Messages by Desiring God

To try to explain the change from Paul's pre-conversion persecution to his post-conversion passion for the gospel merely by the work of men is to grasp at a straw.

There is one, and only one, gospel. It is therefore astonishing — and tragic — to turn away from it and lose both God and his grace.

The freest people in the world are those who submit most fully to the authority of Christ in Scripture.

Jesus makes it clear that eternal life hangs on whether we are ready when he comes.

The essence of lukewarmness is the statement, "I need nothing." The lukewarm are spiritually self-satisfied.

The point of Hosea is that God exalts his mercy by not giving up on his promiscuous wife.

Christ came at Christmas to build a bridge across the chasm of sin to eternal life, but the name of the bridge is purity. Christmas is for purity.

God uses little towns, youngest sons, and slingshots to magnify his self-sufficient and most magnificent glory.

The fountain of forgiveness has been opened for you. And if you cleanse yourself through faith in that fountain, all the subsequent promises to God's people are yours.

Nothing you do is a trifle if you do it in the name of God. He will shake heaven and earth to fill your labor with splendor.