Sibling rivalries have fractured families since Cain and Abel. So, how does God work redemptively between siblings, and how might parents do their part to promote peace? Listen Now Read…
Category: Desiring God
My Most Influential Teacher: A Tribute to Daniel Fuller (1925–2023) – John Piper
I loved Dan Fuller. I still do, the way one does when the beloved slips from you by degrees until he dies at 97. And yet lives. Dan died in…
Your Life of Unlikely Courage – Marshall Segal
I have chosen Mr. Baggins and that ought to be enough for all of you. If I say he is a Burglar, a Burglar he is, or will be when…
Reconciliation Accomplished and Applied: Colossians 1:21–23, Part 2 – John Piper
God achieves reconciliation at the cross and applies it to us through faith, and he does it all to bring the elect to himself. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
A Problem in Prayer: Learning to Ask as We Ought – Greg Morse
As C.S. Lewis ended his lecture on petitionary prayer, he asked his audience of clergymen a question: “How am I to pray this very night?” He did not know. “I…
Counting Sheep: A Case for Regenerate Church Membership – Garrett Kell
Our church was once a viper pit. Members gathered in Christ’s name, but little else distinguished them as Christians. They devoured one another during disagreements. Emotionalism, political preoccupation, diluted doctrinal…
Manhood and Womanhood in Parachurch Ministry – John Piper
Increasingly, parachurch ministries are allowing women to occupy positions of spiritual authority once reserved for men. Do they have biblical warrant to do so? Listen Now Read More Desiring God
Our Minds Were Hostile to God: Colossians 1:21–23, Part 1 – John Piper
Alienated. Enemies. Evil. We won’t revel as we ought in the reconciling work of Christ unless we know who we were without him. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
No One Who Abides in Him Keeps on Sinning – Scott Hubbard
The longer you fight against your sin, the more temptations you may face to no longer fight so hard. Once, perhaps, your zeal burned; your spiritual blood boiled. But as…
Reconciliation of All Things by Blood: Colossians 1:19–20, Part 2 – John Piper
When God finishes his reconciling work, there will be nothing left unreconciled to him. Watch Now Read More Desiring God