

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

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.

Jun 6, 2022 • 9min
Because They Are No More
Greg Morse | If a pitiless culture will not mourn for the missing, she will.

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.”

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.

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”?

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.

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?

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.

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.


