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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.

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.

Let Your Dream Church Die: How Discontentment Destroys Community

Let Your Dream Church Die

How Discontentment Destroys Community

When discontentment with our church begins to rise, it may mean God is leading us elsewhere. But often he’s just calling us to rise up and be the church.

Faithfulness in Forgotten Places: Why Small Obedience Matters to God

Faithfulness in Forgotten Places

Why Small Obedience Matters to God

When our work escapes the notice of every human eye, it does not escape God’s. He is eager to catch the smallest tasks that we perform in faith.

The World Needs More Faithful Men

The World Needs More Faithful Men

Faithfulness grows slowly, often imperceptibly. Faithfulness requires hard work, over a long time. Faithfulness will often be taken for granted.

Pray to See the Church as God Does

Pray to See the Church as God Does

Fellow Christians can be stranger than we ever imagined, yet more precious than we often believe. They are our family.

Against Every Accusation: What to Say When Satan Whispers

Against Every Accusation

What to Say When Satan Whispers

Satan may know more about your sin than you do, but he can only accuse you. If you are in Christ, he cannot condemn you.

The War Means You Are Real: Four Ways to Fight Indwelling Sin

The War Means You Are Real

Four Ways to Fight Indwelling Sin

The greatest threat to our souls is not behind us, beside us, or in front of us. The greatest threat to our souls lies within.

Every Sin Hides a Lie: Three Ways Temptation Betrays Us

Every Sin Hides a Lie

Three Ways Temptation Betrays Us

Satan’s master design in temptation is to lessen the guilt of sin, hide the danger of sin, and embellish the pleasure of sin.

Let the First Voice Be His: Why Wisdom Meets God in the Morning

Let the First Voice Be His

Why Wisdom Meets God in the Morning

The morning, more than any other time of day, invites us to give God our firstfruits, roll away our burdens, hear his teaching, and enjoy his love.

The Maker of the Mountains Is with You

The Maker of the Mountains Is with You

When we feel small, vulnerable, and afflicted, God comes to us — not only as our strong Redeemer and merciful Savior, but as our faithful Creator.