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Messages by Desiring God

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May 29, 2024 • 1h 9min

When God Listens: His Ear and Our Access

David Mathis | When we stop and look, we find that we know a lot more about Jesus’s spiritual disciplines than we might think. What can we learn from the prayer life of the Savior?
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May 22, 2024 • 59min

How Church Rescues: Christ’s Body as His Means

David Mathis | When we think of spiritual disciplines, we might immediately think of our time alone with God, but the Christian faith is a community project. We all need the body of Christ.
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May 15, 2024 • 50min

Where Jesus Travels: Introducing the Means of Grace

David Mathis | Whomever God justifies, he also sanctifies. What means has he given us to keep growing in holiness?
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Apr 14, 2024 • 34min

The Safest Soul in All the World: Rejoicing in the Risen Christ

David Mathis | The safest soul in all the universe is the one that rejoices in the risen Christ. God will never destroy those who delight in his Son.
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Apr 7, 2024 • 44min

Where Does Technology Come From? 2024 Scudder Lecture

Tony Reinke | How should Christians orient toward technology? Should we ignore it, embrace it, be suspicious of it, or shun it altogether?
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Mar 31, 2024 • 44min

Before Division Comes: A Playbook for Pastoral Unity

David Mathis | Even among pastor-elder teams, conflict comes. Disagreements are inevitable. How then might we navigate conflict with a constant eye toward God-honoring unity?
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Mar 28, 2024 • 14min

The Word of God Kept Him: Funeral Message for Sidney Boyd (1948–2023)

Why do God’s people wake up as believers day after day until they die? Because the same word that made us goes on keeping us to the end.
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Mar 20, 2024 • 40min

Live Like Death Is Gain

Marshall Segal discusses making Jesus look good in life and death by enjoying Him above all else. Topics include finding joy in challenges, viewing death as gain, living for Christ, laboring for others' faith, the power of prayer, and embracing death as gain.
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Mar 17, 2024 • 35min

The Thickest Joy on Earth: Why We Love Philippians

David Mathis | Why do so many Christians love the book of Philippians? Among other reasons, because the letter is brief, accessible, memorable, and teeming with joy.
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Mar 10, 2024 • 59min

The Most Important People in the World: Why Christians Prioritize the Church

David Mathis | The Father prioritizes the church by choosing her, the Son prioritizes her by purchasing and purifying her, and the Spirit prioritizes her in his power. So, how do we prioritize the church?

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