One of the biggest challenges to Christians who would argue for a notion like “biblical manhood and womanhood” is that the very idea sounds strange to modern audiences. It often…
Category: Desiring God
A Famous and Forgotten Romance: Six Lessons for Marriage and Ministry – Marshall Segal
If you could model your marriage after one marriage in Scripture, which would you choose? As blissful as the first chapters were for Adam and Eve, the honeymoon ends (and…
What Is God Accomplishing in My Suffering? – John Piper
Suffering often feels meaningless in the moment. So how can Christians learn not only to endure trials, but to rejoice in the midst of them? Listen Now Read More Desiring…
What Makes a Man — or a Woman? Lost Voices on a Vital Question – Joe Rigney
When it comes to understanding what it means to be a man or a woman, we live in a confused and confusing time. Distinctions that were obvious to previous generations…
Scripture in Scripture: Reading the Old Testament with the Apostles – Daniel J. Brendsel
ABSTRACT: The New Testament authors quote, allude to, and interpret the Old Testament in a great variety of ways — and sometimes in ways that seem illegitimate to modern readers.…
Hostile Enemies Made One in Christ: Ephesians 1:11–14, Part 5 – John Piper
The mystery of Christ is that former enemies — Jews and Gentiles — are now united as one in Christ and share one inheritance. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
The Envy of Angels: What Heaven Sees in the Redeemed – Greg Morse
My Beloved Toviel, Praise be to God for your man’s continued progress in grace. We marvel at the mercies that daily attend him; what he has become (and is becoming)…
What Do My Entertainment Habits Reveal About My Soul? – John Piper
If we cope with stress by watching movies, posting on social media, or consuming other forms of entertainment, what does that say about our souls? Listen Now Read More Desiring…
The Still More Glorious Day – Marshall Segal
Just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a…
Should Parents Spank Their Children? – Sam Crabtree
Opposition to spanking (including a total ban) comes from pediatricians, social-science departments at institutions of higher learning, child-rights advocates, publications such as Psychology Today, parents who are earnestly concerned about…