Articles by Desiring God

Desiring God
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Apr 27, 2022 • 11min

How to Entertain the Holy Spirit

Scott Hubbard | How do we show hospitality to the Holy Spirit? We hear his voice, heed his motions, hate his enemies, and receive his grace.
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Apr 26, 2022 • 12min

Me, Myself, and Lies: The Spiritual Dangers of Isolation

Marshall Segal | One of Satan’s favorite strategies is isolation, and smartphones and social media have made his work that much easier.
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Apr 21, 2022 • 9min

Invisible and Unmistakable: How Scripture Pictures the Holy Spirit

Joe Rigney | If you want to understand the Holy Spirit better, you can begin by grasping the images of the Spirit given in Scripture: wind and breath, spirit and river, oil and bird.
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Apr 20, 2022 • 15min

All-Sufficient, All-Satisfying: What Saving Faith Sees in Christ

John Piper | How does saving faith honor Christ? By seeing him as not only all-sufficient, but all-satisfying. Not only efficacious, but glorious. Not only trustworthy, but a treasure.
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Apr 18, 2022 • 10min

The Love in His Grief: How the Spirit Responds to Our Sin

Greg Morse | The Spirit can be grieved with us. But if we are in Christ, the Spirit will never leave us.
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Apr 17, 2022 • 11min

The Son Must Rise: What Made Easter Inevitable

David Mathis | Jesus did not merely rise from the dead — he had to rise from the dead. His resurrection was not optional. Do you know why?
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Apr 15, 2022 • 11min

Behold the Man Upon the Cross

Jon Bloom | Why do Christians call this Friday, of all Fridays, good? Because we would have no good apart from the horrors of the cross.
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Apr 14, 2022 • 9min

When the Dawn Seems to Die: How Jesus Keeps Us from Falling Away

Scott Hubbard | When hope flees, and faith feels weak, and the dawn seems to die, what will keep us from falling away? Jesus prays for us.
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Apr 11, 2022 • 7min

I Have No Good Apart from You: Prayer of the Satisfied Heart

Joe Rigney | Many of us struggle to experience contentment because we look for it in the wrong places. The satisfied heart prays, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
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Apr 10, 2022 • 19min

The Best Sermon for Marriage: Seven Lessons for Lasting Love

Marshall Segal | The best marriages take their cues not only from the romance of the Song of Solomon, but from the daily, unspectacular faithfulness of the Sermon on the Mount.

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