

Articles by Desiring God
Desiring God
Articles from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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Feb 10, 2024 • 15min
Hell Can Heal Any Bitterness: Finding Peace in God’s Vengeance
Marshall Segal | Forgiveness may feel impossible right now, but you can find peace, even pursue peace, by learning to trust God and his coming, perfect justice.

Feb 7, 2024 • 13min
Hell Is for Real
Greg Morse | If we really believed in hell — in eternal, conscious torment — might we have more courage to tell people about Jesus?

Feb 5, 2024 • 11min
Hand Back the Fruit: Trusting God with the Mysteries of Evil
Jon Bloom | How can we respond when faced with profound and seemingly senseless evil? We can begin by cultivating the spiritual discipline of handing the fruit back to God.

Feb 3, 2024 • 12min
Hell Should Unsettle Christians: Embracing the Most Emotionally Difficult Doctrine
David Mathis | Eternal conscious punishment may be the most emotionally difficult doctrine to affirm in our day. How do we handle the existential angst that hell creates?

Feb 2, 2024 • 11min
When This Season Ends: How to Let Good Things Go
Scott Hubbard | Many of us try to make the best parts of this life last forever. But God made our best seasons short to prepare us for a better season that will never end.

Jan 31, 2024 • 13min
Prayers of the Apocalypse
Greg Morse | The Bible tells us that the prayers of the saints will usher in the end of the world. What will those kinds of prayers be like, and how will they come true?

Jan 28, 2024 • 11min
Respectable Drunkenness: Subtle Ways to Numb a Soul
Marshall Segal | Many of us who never abuse alcohol still experience a kind of respectable drunkenness, an indulgence in something good that dulls our hearts to God.

Jan 27, 2024 • 15min
Start the Day Happy in God: The Lost Art of Bible Meditation
David Mathis | Getting our hearts happy in God can be hard work, but our Lord loves to meet us and warm us as we put away excuses and train our souls for true delight.

Jan 24, 2024 • 13min
What Makes a Woman Beautiful? A Guide for Young Men
Scott Hubbard | Men of the world may chase physical beauty no matter where it leads — to bed, to idols, to ruin. But beauty without discretion is a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

Jan 20, 2024 • 9min
The Joy of Being Left Behind: Releasing Children to Follow Jesus
Jon Bloom | When our children go far from home to follow Jesus, we have an opportunity for paradoxical joy. We can join the happy fellowship of the left behind.