Few experiences are more wonderful than holding a newborn. Your heart melts with loving wonder. “You’re so beautiful. Just perfect!” Even amidst that gentle marveling, fierce-protective instincts arise. “I would…
Category: Desiring God
History Ended at Christmas – John Piper
Christmas is not just another bend in the river of redemptive history. Christmas marks the end of the river and the arrival of the ocean. Listen Now Read More Desiring…
How Is Something Not Proper for Saints? Ephesians 5:3–7, Part 4 – John Piper
The apostle Paul rarely, if ever, calls believers “Christians,” but he often calls us “saints.” What does the name mean? Watch Now Read More Desiring God
Paradise Lost: A Reader’s Guide to a Christian Classic – Leland Ryken
As a small index to how much our society’s attitude to Christianity has changed in the past half-century, in 1941 a Princeton University English professor published a book with Princeton…
Do the Non-Elect Have a Chance to Repent? – John Piper
The Bible teaches both the absolute sovereignty of God and the genuine accountability of man. And nowhere are they considered contradictory. Listen Now Read More Desiring God
‘One Another’ Your One and Only: Overlooked Verses for Marriage – Matt Bradner
What’s your favorite charge, or piece of counsel, you have heard in a wedding homily? Any Christian minister who has performed a wedding knows the challenge and opportunity of that…
The Wedding at the End of Marriage – Marshall Segal
Have you ever wondered why history began with a lonely husband? Why did God make man, and then pause? Why did he parade “every beast of the field and every…
The Global Glorification of the Merciful God – John Piper
The church exists for missions — and because of missions. God plans for his people to come from the peoples, a promise he first made to Israel. Watch Now Read…
Sexual Immorality Is Not Even to Be Named: Ephesians 5:3–7, Part 3 – John Piper
What does it mean that sexual immorality should not even be named among Christians? Watch Now Read More Desiring God
Can You Forgive Your Father? My Slow Journey Toward Mercy – Marvin Olasky
If you have strained or broken relationships with parents (even deceased ones), how can you forgive them for their sinful failings and defects? How can you learn to view them…