Articles by Desiring God

Greg Morse | Wise correction is a gracious gift of God, but one that bears an expiration date. Warnings will not last forever. The hard heart will inevitably be broken.

Greg Morse | King Jesus doesn’t save people to sit on couches. He summons his people to conquer, to fight the flesh and the devil, and to extend his kingdom.

David Mathis | You get weary. You get weak. You get lonely. In such times, how can you strengthen yourself in your Lord?

Scott Hubbard | Why do Christians read? Perhaps the best answer is love. We read to love God, to love others, and to see and savor loveliness.

Greg Morse | Does the thought of sharing the gospel with a stranger terrify you? Here are two practical suggestions to help.

David Mathis | There is no greater aspiration than to give glory to God. This is what we were made for. But what exactly does it mean to give God glory?

Greg Morse | How does a Christian come into being? Is conversion merely a human decision to follow Christ, or does something far more radical happen?

Greg Morse | Even David, the man after God’s own heart, struggled with doubts. What wisdom can we glean from him to help us when faith falters?

David Mathis | God is sovereign. Man is responsible. How do these two plain biblical truths fit together in everyday life?

Scott Hubbard | On any given Sunday, God can change a life forever. So, lift your voice with confidence, pastor, and do not grow weary in doing good.

Greg Morse | Men tempted by the love of comfort can learn much from the courage of Nehemiah. Knowing who he was and whose he was steeled him for the work.

Greg Morse | The world may look tame, but if you learn to see what cannot be seen, a war rages all around, a war for the world, a war waged by devils and won by Christ.

Scott Hubbard | When you face temptation, do you ever remind yourself that you have a soul — a soul immortal yet perishable, a soul only Christ can satisfy?

David Mathis | The life of faith may seem more difficult in a secular age, but Christians have always had a far different vision from the world’s — and a far deeper joy.

Greg Morse | The story of Scripture records one long bloody battle between Satan and the seed of the woman. What would it take to end such a war? Christ on a cross.

Scott Hubbard | God not only gives us good, richly and continually, and he not only works our good, always and in everything, but he is himself our greatest good, now and forever.

Greg Morse | On Easter Sunday, fantasy became reality, legend became history, mythology became fact. Jesus rose as the hero of the best tale ever told.

David Mathis | After the horrors of Good Friday, a glimmer of hope appears for those with eyes to see through the sobs: the stunning provision of a garden tomb.

Gerrit Scott Dawson | John and Mary stayed near the cross until the very end. How might our love for Jesus deepen if we imagine ourselves standing with them?

Clinton Manley | Scripture tells a story of two gardens. On this Holy Thursday, what fruit might we glean by comparing Eden and Gethsemane?

Scott Hubbard | When a woman poured out a year’s worth of perfume upon Jesus, some saw loss, but he saw love. Some called it waste, but he called it worship.

Marshall Segal | Jesus lived a lonely life, and died a far lonelier death, so that all of those who trust in him might never be truly alone.

David Mathis | By riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus found the perfect way to say, “I am the long-expected King, but not like you expect. I am not just anointed but will be afflicted.”

David Mathis | When God laughs, he reminds us that he never worries, he never fears, and he is never under threat. The holy laughter of God puts his people at ease, and calls us to happily trust in him.

Greg Morse | Men, do you have friends — not mere acquaintances you shake hands with once a week, but brothers who labor and laugh and live with you? You need such men.