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Ethnic Harmony Is a Certainty: Three Good Resolves for the Church – Kenny Stokes
Resolved, by God’s enabling grace, to persevere in prayer, love, and good deeds in the cause of experiencing ethnic harmony in the church. As a pastor in Minneapolis for more…
Forgive Me and Help Me Forgive: The Lord’s Prayer for Daily Sin – Marshall Segal
If you were teaching the Lord’s Prayer to someone for the first time — a child, a neighbor, a co-worker, or friend — which line would you feel the most…
The Punishment of Eternal Destruction: 2 Thessalonians 1:9–10, Part 1 – John Piper
God is glorious and God is just. These realities ought to guide our thinking about hell, not our limited ideas of what seems fair. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
The Long and Lingering Tail of Suffering – Vaneetha Rendall Risner
Surviving a crisis is more than making it through the first day of disaster. That initial day is often a blur. We operate on autopilot, numb to what’s happened. Our…
When Does Despondency Become Sin? – John Piper
Everyone passes through seasons of despondency — seasons when the soul is troubled and hope feels thin. But when does despondency become sin? Listen Now Read More Desiring God
I Am Not My Own: How Heidelberg Healed Me – Kathryn Butler
A dear friend in Christ once recounted to me her years-long struggle with chronic illness. As she described the seemingly endless treatments, their failures, and the pain and exhaustion that…
Begin Where You Are: How to Renew Your Prayer Life – Joe Rigney
Begin where you are. This simple sentence, tucked away in C.S. Lewis’s book Letters to Malcolm, has the potential to transform your prayer life. In four basic words, it ties…
On Whom Will Vengeance Fall? 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 6 – John Piper
Those who do not know God are those who suppress the knowledge of him. So do you know him? Watch Now Read More Desiring God
How Do I Push Truth from My Head to My Heart? – John Piper
How can we push the truth of the Bible from our heads to our hearts, so that our times of daily Bible reading become times of daily worship? Listen Now…