Articles by Desiring God

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Will You Love Jesus in Five Years? Training Your Soul to Delight in Him Sep 10, 2024

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David Mathis | Your soul is being conditioned every day for what you will delight in five years from now. Are you training yourself for delight in Jesus, or for indifference to him?

Life Is Too Brief to Waste: Learning to Number Our Days Sep 08, 2024

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Jon Bloom | When we learn to number our days, we see just how brief life is — briefer than we tend to assume, and far too brief to waste.

Strangers to Sin: How Heaven Makes Us Holy Sep 06, 2024

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Greg Morse | Christian, you are not a citizen of this world. You hope for a better home and greater reward. Does this hope help you flee from sin now?

Ten Sweeter, Stronger Looks: How Examining Self Illuminates Christ Sep 01, 2024

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Scott Hubbard | 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.

Our Most Important Citizenship: Four Checks for ‘World Christians’ Aug 31, 2024

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David Mathis | Have the world’s patterns and “cultural moments” dulled the global scope and Great-Commission interests of your faith?

To Gain the World and Lose Your Soul Aug 27, 2024

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Greg Morse | There is one item in the world that has no fair trade — the soul. And yet, how many trade the most priceless thing they own to gain mere trifles?

If the Men Aren’t Singing: Five Questions for Worship Leaders Aug 24, 2024

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Jon Bloom | God made men to sing. But sometimes, our lyrics miss their hearts, our keys miss their registers, and as a result, our churches miss their voices.

If You Confess: How to Bring Your Sins to God Aug 20, 2024

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Scott Hubbard | 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.

Love Her Less to Love Her More: The Dangers of Idolizing a Wife Aug 17, 2024

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Greg Morse | A husband loves his wife as she ought to be loved — he loves her best — only when he loves her as his wife and not as his god.

‘Abraham, Take Your Son’: Wrestling with God’s Unsettling Test Aug 10, 2024

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Jon Bloom | God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son. How do we know he won’t call us to do the same today?