
Articles by Desiring God
Articles from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Latest episodes

Feb 5, 2023 • 13min
Christ Did Not Please Himself: The Joy of Bearing with Others’ Failings
David Mathis | Christians know ourselves called to love (and keep loving) difficult people. Fewer of us may realize that this hard path is also the path of joy.

Feb 3, 2023 • 12min
Every Marriage Needs a Mission: Three Steps for Husbands
Scott Hubbard | How can a husband lead his marriage into God-glorifying mission? He might begin by taking three modest steps: dream, draw, and do.

Jan 26, 2023 • 15min
Does Technology Help or Hurt Dating?
Marshall Segal | Technology can help dating relationships, and technology can hurt them. Unfortunately, many assume the former, while living the latter.

Jan 23, 2023 • 15min
Be Still, My Soul: A Hymn for the Hardest Losses
Jon Bloom | Some three centuries ago, a hymn appeared that has comforted countless hearts in the deepest pain of grief and loss: “Be Still, My Soul.”

Jan 22, 2023 • 9min
The Light and Momentary Success of the Wicked
Joe Rigney | Many see how the wicked prosper and abandon the costly path of faith and godliness. If only they could see where each path leads.

Jan 20, 2023 • 11min
How Not to Pray: Learning from Pharisees and Pagans
Greg Morse | The look-at-me prayer of the Pharisee and the say-more prayer of the pagan both find their cure in the simple Godward sincerity of the Lord’s Prayer.

Jan 19, 2023 • 14min
The Spiritual Power of Staying Put: Why Christians Are Slow to Leave
Scott Hubbard | In one sense, it’s never been easier to move — to find a new job, a new home, a new church. In another sense, it’s never been better to stay.

Jan 17, 2023 • 11min
Lovers of Good: Eyes of Hope in a World Gone Bad
David Mathis | Christians believe in good. They look for good. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good.

Jan 15, 2023 • 11min
Forgive Me and Help Me Forgive: The Lord’s Prayer for Daily Sin
Marshall Segal | Many Christians pray at every meal and often thank God for giving them daily bread. But how many pray as often about forgiveness?

Jan 12, 2023 • 12min
Begin Where You Are: How to Renew Your Prayer Life
Joe Rigney | C.S. Lewis wrote a book on prayer in which he pens four words that might change your prayer life: “Begin where you are.”