Sexual purity is more a matter of knowing God than of following a prescribed list of dos and don’ts. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
Category: THEOLOGY
The Bitter Splinters of Marburg: How the Table Split Luther and Zwingli – Michael A.G. Haykin
A few years ago, while I was leading a group of Christians touring various Reformation sites along the Rhine in Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands, our tour group took a…
I Want to Be Baptized — My Husband Opposes It – John Piper
Godly submission does not require that a woman do everything her husband says. Before she is a wife who submits to her husband, she is a Christian who submits to…
Our Children Need to See Weakness – Vaneetha Rendall Risner
“Would you please, please come with me? I really want you to be there. All the other moms are going.” My daughter was pleading with me to volunteer at field…
Apostle, Comforter, and Champion: 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2, Part 2 – John Piper
We all need comforters who commend us for our faithfulness and champions who challenge us to greater heights. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
A Word for the Anxious
History, philosophy, and theology all testify that fear and anxiety have always been a significant part of the human experience. Nevertheless, the word anxiety has a contemporary ring to it.…
Pastors Are Teachers First: A Paragraph That Reformed My Ministry – Jonathan Parnell
For some, a single sentence has changed the trajectory of their ministry. For me, it was a paragraph from Richard Baxter’s classic book The Reformed Pastor. Our whole work must…
Am I Called to Ministry? Five Tests – John Piper
How do we know if we are able to bear the heavy calling of being the aroma of life to some and the aroma of death to others? Listen Now…
Four Ways You Can Please the Lord
Have you ever considered what pleases God? In Ephesians 5:10, Paul charges his readers with this very task: “Try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.” Jesus Christ is…
Can Christians Please God by Our Behavior? 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2, Part 1 – John Piper
Faith that rests in the righteous work of Christ produces a life of good fruit which pleases God. Watch Now Read More Desiring God