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

Jan 5, 2025 • 10min
Never Too Busy to Pray
Scott Hubbard | In a world of urgent needs, urgent demands, and urgent responsibilities, one priority is more urgent than them all: prayer.

Jan 1, 2025 • 12min
Outpray God’s Goodness
Greg Morse | Our God is not just a hearing God, nor even an answering God, but a God able to do infinitely above the tallest ask. This year, pray to this God.

Dec 31, 2024 • 13min
How Healthy Is Your Soul? Six Questions for a New Year
Scott Hubbard | Unless we keep our hearts with all vigilance, they won’t be kept. So, on the cusp of a new year, how warm is your heart toward Jesus?

Dec 27, 2024 • 16min
Holy Bravery: How Christian Men Act Like Men
Greg Morse | In an age that suppresses God’s design for men and women, what does it mean to act like a man?

Dec 25, 2024 • 11min
Famous for His Grace: How Christmas Makes Us Family
John Piper | Because of Christmas, we get adopted, and God gets acclaim. We become his family, and he becomes famous for his grace.

Dec 22, 2024 • 8min
He Came to a World at War: O King of Nations
David Mathis | Real peace during the holidays may seem like a far-off dream, but remember, the one who came will come again, and establish himself as King of Peace.

Dec 18, 2024 • 8min
He Came to a World in Darkness: O Day-Spring
Jon Bloom | When the Son of God was born, the light of the world dawned on us. He broke upon a world in darkness and lit up the shadows of our hearts.

Dec 15, 2024 • 7min
He Came to a World Barred from Heaven: O Key of David
Greg Morse | A locked door needs a key to open. And the bolted gate of Eden, keeping men from God, demanded the strongest key heaven could offer: Jesus Christ.

Dec 6, 2024 • 10min
Why Your Life Isn’t Working
Greg Morse | Though God made us for more, we often live caged in our own choices. Yet he bids us, “Come and be free.”

Dec 3, 2024 • 10min
Light and Warmth in Winter: Three Glories of His Advent
David Mathis | The prophet Micah took a piercing glimpse across the centuries to see a child emerging in Bethlehem, arriving from ancient times, and rising in strength to shepherd God’s people.