

Articles by Desiring God
Desiring God
Articles from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
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Apr 6, 2024 • 13min
Wrap Your Soul in Truth: Under-Armor for Spiritual War
David Mathis | Christians are people of the truth — lovers of the truth, speakers of the truth, armored in the truth, as we follow Truth himself.

Apr 3, 2024 • 14min
To War, to Christ, to Glory
Greg Morse | If God is for us in spiritual war, then who can stand against us? Rise up, men of the cross, sisters of the crown, soldiers of Christ.

Mar 31, 2024 • 12min
Risen to Love His Own: The Surprising Mercies of Easter
Scott Hubbard | On the first Easter, Jesus surprised our sorrow with joy, our guilt with forgiveness, our confusion with clarity. And so he still surprises today.

Mar 30, 2024 • 14min
Life Is for Living
Greg Morse | How needful is it to know our end before we get there? How priceless to feel our fleetness before our ship sails?

Mar 29, 2024 • 12min
Good Friday for Bad People
Marshall Segal | Good Friday bids us to stop and remember just how sinful we were — just how bleak it was for us before that darkest day in history.

Mar 28, 2024 • 12min
Bring Your Grief to Gethsemane: The Healing Wounds of Maundy Thursday
David Mathis | Tonight is not first about our griefs. But as we draw near to the sorrows of Jesus, we do indeed find comfort for every grief — and grace for every sin.

Mar 23, 2024 • 11min
What (Not) to Preach: How to Build and Cut a Sermon
David Mathis | After a preacher has wrestled for days, even weeks, with a sermon text, and wrestled hard with the needs of his particular people, he can ask, Which glories here am I most excited to preach?

Mar 20, 2024 • 11min
Restore My Soul: In Pursuit of Personal Revival
Scott Hubbard | Follow Christ long enough, and you’ll find yourself in some spiritual valley, in desperate need of renewal. When you do, follow the map God has drawn for us: Remember. Return. Remove. Restore.

Mar 16, 2024 • 12min
Sin Won’t Comfort You: How Satan Tempts the Hurting
Marshall Segal | The “comforts” of sin may seem safer and more appealing in the fires of your trials, but they will only make your pain that much worse.

Mar 13, 2024 • 13min
Revival in the Making: God’s Central Means for Spiritual Renewal
David Mathis | Seeming revivals come and go, but genuine, God-wrought awakenings share one vital ingredient: they are centered on the word of God.


