If we want to follow Jesus, we will need to give up more than just sins. We will also need to give up everything that dulls our hearts for him.…
Category: Desiring God
How to Undermine Ethnic Harmony: Ephesians 2:14–18, Part 4 – John Piper
The fundamental problem in our societies is not strife between man and man but strife between God and man. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
The First and Most Broken Commandment – Sinclair Ferguson
John Newton — of “Amazing Grace” fame — once shrewdly wrote to a correspondent that a misunderstanding of the law of God lies at the root of most mistakes in…
Hope for Children from Dysfunctional Families – John Piper
How can children who come from dysfunctional or abusive families begin to embrace the perfect fatherhood of God? Listen Now Read More Desiring God
Where Do We Disagree? Golden Rule Reading and the Call for Empathy – Joe Rigney
Do you believe empathy can be spiritually dangerous? I do, and I have tried to explain why and how. And as I have, I have received some criticism (some of…
The Mouth of a Godly Man: Seven Lessons for What We Say – Marshall Segal
What if men in the church are more immature and less equipped because we’ve been expecting too little of them? What if we have simply failed to call them to…
Do Not Despise the Day of Small Things – Scott Hubbard
Christians worship a big God with a big mission that will one day reach this whole big world. Yet for all of his bigness, our God has a remarkable love…
How Does an Abolished Law Create Unity? Ephesians 2:14–18, Part 3 – John Piper
The reason that Jew and Gentile are now one new man in Christ is because the law has been abolished. What does that mean? Watch Now Read More Desiring God
Whose Commandments Are These? The Ten Words and the New Covenant – Thomas Schreiner
If most Christians were asked if they should keep the Ten Commandments, they would answer, “Of course!” Fundamentally, that answer is correct and reflects the wisdom of the ages, the…
How Does Chronic Pain Glorify God? – John Piper
Why might God allow his children to endure years, or even decades, of unremitting suffering? How does such chronic pain bring him glory? Listen Now Read More Desiring God