Is boasting always bad? If we answer yes, we miss opportunities to glorify the power of Christ on display in the lives of others. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
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Is Motherhood Real Work? – Tanner Swanson
“When are you going back to work?” Before our son came, people asked. After he arrived, they asked even more. It didn’t matter to whom I spoke: friend, stranger, student,…
What Does Disunity Say? Three Common Types of Division – Jon Bloom
Things fall apart. It’s the second law of thermodynamics. It’s Romans 8:20 happening all around us. It’s a reality I increasingly experience in my body as I pass through the…
Why Do So Many Reject Jesus? – John Piper
When the light of Christ shines upon the darkness of our sin, we either run to Christ as the only covering for our shame, or we run further into darkness.…
Who Is Paul’s Joy — Christ or the Church? 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 2 – John Piper
Christians not only love Christ; they love what Christ loves. And since Christ loves his church, so do we. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
When Death Does Us Part: Last Words of a Long Lost Love – Gerrit Scott Dawson
When it works as it should, marriage is a tragedy. I have seen the quiet courage it takes for a widow to walk to her pew as the funeral begins.…
Who Will Judge the World? – John Piper
Scripture speaks of the Father judging the world, the Son judging the world, and sometimes even the word of Christ judging the world. So, in the end, who will judge?…
Our Gentle and Terrifying God: How Justice Holds Out Mercy – Marshall Segal
Sinners rescued from the road to hell love to rehearse and celebrate the mercy of God. Where would we be today without mercy? Where would we be for eternity without…
Martyr or Madman? The Unnerving Faith of Ignatius – Greg Morse
“I am afraid of your love,” Bishop Ignatius wrote to the early church in Rome, “lest it should do me an injury” (Epistle to the Romans 1.2). It is hard…
Paul’s Extraordinary Affection for Believers: 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 1 – John Piper
Can Christians love other Christians the way that Christ commands without liking them? Watch Now Read More Desiring God