Articles by Desiring God

Joe Rigney | How might we think in an orderly way about God’s attributes? Here’s often overlooked help from Jonathan Edwards.

Scott Hubbard | Even the most faithful Christians end some days deeply wishing we had walked more worthy of our God. How do we find rest when our conscience keeps us awake?

David Mathis | Our families, churches, and communities need leaders who have learned to keep their heads when others are losing theirs.

Marshall Segal | Few realities in human life are as captivating, fulfilling, and elusive as friendship.

Joe Rigney | If a Christian wants to join your baptist church but they tell you that they were baptized as a child, what do you do?

David Mathis | Many today may feel afresh that true unity is rare and precious. But do we know from where that kind of unity comes?

Greg Morse | The world, the devil, and your flesh will tell you there is surely an easier way to heaven than the narrow way, a more comfortable burden than the cross, and a more reasonable spirituality than self-denial requires.

Scott Hubbard | This world needs more people willing to look foolish in the eyes of the world so that more in the world might be saved.

Marshall Segal | Sometimes God allows conflict in a church so that the body might finally heal and be whole again.

Jon Bloom | As Christians, we can build unity, protect unity, and maintain unity because Christ has already made us one.

David Mathis | Faithful confessions, creeds, and commentaries provide crucial insights into Scripture. And they never replace the words of God.

Joe Rigney | Many of the most difficult decisions churches face are ones the Bible does not clearly address. This means pastors have to regularly practice humble, Bible-saturated prudence.

Greg Morse | When we are the victim of another’s sin, we are often in danger of becoming a culprit in how we respond.

Joe Rigney | If sexuality and baptism are both second-tier issues, why is the former often more divisive in the wider church today?

Scott Hubbard | All biblical doctrine is important, but not all biblical doctrine is equally important. So how do we discern which doctrines should divide us?

Jon Bloom | Unity is often harder in our relationships and churches because we assume it should be easy.

Greg Morse | The deepest, fullest, most vibrant unity is found in embracing, not a few favorite verses, but everything God has said in his word.

David Mathis | As the United States celebrates 246 years of independence, and Americans newly remember the ten-dollar founding father, what lessons might we learn from the rise, fall, and redemption of a prodigal son?

Marshall Segal | Deacons are not only handy, administrative, or good at meeting needs. They are also holy, humble, and unusually sacrificial. Deacons are spiritual giants who bow low.

Jon Bloom | In his faithfulness, God promises not only that he will deliver us from affliction, but that we will do something good through the affliction.

Marshall Segal | The moments when marriage feels most challenging are often the moments with the most potential to say something profound about Jesus.

David Mathis | Today marks 25 years since the first Harry Potter book released. What Christian lessons might we take away from the bestselling series?

Greg Morse | Where reverence withers, worship suffers.

Joe Rigney | Being baptized into the church means being immersed in its mission. The old has passed and a new life now begins.

Scott Hubbard | Satan knows the power of words — he’s been undoing souls with them from the beginning. And wherever Christ is faithfully taught, the devil is undone by them.