At the root of all conflict is man’s conflict with God. At Christmas, we celebrate that God took the initiative to establish true peace. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
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Mighty Grace Is More Than Pardon: 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 5 – John Piper
God’s grace does more than secure our pardon, it empowers us to walk in the good works he has prepared for us to do. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
Beloved Roads to Bethlehem: Tracing Names of Jesus to Christmas – Sinclair Ferguson
Growing up, our high school held a morning assembly where the senior pupils read the Scriptures to the entire school. It was on such an occasion that one of my…
When Praying Hurts: How to Go to God in Suffering – Vaneetha Rendall Risner
My desire to pray when I’m suffering can swing wildly in a single day — and sometimes within the hour. Through the severe trials in my life — losing a…
The Christmas We Needed – John Piper
The best gift anyone can receive at Christmas is deliverance from our two greatest enemies: sin and Satan. Listen Now Read More Desiring God
Why God as Father and Jesus as Lord? 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 4 – John Piper
To be in God means to have all the immeasurably great benefits of his electing and keeping love. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
We Long to Be Ruled: The Messianic Hopes in Every Heart – David Mathis
Christmas still enchants the West. For all its public professions of secular faith, and for all secularism’s aggressive incursions into the collective psyche, we still make a big deal of…
What Makes for a Good Musical Worship Experience? – John Piper
A good musical worship experience involves head and heart, truth and affections. It will lead people to know their God and to embrace him with joy. Listen Now Read More…
Does Jesus Still Sympathize with Sinners? The Compassion of the Risen Christ – Mark Jones
ABSTRACT: In his exalted state, the risen Christ no longer suffers pain or distress; immortal and impassible, he dwells in heaven with perfected affections, no longer burdened by the sorrows…
The Explosive Power of Translating ‘Church’: 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 3 – John Piper
The church is not the building Christians worship in. It is the people whom God has called to himself through the Lord Jesus Christ. Watch Now Read More Desiring God