Messages by Desiring God
Desiring God
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Episodes
Mentioned books
May 31, 2017 • 57min
Did Christ Die for Us or for God?
We often live as though we are God, but biblical thinking assumes that God is the center of all reality.
May 30, 2017 • 1h 4min
Christ’s Urgent Call: Don’t Waste Your Life
Christ calls us to live and die in such a way that we magnify his worth. Anything less is a wasted life.
May 28, 2017 • 43min
God’s Purposes in a World of Pain
Pain and suffering exist to make plain the horrors of the sinful heart and the wonders of the sovereign Christ.
May 28, 2017 • 58min
The Tipping Point of Sacrificial Missions: The Overflow of Joy in Jesus
Only a love sustained by genuine joy in God will propel us to take the gospel to the hardest places in the world.
May 25, 2017 • 1h 8min
The Gospel-Shaped Mouth: Preaching the Glories of Christ
Genuine preaching aims to display the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
May 24, 2017 • 50min
The Gospel-Shaped Mind: Knowing the Glories of Christ
In the fight for faith, our minds serve our hearts. Right knowledge fuels true passion.
May 23, 2017 • 50min
The Gospel-Shaped Heart: Treasuring the Glories of Christ
The ultimate goal of the gospel is that God would be glorified in our enjoyment of him. God’s glory and our satisfaction are not two different ends, they’re one.
May 19, 2017 • 21min
Sacred Book, Sovereign God, Serious Joy: Why Study Liberal Arts in College
True Christian education prepares us to enjoy God and love our neighbors even more than it prepares us for the workforce.
May 12, 2017 • 25min
Sacred Schizophrenia: A Meditation on Self-Denial
The Christian life is a fight. But our deadliest enemy doesn’t attack us from the outside, but from within.
Apr 30, 2017 • 40min
Treasure God, Magnify Christ, Love People: The Way of Christian Hedonism
Real love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others, especially when it’s costly.
