When we pray, should we direct our prayers to the Father, to the Son, or to the Holy Spirit? From one of our live events, R.C. Sproul addresses how we…
Category: THEOLOGY
Did Abraham Laugh at God’s Promise? – John Piper
Paul looks back to Abraham and celebrates his unwavering faith. But is Abraham’s laughter at God’s promise in Genesis 17 really a faithful response? Listen Now Read More Desiring God
Four Defining Moments for Young Marriages – Dave Harvey
In Charles Dickens’s classic Great Expectations, Pip meets the cruel and contemptuous Estella, who tortures him throughout the novel with unrequited love. But Pip doesn’t really love Estella. He loves…
The Christian’s Duty to Hold Firm
The nineteenth-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for his declaration that “God is dead.” That brief dictum does not give the whole story. According to Nietzsche, the cause of the…
Hymn: “For All the Saints, Who from Their Labors Rest” by William Walsham How
For all the saints, who from their labors rest,Who thee by faith before the world confessed,Thy name, O Jesus, be forever bless’d.Alleluia, alleluia! Thou wast their rock, their refuge, and…
How We Take God’s Name in Vain: The Wonder and Warning of the Third Commandment – John Piper
The language in the Ten Commandments is countercultural, counterintuitive, offensive, and shocking to anyone who has not embraced the God-centeredness of God. We might summarize the first two commandments like…
The Socratic Method
To this day, many gifted teachers use the Socratic method to lead their students into greater understanding. In this brief clip, R.C. Sproul considers how the ancient philosopher Socrates can…
God Has Not Forgotten You – Vaneetha Rendall Risner
“God has not forgotten you.” As I heard those words, I was flooded with emotion. I hadn’t realized how much I needed them. As tears streamed down my face, I…
The Crescendo of Our Peace with God: Ephesians 2:14–18, Part 5 – John Piper
The crescendo of our salvation is that, together with the rest of God’s people, we have God as our Father. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
Hymn: “There Were Ninety and Nine” by Elizabeth C. Clephane
There were ninety and nine that safely layIn the shelter of the fold,But one was out on the hills away,Far off from the gates of gold—Away on the mountains wild…