Articles by Desiring God

Marshall Segal | Sin in men can open the door to passivity — and passivity opens the door to more sin.

David Mathis | Of the New Testament’s 27 books, we know who the author was for 26 of them. What can we say about the unnamed, unknown author of Hebrews?

Joe Rigney | When the New Testament writers call Jesus “Lord,” they often mean much more than “ruler” or “king.” They mean Yahweh himself.

Scott Hubbard | Why can Christians always sing, even in the hardest days? Because our God always reigns, because our God will deliver, and because someone is listening.

Jon Bloom | The world and the church have been deeply fractured by controversies of various kinds, which makes now as good a time as ever to stand apart by our love for one another.

Greg Morse | Why so many names for Jesus? Because God wanted us to know that we will always have more to see and love in him.

David Mathis | God made us to honor him — and few realities tap so deeply into our purpose and joy as humans as giving him thanks.

Marshall Segal | To fight the fight of faith means not only that you keep trusting Jesus, but that you do so even as others walk away.

Joe Rigney | Generosity isn’t first about giving more, but about receiving better. If you want to be a more generous giver, ask God to make you a more grateful receiver.

Scott Hubbard | While so many get offended that Jesus claims to have the only name that saves, Christians stop and wonder that there’s any name at all.

Jon Bloom | We store up God’s word in our hearts now, so that when the unthinkable happens and our lives begin to crumble, we still have somewhere safe to stand.

Greg Morse | Many fail to gain victory in sexual purity because they begin with how and not with why.

David Mathis | In a day when it’s popular to be cynical and broad-brush “the church,” what if we remembered Jesus’s heart for his bride and how he talks about her?

Jon Bloom | Love the Lord your God, and love your neighbor as yourself. Could any two commands be simpler and more beautiful, and yet so difficult to practice?

Marshall Segal | Nothing outside of us makes us impatient, and nothing in us can make us more patient. To wait well, we need a miracle from God.

Greg Morse | The apostle Paul labored shoulder to shoulder with men in such a way that he could call them “fellow soldiers.” Do we have such men beside us?

David Mathis | It’s only human to respond in kind. But Christ calls his church to something more: respond in kindness.

Scott Hubbard | Some indulge their appetites, some deny their appetites, and some learn to follow Jesus in directing their appetites.

Joe Rigney | Courage is not the character trait of super-Christians; it is the God-empowered gift of every child of God.

Marshall Segal | What if we fail to love because we fail to see what love is? God shows us four subtle counterfeits we often seek.

Jon Bloom | Diligence is not just about our self-discipline, our self-esteem, or our self-satisfaction. Diligence is about our joy in God.

David Mathis | The Sunday gathering may be the most important hour of the week, but it is also only one in 168. We are the church every hour of every day.

Greg Morse | If you could see yourself how God sees you in Christ, you would have all you need to overcome any temptation.

Scott Hubbard | Not only did William Tyndale bring the word of God into English, but he brought English into the form we know and use today.

David Mathis | If God, by all accounts and remembrances, is indeed slow to anger, how can his people not seek to be like him?