. But few know where this flower actually first sprouted.

Holy Is Who You Are: A Missing Weapon in the War Against Sin

Holy Is Who You Are

A Missing Weapon in the War Against Sin

Holiness is not only a goal to strive for. Holiness is an identity to live from, a security to stand on, and a destiny to long for.

Denying Yourself Is Loving Yourself

Denying Yourself Is Loving Yourself

What happens when Christians deny themselves? We find ourselves, we defy the devil, we join heaven’s side, and we destroy our sorrow.

Remember Who You Were Without Christ

Remember Who You Were Without Christ

When we forget who we once were apart from Christ, we too easily forget who we now are in Christ.

The Quiet Power of Ordinary Devotions

The Quiet Power of Ordinary Devotions

Reading through the Bible may feel ordinary most days, but the effects over a lifetime will be anything but ordinary.

The Proverbs 31 Warfare: How Home Unleashes a Woman

The Proverbs 31 Warfare

How Home Unleashes a Woman

Many have heard of the Proverbs 31 woman. But what about the Proverbs 31 warrior?

America Was Never Home: How Christian Exiles Love a Nation Like Ours

America Was Never Home

How Christian Exiles Love a Nation Like Ours

This world is not our home, yet God has placed us here for a purpose. We are both strangers and citizens, exiles and ambassadors.