Articles by Desiring God

Desiring God
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Sep 1, 2024 • 13min

Ten Sweeter, Stronger Looks: How Examining Self Illuminates Christ

Scott Hubbard | Godly introspection is a road, not a room, that ever takes us to the same glorious place: Jesus. And some of the best sights of Christ come at the end of that road.
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Aug 31, 2024 • 13min

Our Most Important Citizenship: Four Checks for ‘World Christians’

David Mathis | Have the world’s patterns and “cultural moments” dulled the global scope and Great-Commission interests of your faith?
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Aug 27, 2024 • 11min

To Gain the World and Lose Your Soul

Greg Morse | There is one item in the world that has no fair trade — the soul. And yet, how many trade the most priceless thing they own to gain mere trifles?
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Aug 24, 2024 • 11min

If the Men Aren’t Singing: Five Questions for Worship Leaders

Jon Bloom | God made men to sing. But sometimes, our lyrics miss their hearts, our keys miss their registers, and as a result, our churches miss their voices.
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Aug 20, 2024 • 12min

If You Confess: How to Bring Your Sins to God

Scott Hubbard | How can we confess our sins in a way that pleases God? Heed God’s fatherly hand, honestly name your sins, embrace God’s free forgiveness, and walk away glad in him.
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Aug 17, 2024 • 14min

Love Her Less to Love Her More: The Dangers of Idolizing a Wife

Greg Morse | A husband loves his wife as she ought to be loved — he loves her best — only when he loves her as his wife and not as his god.
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Aug 10, 2024 • 12min

‘Abraham, Take Your Son’: Wrestling with God’s Unsettling Test

Jon Bloom | God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son. How do we know he won’t call us to do the same today?
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Aug 6, 2024 • 11min

Facing a Task Unfinished: A Battle-Hymn for Mission

Greg Morse | The Great Commission remains an unfinished task, and yet how many feel any urgency to see it completed?
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Aug 3, 2024 • 14min

Live a Larger Life: An Invitation to World Christianity

Scott Hubbard | Are you a world Christian serving a worldwide Lord? Jesus sends us outside of ourselves, our families, and our comforts to care about the nations he came to save.
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Jul 30, 2024 • 12min

‘Be Perfect’? The Holiness God Requires of Us

Jon Bloom | “Be perfect,” Jesus tells us in his Sermon on the Mount. But what kind of perfection does he expect while we still deal with indwelling sin?

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