“When did you feel called to missions?” This question often gets posed to current and former missionaries. For me, a particular ministry opportunity quickly turned into a call. I was…
Category: Desiring God
The Spirit’s Irresistible Call – John Piper
What do we mean when we say that the Spirit’s work in the new birth is irresistible? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper looks at John 3:1–10…
Christ Became a Curse for Us: Galatians 3:10–14, Part 3 – John Piper
The only result of attempting to be justified by works will be curse, but Christ took our curse on the cross. How does that exchange work? Watch Now Read More…
Am I the Quarrelsome Wife? The Making of a Good-Weather Wife – Tilly Dillehay
The listing said they were “a fun-loving British family with two little boys, living in a three-story home in the Italian countryside. Au pair will get room and board, use…
How Much Error Can I Believe and Still Be Saved? – John Piper
Some biblical truths are essential to believe for salvation — but not all. So, how much error can someone hold and still be saved? Listen Now Read More Desiring God
The Wind Blows – John Piper
How does the wind help us understand how the Spirit of God works? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to John 3:1–10 for Jesus’s own explanation…
The Most Important People in the World: Why Christians Prioritize the Church – David Mathis
The Father prioritizes the church by choosing her, the Son prioritizes her by purchasing and purifying her, and the Spirit prioritizes her in his power. So, how do we prioritize…
The Loveliness of Reverence – Andrea Hoglund
Older women . . . are to be reverent in behavior. (Titus 2:3) Though I wasn’t aware of it at the time, as a young girl I was always watching…
The Law Is Not of Faith? Galatians 3:10–14, Part 2 – John Piper
Obedience to the law can never make a person right before God, but the faith that saves produces works that conform to the law. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
The Joy of Genuine Revival: Four Signs of the Holy Spirit – Marshall Segal
I gave my first sermon eight thousand miles from my home, through a translator, to a room full of pastors twenty or thirty years older than me in Vijayawada, India.…