Before the stars lit up the night sky. Before the sun blazed in the heavens. God planned for his people to be radiantly holy forever before him. Watch Now Read…
Category: Desiring God
When Every Other Word Fails – David Mathis
Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come! (Revelation 4:8) What, if anything, might you say when you stand for the first…
Why We Long for Intimacy with God – Ed Welch
We often think of relationships in terms of distance. They can be close or distant. To be human is to be close to the ones we love. I consider it…
How Do I Know If I’m Doing Enough for God? – John Piper
Before you get overwhelmed by all of the Bible’s commands, remember your right standing with God and focus first on the anchors of faithful obedience. Listen Now
What Does He See in Her? The Church in the Eyes of Christ – Marshall Segal
How we think and feel about the church reveals how much we really know the heart of Christ. When we first heard the gospel, many of us were told, perhaps…
Seeing the World in Black and White: How Much Do Assumptions Divide Us? – Greg Morse
After watching the George Floyd video and seeing the ensuing destruction to our city, the four walls of the house began to feel suffocating. I needed to go for a…
Why Do I Need to Be Saved? – John Piper
At the cross, God not only clears a path for sinners to himself. He also vindicates his righteousness after passing over centuries of sin. Listen Now
Ministry Belongs to the Members: How God Uses Ordinary Saints – Sam Emadi
American evangelicals have developed a rather unhelpful way of speaking about vocational gospel work. We use idioms like “going into the ministry” to describe full-time pastoral employment — as if…
Election Silences Pride and Awakens Praise: Ephesians 1:3–6, Part 9 – John Piper
God chose his people in his Son, before the foundation of the world, to put an end to all boasting and to secure eternal praise of the glory of his…
Why Does ‘Atonement’ Disappear in the New Testament? – John Piper
The word “atonement” appears all over the ESV’s translation of the Old Testament, but never in the New. Didn’t Jesus make atonement for our sins? Listen Now