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

Sep 1, 2022 • 11min
Why Bread and Wine? Enjoying the Meal Above All Meals
Scott Hubbard | If you want to taste more of Jesus’s love in the Lord’s Supper, take a closer look at the meaning of the bread and the wine.

Aug 31, 2022 • 9min
Be Comforted in Your Smallness
Joe Rigney | Does one of your callings in life feel overwhelming? Let C.S. Lewis help you take comfort in your smallness.

Aug 28, 2022 • 11min
Breakfast of Pastors: How God Feeds and Keeps Spiritual Leaders
David Mathis | How do you find your legs for life and leadership each day? God has given us a golden, well-worn, surprisingly ancient path for daily stability, clarity, and strength.

Aug 25, 2022 • 11min
A Little Theology of Dinosaurs
Scott Hubbard | If dinosaurs could preach, what might they say? Trust the God of wisdom. Fear the God of power. Praise the God of wonders.

Aug 22, 2022 • 11min
O Beard, Where Art Thou?
Greg Morse | Beards are no prerequisite for godly manhood. In days like ours, though, they can be a symbol for it.

Aug 21, 2022 • 10min
The Spiritual Gift of a Closed Door: How Waiting Serves Ministry
Marshall Segal | Why might God give a man an ambition to lead, and the character to lead, and yet withhold certain opportunities to lead? Because unwanted waiting can be some of the best preparation for ministry.

Aug 19, 2022 • 12min
Other Billy Graham ‘Rules’? The Modesto Proposal
David Mathis | The infamous “Billy Graham Rule” is not actually a rule, but a resolution — and just one of four that the evangelist made in 1948.

Aug 17, 2022 • 12min
What Does Disunity Say? Three Common Types of Division
Jon Bloom | Not all divisions are created equal in the church. Some arise from the flesh. Some enter through differences in maturity. Others are necessary to distinguish the false from the real.

Aug 15, 2022 • 12min
Our Gentle and Terrifying God: How Justice Holds Out Mercy
Marshall Segal | We will not feel the full weight of God’s mercy toward us if we downplay or ignore the fury of his justice.

Aug 14, 2022 • 10min
Martyr or Madman? The Unnerving Faith of Ignatius
Greg Morse | What person would not only submit to martyrdom, but would embrace it, relish it, and even eagerly long for it? Ignatius of Antioch.