Articles by Desiring God

Desiring God
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Dec 25, 2021 • 13min

The Most Stubborn Day of the Year: Why the World Stops for Christmas

David Mathis | Two thousand years later, no single day marks as many calendars, determines as many schedules, pauses as many businesses, and draws together friends and families like Christmas.
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Dec 24, 2021 • 12min

He Is, He Was, He Will Be: Adoring the Alpha and Omega

Jon Bloom | Who is this baby born in Bethlehem? He is Alpha and Omega. He is the beginning and the end. He is the great I Am.
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Dec 23, 2021 • 10min

Christmas with an Empty Chair: When the Holiday Just Isn’t the Same

Greg Morse | We need not hide or suppress the pain of loss at Christmas. God means for the pain to deepen our joy and hope in him.
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Dec 19, 2021 • 9min

The Wedding at the End of Marriage

Marshall Segal | Marriage doesn’t exist just to remedy the loneliness of singleness; marriage exists to tell us that we need Jesus.
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Dec 16, 2021 • 10min

Our Tongues (and Fingers) of Fire: What Words Reveal About Us

Jon Bloom | Some wear their hearts on their sleeve — but we all wear our hearts in our words. If you want to know the condition of your own heart, listen carefully to what you say.
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Dec 13, 2021 • 10min

Worthless Conversation: How God Weighs Our Words

Greg Morse | Few thoughts should make us slower to speak than this one: on judgment day, every word we speak will stand before the throne of God.
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Dec 12, 2021 • 9min

A Son Worthy to Be King

Scott Hubbard | Many expected the coming Christ to be the Son of David. No one expected that he also would be David’s Lord.
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Dec 9, 2021 • 14min

The Perils of a Passive Man

Marshall Segal | Sin in men can open the door to passivity — and passivity opens the door to more sin.
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Dec 6, 2021 • 20min

Who Wrote Hebrews? Exploring a New Testament Mystery

David Mathis | Of the New Testament’s 27 books, we know who the author was for 26 of them. What can we say about the unnamed, unknown author of Hebrews?
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Dec 5, 2021 • 7min

More Shocking Than Christ: Why We Call Jesus Lord

Joe Rigney | When the New Testament writers call Jesus “Lord,” they often mean much more than “ruler” or “king.” They mean Yahweh himself.

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