Articles by Desiring God

Desiring God
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Feb 17, 2023 • 12min

Move the Body, Renew the Mind: A Christian Use for Exercise

David Mathis | To think seriously about Christ and his word, you will need to push your brain. And if you want to push your brain, you may need to push your body.
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Feb 15, 2023 • 12min

Friends Who Fell Away: When Apostasy Comes Close to Home

Greg Morse | They sang with us in church, confessed to be Christ’s, renounced the world and Satan — and later walked away. How can we make sense of such painful apostasies?
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Feb 12, 2023 • 12min

Suffering Proves We Are Real

Marshall Segal | No one asks for suffering. But when it comes through the hands of our wise and loving Father, we can do more than tolerate it. We can rejoice, even in this.
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Feb 10, 2023 • 9min

The Living God: What Makes Him Different and Satisfying

Joe Rigney | Have you considered how wonderful it is to draw near to the God who now and always lives?
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Feb 9, 2023 • 11min

Faith in the Wilderness of Waiting

Scott Hubbard | The gnawing ache of hopes unmet and prayers unanswered tries our faith. But God is with us in our waiting. None who trust in him to the end will be disappointed.
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Feb 6, 2023 • 12min

Beneath the Mountain of Smoke: Recovering the Awe of Worship

Greg Morse | Does Sunday morning feel like a gathering before almighty God? We can far too easily lose sight of what we’re doing when we come together to worship.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”

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