Articles by Desiring God

Desiring God
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Jun 10, 2022 • 13min

Do unto Authors: Four Principles for Reading Well

Joe Rigney | The best readers gladly observe the Golden Rule: they read others as they would want to be read.
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Jun 8, 2022 • 13min

Your Darkness Is Not Dark to Him

Jon Bloom | The hardest part of many trials is how far away God can feel. But he’s not far at all, and if we trust him, he will, in time, flood our dark nights with light.
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Jun 6, 2022 • 9min

Because They Are No More

Greg Morse | If a pitiless culture will not mourn for the missing, she will.
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Jun 5, 2022 • 9min

Jesus Shall Reign: The Remarkable Story of the First Missionary Hymn

Scott Hubbard | On Pentecost 1862, some five thousand men and women, many of them former cannibals, gathered in the South Pacific to sing the hymn “Jesus Shall Reign.”
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Jun 3, 2022 • 9min

Your Home Is a Hallway Out of Hell

Marshall Segal | Those who have been invited into heaven become people who love to open their front doors. They know that ordinary hospitality is often how the lost are found.
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Jun 2, 2022 • 12min

How Did Jesus ‘Make Disciples’?

David Mathis | He didn’t just give the Great Commission; he lived the Great Commission. What might we learn from Jesus’s own life about what it means to “make disciples”?
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May 31, 2022 • 14min

How to Watch for Wolves: Three Signs of False Teachers

Jon Bloom | False teachers may look like sheep, talk like sheep, and even act like sheep for a time. But eventually, they will show themselves to be the wolves they are.
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May 29, 2022 • 12min

Seeing Is Not Believing: Why We Miss God in Daily Life

Greg Morse | Some imagine they would believe in God if he would simply write his message in the clouds. But what if he actually did?
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May 28, 2022 • 16min

Do Not Despise the Day of Small Groups: Four Marks of Daring Community

Scott Hubbard | Small groups may feel unremarkable, but again and again, God has struck revival with small matches. Here are four marks of the small but daring community.
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May 23, 2022 • 8min

The Psalms Know What You Feel

Marshall Segal | No matter what situation you’re in, the psalms know what you feel. And the psalms can help you feel as you ought.

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