Some sentences can change your life. One written four hundred years ago changed mine: “There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us” (Works of Richard Sibbes, 1:47). The…
Category: Desiring God
Discouragement Can Take You Deeper: Finding Christ in Our Failures – Dane Ortlund
Many of us will walk through a life-altering tragedy at some point in this short life. But for most of us, most of the time, the deepest challenge of life…
Run the Devil Out with Righteousness: Ephesians 6:14–17, Part 5 – John Piper
The apostle Paul calls us to put on the breastplate of righteousness. What exactly is that and how do we put it on? Watch Now Read More Desiring God
What is Saving Faith? Reflections on Receiving Christ as a Treasure – John Piper
What happens in the heart when it experiences real saving faith? John Piper argues that faith in Christ is not saving unless it includes an “affectional dimension of treasuring Christ.”…
Should Gospel Disagreements End a Friendship? – John Piper
Christians can disagree over many doctrines and stay friends. But what should we do when a friend rejects a doctrine central to the gospel? Listen Now Read More Desiring God
We Stand for Truth Himself – David Mathis
The recent swell of concern for truth, at least as a word choice, is an interesting development. Even voices that recently declared with seeming delight the dawning of a “post-truth”…
You Have Put More Joy in My Heart – Marshall Segal
Some of the most life-changing verses in the Bible are those that come alive years after we first read them. We read them and pass over them, read them and…
We Rejoice to Suffer for You: Pastoral Pain and the People’s Joy – John Piper
Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them. Watch…
O Christians! Be People of Truth: Ephesians 6:14–17, Part 4 – John Piper
Christians are people of the truth. We speak the truth, believe the truth, love the truth. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
Pornography and Church Discipline – Garrett Kell
A young man had been looking at pornography for years. He wept and promised to stop, but his pattern persisted. His church’s elders patiently, tenderly, and firmly walked with him…