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Scott Hubbard is an editor for Desiring God, a pastor at All Peoples Church, and a graduate of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He and his wife, Bethany, live with their two sons in Minneapolis.

Doubt: A Personal History

Doubt: A Personal History

One of the more disorienting parts of facing doubt is that so few talk about their own struggles with doubt. Part of overcoming temptation is realizing you’re not alone.

Better to Have a Burden

Better to Have a Burden

Don’t assume that the burdens you’re bearing in this season are somewhere outside God’s good plans for you. Assume they’re one of God’s plans for you. Because they are.

Why Bread and Wine? Enjoying the Meal Above All Meals

Why Bread and Wine?

Enjoying the Meal Above All Meals

If you want to taste more of Jesus’s love in the Lord’s Supper, take a closer look at the meaning of the bread and the wine.

A Little Theology of Dinosaurs

A Little Theology of Dinosaurs

If dinosaurs could preach, what might they say? Trust the God of wisdom. Fear the God of power. Praise the God of wonders.

Slow to Anger: The Beauty of God’s Perfect Patience

Slow to Anger

The Beauty of God’s Perfect Patience

The patience of God is not like our shallow, short-lived patience. It is deep and long, wide and high. And in the perfection of his patience, we find great hope.

A Rest Sweeter Than Sleep: Nighttime Prayer for a Troubled Conscience

A Rest Sweeter Than Sleep

Nighttime Prayer for a Troubled Conscience

Even the most faithful Christians end some days deeply wishing we had walked more worthy of our God. How do we find rest when our conscience keeps us awake?

We Need More Holy Fools: How God Awakened Me to Eternity

We Need More Holy Fools

How God Awakened Me to Eternity

This world needs more people willing to look foolish in the eyes of the world so that more in the world might be saved.

Of Mountains and Molehills: How Much Should Doctrine Divide Us?

Of Mountains and Molehills

How Much Should Doctrine Divide Us?

All biblical doctrine is important, but not all biblical doctrine is equally important. So how do we discern which doctrines should divide us?

God Makes War with Words: Why Teaching Will Win the World

God Makes War with Words

Why Teaching Will Win the World

Satan knows the power of words — he’s been undoing souls with them from the beginning. And wherever Christ is faithfully taught, the devil is undone by them.

Jesus Shall Reign: The Remarkable Story of the First Missionary Hymn

Jesus Shall Reign

The Remarkable Story of the First Missionary Hymn

On Pentecost 1862, some five thousand men and women, many of them former cannibals, gathered in the South Pacific to sing the hymn “Jesus Shall Reign.”

Do Not Despise the Day of Small Groups: Four Marks of Daring Community

Do Not Despise the Day of Small Groups

Four Marks of Daring Community

Small groups may feel unremarkable, but again and again, God has struck revival with small matches. Here are four marks of the small but daring community.

The Beast I Become: How to Bring Bitterness to God

The Beast I Become

How to Bring Bitterness to God

Sometimes, God seems to be answering a longtime prayer or fulfilling a deep desire — until it all crumbles before our face. How do we receive such painful turns from the hand of God?

The Word of God Is Worth the Work

The Word of God Is Worth the Work

If you want more joy, more warmth, more life from your devotions, don’t bypass the hard, necessary work of thinking.

How to Entertain the Holy Spirit

How to Entertain the Holy Spirit

How do we show hospitality to the Holy Spirit? We hear his voice, heed his motions, hate his enemies, and receive his grace.

When the Dawn Seems to Die: How Jesus Keeps Us from Falling Away

When the Dawn Seems to Die

How Jesus Keeps Us from Falling Away

When hope flees, and faith feels weak, and the dawn seems to die, what will keep us from falling away? Jesus prays for us.

Live Closer to Home: How Proximity Shapes Responsibility

Live Closer to Home

How Proximity Shapes Responsibility

The best place to live today is the place you already are. And the best people to give your attention to are those already near you.

The Power of a Praying Mother

The Power of a Praying Mother

Many of the greatest victories and advances God has worked in history have been answers to a mother’s persistent prayers.

Pastors Are Only Matchmakers: The Humble Heart of Faithful Ministry

Pastors Are Only Matchmakers

The Humble Heart of Faithful Ministry

In their heart of hearts, all Christians ask their pastors, “Would you show me Jesus?” And in their heart of hearts, all faithful pastors say, “Gladly.”

Am I Real? A Basic Guide to Christian Assurance

Am I Real?

A Basic Guide to Christian Assurance

How can you know your faith is real? The enemies of Christian assurance are great. But for all who are in Christ, the God of assurance is greater.

The Other Side of the Race Debate: Four Ways to Disagree Christianly

The Other Side of the Race Debate

Four Ways to Disagree Christianly

Improving our conversations will not heal all our divisions, but it may soften prejudices, nurture understanding, and lead us toward a less fragile unity.

Endangered Attention: How to Guard a Precious Gift

Endangered Attention

How to Guard a Precious Gift

If you’ve not thought much about how you spend your attention, you’re likely spending it poorly. Here are four lessons for stewarding your attention in a new year.

The Most Wonderful Books on Earth: Gospel Reading for a New Year

The Most Wonderful Books on Earth

Gospel Reading for a New Year

Whatever your goals are for Bible reading next year, resolve, God helping you, to catch as much of Jesus as you can.

A Son Worthy to Be King

A Son Worthy to Be King

Many expected the coming Christ to be the Son of David. No one expected that he also would be David’s Lord.

Someone Is Listening to Your Suffering

Someone Is Listening to Your Suffering

Why can Christians always sing, even in the hardest days? Because our God always reigns, because our God will deliver, and because someone is listening.

There Is a Name: Our Exclusive and Precious Christ

There Is a Name

Our Exclusive and Precious Christ

While so many get offended that Jesus claims to have the only name that saves, Christians stop and wonder that there’s any name at all.

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