Articles by Desiring God

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Examine Yourself, Forget Yourself: Help for the Overly Introspective May 04, 2024

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Scott Hubbard | 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.

Head of Every Head: How to Lead Like Jesus May 03, 2024

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David Mathis | Every husband is a head, and every husband has a head: Jesus. And husbands lead best when they first know themselves weak and in need of his help.

Better Than Our Bitter Thoughts: The God of Surprising Goodness Apr 27, 2024

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Greg Morse | Hard and bitter thoughts about God reveal far more about us than about him. He is the good God, the wonderful God, far better than our best thoughts of him.

Be Ready to Speak of Jesus: Evangelism as Spiritual Warfare Apr 20, 2024

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Scott Hubbard | In spiritual war, Christians do not simply hold fast or stand firm — we advance and march with our King, boldly sharing Christ with a lost world.

The Unimpressive Path to Immortality Apr 13, 2024

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Greg Morse | Does the Christian life feel uncomfortably ordinary a lot of days? Come and remember the startling glory of this narrow, simple path.

Life Beneath a Sovereign Lord: How His Power Unleashes Us Apr 08, 2024

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Scott Hubbard | If God really is as sovereign as the Bible says, how should we live? His sovereignty invites us to pray more boldly, take greater risks, and draw even closer to heaven.

Wrap Your Soul in Truth: Under-Armor for Spiritual War Apr 06, 2024

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David Mathis | Christians are people of the truth — lovers of the truth, speakers of the truth, armored in the truth, as we follow Truth himself.

To War, to Christ, to Glory Apr 03, 2024

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Greg Morse | If God is for us in spiritual war, then who can stand against us? Rise up, men of the cross, sisters of the crown, soldiers of Christ.

Risen to Love His Own: The Surprising Mercies of Easter Mar 31, 2024

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Scott Hubbard | On the first Easter, Jesus surprised our sorrow with joy, our guilt with forgiveness, our confusion with clarity. And so he still surprises today.

Life Is for Living Mar 30, 2024

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Greg Morse | How needful is it to know our end before we get there? How priceless to feel our fleetness before our ship sails?