

Articles by Desiring God
Desiring God
Articles from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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Nov 11, 2021 • 11min
Take the Hill: How Mission Brings Men Together
Greg Morse | The apostle Paul labored shoulder to shoulder with men in such a way that he could call them “fellow soldiers.” Do we have such men beside us?

Nov 10, 2021 • 13min
Kindness in a World Gone Mad
David Mathis | It’s only human to respond in kind. But Christ calls his church to something more: respond in kindness.

Nov 8, 2021 • 10min
Food Rules: How God Reshapes Our Appetites
Scott Hubbard | Some indulge their appetites, some deny their appetites, and some learn to follow Jesus in directing their appetites.

Nov 7, 2021 • 13min
Courage for Normal Christians
Joe Rigney | Courage is not the character trait of super-Christians; it is the God-empowered gift of every child of God.

Nov 5, 2021 • 14min
What Love Is Not: Four Ways We Avoid the Costs
Marshall Segal | What if we fail to love because we fail to see what love is? God shows us four subtle counterfeits we often seek.

Nov 4, 2021 • 9min
Laziness Ruins Happiness: What Makes Diligence a Virtue
Jon Bloom | Diligence is not just about our self-discipline, our self-esteem, or our self-satisfaction. Diligence is about our joy in God.

Nov 3, 2021 • 10min
Two Truths About the One Percent: How Important Is Corporate Worship?
David Mathis | The Sunday gathering may be the most important hour of the week, but it is also only one in 168. We are the church every hour of every day.

Nov 2, 2021 • 9min
Sin Is Not Who You Are
Greg Morse | If you could see yourself how God sees you in Christ, you would have all you need to overcome any temptation.

Oct 31, 2021 • 17min
The Reformation of English: How Tyndale’s Bible Transformed Our Language
Scott Hubbard | Not only did William Tyndale bring the word of God into English, but he brought English into the form we know and use today.

Oct 28, 2021 • 15min
A Strange and Holy Calm: Holding Our Peace in an Age of Outbursts
David Mathis | If God, by all accounts and remembrances, is indeed slow to anger, how can his people not seek to be like him?


