Articles by Desiring God

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Me, Myself, and Lies: The Spiritual Dangers of Isolation Apr 26, 2022

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Marshall Segal | One of Satan’s favorite strategies is isolation, and smartphones and social media have made his work that much easier.

Invisible and Unmistakable: How Scripture Pictures the Holy Spirit Apr 21, 2022

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Joe Rigney | If you want to understand the Holy Spirit better, you can begin by grasping the images of the Spirit given in Scripture: wind and breath, spirit and river, oil and bird.

All-Sufficient, All-Satisfying: What Saving Faith Sees in Christ Apr 20, 2022

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John Piper | How does saving faith honor Christ? By seeing him as not only all-sufficient, but all-satisfying. Not only efficacious, but glorious. Not only trustworthy, but a treasure.

The Love in His Grief: How the Spirit Responds to Our Sin Apr 18, 2022

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Greg Morse | The Spirit can be grieved with us. But if we are in Christ, the Spirit will never leave us.

The Son Must Rise: What Made Easter Inevitable Apr 17, 2022

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David Mathis | Jesus did not merely rise from the dead — he had to rise from the dead. His resurrection was not optional. Do you know why?

Behold the Man Upon the Cross Apr 15, 2022

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Jon Bloom | Why do Christians call this Friday, of all Fridays, good? Because we would have no good apart from the horrors of the cross.

When the Dawn Seems to Die: How Jesus Keeps Us from Falling Away Apr 14, 2022

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

I Have No Good Apart from You: Prayer of the Satisfied Heart Apr 11, 2022

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Joe Rigney | Many of us struggle to experience contentment because we look for it in the wrong places. The satisfied heart prays, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

The Best Sermon for Marriage: Seven Lessons for Lasting Love Apr 10, 2022

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Marshall Segal | The best marriages take their cues not only from the romance of the Song of Solomon, but from the daily, unspectacular faithfulness of the Sermon on the Mount.

What God Can Do in One Conversation: Recovering the Power of Personal Evangelism Apr 09, 2022

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Greg Morse | In all the emphases on slow, patient, relational evangelism, have we forgotten just how much God can do in a single conversation?