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Scott Hubbard

Scott Hubbard is a teacher and the managing editor for Desiring God, a pastor at All Peoples Church, and a graduate of Bethlehem College and Seminary. He and his wife, Bethany, live with their three sons in Minneapolis. Read more about Scott.

What Should I Read Next?

What Should I Read Next?

Why do Christians read? Perhaps the best answer is love. We read to love God, to love others, and to see and savor loveliness.

Sermons Change Lives

Sermons Change Lives

On any given Sunday, God can change a life forever. So, lift your voice with confidence, pastor, and do not grow weary in doing good.

Do You See Your Soul?

Do You See Your Soul?

When you face temptation, do you ever remind yourself that you have a soul — a soul immortal yet perishable, a soul only Christ can satisfy?

God of All Goodness

God of All Goodness

God not only gives us good, richly and continually, and he not only works our good, always and in everything, but he is himself our greatest good, now and forever.

He Welcomed Her Worship: The Holy Waste of Holy Wednesday

He Welcomed Her Worship

The Holy Waste of Holy Wednesday

When a woman poured out a year’s worth of perfume upon Jesus, some saw loss, but he saw love. Some called it waste, but he called it worship.

Her Many and Marvelous Ministries: How Women Give Life to the Church

Her Many and Marvelous Ministries

How Women Give Life to the Church

Men may lead the corporate gathering on Sunday morning, but without the every-day ministry of both men and women, our churches wither.

Be Still and Wonder: Two Habits for Hurried Souls

Be Still and Wonder

Two Habits for Hurried Souls

Sometimes, the solution to our spiritual struggles is less spiritual than we thought. God’s world, and not just his word, may hold the remedy we need.

Never Too Busy to Pray

Never Too Busy to Pray

In a world of urgent needs, urgent demands, and urgent responsibilities, one priority is more urgent than them all: prayer.

How Healthy Is Your Soul? Six Questions for a New Year

How Healthy Is Your Soul?

Six Questions for a New Year

Unless we keep our hearts with all vigilance, they won’t be kept. So, on the cusp of a new year, how warm is your heart toward Jesus?

He Came to a World Without God: O Immanuel

He Came to a World Without God

O Immanuel

From Eden to Advent, the world endured a long loneliness, exiled from God’s presence. But Christ came to bring us home, to end our exile, to be God with us without end.

Forget About Yourself: Six Paths to Better Thoughts

Forget About Yourself

Six Paths to Better Thoughts

The healthiest Christians forget about themselves often. So, if you find yourself too focused on yourself, consider six modest steps toward joyful self-forgetfulness.

When Offenses Come: How to Forgive and Move On

When Offenses Come

How to Forgive and Move On

The offhand jab, the subtle snub, the thoughtless comment — within the body of Christ, offense is inevitable. How do we keep on overlooking and forgiving?

The Making of More Than a Conqueror

The Making of More Than a Conqueror

What if the worst happens? In Romans 8, the apostle Paul takes us to our darkest fears and inscribes above them all, “More than conquerors through him who loved us.”

Lost in the Maze of Me: How Introspection Goes Wrong

Lost in the Maze of Me

How Introspection Goes Wrong

Our Lord calls us to look within. Yet alongside healthy introspection are a dozen dangers — paths that will yield not more self-knowledge but rather more anxiety and fear.

Stay Strange: The Church as a Home for Exiles

Stay Strange

The Church as a Home for Exiles

Christians are sojourners and exiles in this world — strangers. And to live up to that name, we need a community to help us stay faithfully strange.

Ten Sweeter, Stronger Looks: How Examining Self Illuminates Christ

Ten Sweeter, Stronger Looks

How Examining Self Illuminates Christ

Godly introspection is a road, not a room, that ever takes us to the same glorious place: Jesus. And some of the best sights of Christ come at the end of that road.

If You Confess: How to Bring Your Sins to God

If You Confess

How to Bring Your Sins to God

How can we confess our sins in a way that pleases God? Heed God’s fatherly hand, honestly name your sins, embrace God’s free forgiveness, and walk away glad in him.

Live a Larger Life: An Invitation to World Christianity

Live a Larger Life

An Invitation to World Christianity

Are you a world Christian serving a worldwide Lord? Jesus sends us outside of ourselves, our families, and our comforts to care about the nations he came to save.

Does God Delight in Me? His Pleasure in (Imperfect) Holiness

Does God Delight in Me?

His Pleasure in (Imperfect) Holiness

How can the present holiness of Christians bring God pleasure? Because true holiness, however imperfect, beats sin with God’s own pleasure in himself.

A Father’s 5-to-9: The Holy Ambition of Godly Dads

A Father’s 5-to-9

The Holy Ambition of Godly Dads

Children need to see a dad ambitious to spread God’s kingdom in the world. But with equal surety, children need to see a dad ambitious about being dad.

The Blessings of Being Bound: Finding Freedom Through Commitment

The Blessings of Being Bound

Finding Freedom Through Commitment

Many imagine the more options, the more happiness. But from the beginning, it was not so. God made us to find freedom in loyalty, blessing in being bound.

Love (All) Your Neighbors: A Surprising Test of True Faith

Love (All) Your Neighbors

A Surprising Test of True Faith

If you want to assess the health of your faith, don’t simply consider your acts of religious worship. Consider the depth of your love for neighbors.

Give Them Time to Grow: Learning the Power of Patient Love

Give Them Time to Grow

Learning the Power of Patient Love

If we could imagine the coming glory of the Christians we know, we might find the grace we need today to remain patient with their slow growth.

Bring Out Her Best: The Privilege of Christian Husbands

Bring Out Her Best

The Privilege of Christian Husbands

Among the various ways we can describe a husband’s calling, one may help to capture our focus, and give us a lifetime of work: bring out your wife’s best.

Examine Yourself, Forget Yourself: Help for the Overly Introspective

Examine Yourself, Forget Yourself

Help for the Overly Introspective

Self-examination can leave us feeling lost in the mirror of me. But done rightly, self-examination can lead to health, freedom, and self-forgetful joy in Christ.

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