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Holy Distractions: When God Interrupts Our Productivity – Jon Bloom
The ever-growing body of literature on productivity overwhelmingly agrees with what we all know by experience: interruptions reduce our productivity. So naturally, most of the literature focuses on ways we…
The God Who Dwarfs Big Tech – John Piper
Pastor John commends Tony Reinke’s new book — a panoramic, penetrating theology of technology, tethered to God’s infallible Scriptures. Listen Now Read More Desiring God
A Little Poetry Improves a Life: How Verse Awakens Wonder – Leland Ryken
From the early days of my teaching, I have enacted a ritual to introduce poetry into a course. I ask the class, “How do you know that God intends for…
Sing! Sing! Sing! — To Each Other and the Lord: Ephesians 5:15–21, Part 5 – John Piper
When we gather together, we not only sing to God. We sing to one another in order to build one another up. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
Is Technology Holy or Worldly? – Tony Reinke
How can Christians live faithfully in the day of Big Tech? In ‘God, Technology, and the Christian Life,’ Tony Reinke explores God’s relationship to the innovations of our age. Listen…
What to Do with News: Learning Wisdom at Walden Pond – Jeffrey Bilbro
Perhaps you’ve found yourself in a conversation where someone expresses surprise — and a hint of judgment — that you were not aware of a recent item of news. In…
Why Do They Get What I Want? Envy and the Eyes That Matter – Tilly Dillehay
When I was about five, my dad invited me and my older sister into his home studio for fun. Like most of the musicians and producers in Nashville, he had…
Did Bathsheba Sin with David? – John Piper
Does the story of David and Bathsheba suggest that Bathsheba was a willing partner in his adultery, or that David took her against her will? Listen Now Read More Desiring…
‘Your Will Be Done’: The Glory of Christ’s Human Choices – David Mathis
All of Jesus’s human life led him to this garden. As he knelt and prayed in Gethsemane, waiting in agony — with beads of sweat “like great drops of blood…