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David Mathis | There is no greater aspiration than to give glory to God. This is what we were made for. But what exactly does it mean to give God glory?
Greg Morse | How does a Christian come into being? Is conversion merely a human decision to follow Christ, or does something far more radical happen?
Greg Morse | Even David, the man after God’s own heart, struggled with doubts. What wisdom can we glean from him to help us when faith falters?
David Mathis | God is sovereign. Man is responsible. How do these two plain biblical truths fit together in everyday life?
Scott Hubbard | On any given Sunday, God can change a life forever. So, lift your voice with confidence, pastor, and do not grow weary in doing good.
Greg Morse | Men tempted by the love of comfort can learn much from the courage of Nehemiah. Knowing who he was and whose he was steeled him for the work.
Greg Morse | The world may look tame, but if you learn to see what cannot be seen, a war rages all around, a war for the world, a war waged by devils and won by Christ.
Scott Hubbard | When you face temptation, do you ever remind yourself that you have a soul — a soul immortal yet perishable, a soul only Christ can satisfy?
David Mathis | The life of faith may seem more difficult in a secular age, but Christians have always had a far different vision from the world’s — and a far deeper joy.
Greg Morse | The story of Scripture records one long bloody battle between Satan and the seed of the woman. What would it take to end such a war? Christ on a cross.
Scott Hubbard | God not only gives us good, richly and continually, and he not only works our good, always and in everything, but he is himself our greatest good, now and forever.
Greg Morse | On Easter Sunday, fantasy became reality, legend became history, mythology became fact. Jesus rose as the hero of the best tale ever told.
David Mathis | After the horrors of Good Friday, a glimmer of hope appears for those with eyes to see through the sobs: the stunning provision of a garden tomb.
Gerrit Scott Dawson | John and Mary stayed near the cross until the very end. How might our love for Jesus deepen if we imagine ourselves standing with them?
Clinton Manley | Scripture tells a story of two gardens. On this Holy Thursday, what fruit might we glean by comparing Eden and Gethsemane?
Scott Hubbard | When a woman poured out a year’s worth of perfume upon Jesus, some saw loss, but he saw love. Some called it waste, but he called it worship.
Marshall Segal | Jesus lived a lonely life, and died a far lonelier death, so that all of those who trust in him might never be truly alone.
David Mathis | By riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus found the perfect way to say, “I am the long-expected King, but not like you expect. I am not just anointed but will be afflicted.”
David Mathis | When God laughs, he reminds us that he never worries, he never fears, and he is never under threat. The holy laughter of God puts his people at ease, and calls us to happily trust in him.
Greg Morse | Men, do you have friends — not mere acquaintances you shake hands with once a week, but brothers who labor and laugh and live with you? You need such men.
Greg Morse | Sitting down to watch a movie or a show is not the time to turn your brain off. Mindless entertainment in a fallen world will lead to a mind filled with lies.
Scott Hubbard | Men may lead the corporate gathering on Sunday morning, but without the every-day ministry of both men and women, our churches wither.
Greg Morse | Is it wrong to apologize before a sermon for a sore throat, lack of prep, or other weakness? What might the impulse reveal about the preacher’s heart?
Greg Morse | Young man, do you feel an urgency to be fruitful in ministry? If so, cultivate deep roots. Holiness and happiness in God precede lasting fruitfulness for God.
David Mathis | God made men and women with both obvious and subtle differences — and these are features, not bugs. God delights in his good design, and invites us to do the same.
Greg Morse | When King Jesus issued his Great Commission to go, the command was neither easy nor optional. Has your Christianity been too quiet?
David Mathis | What role does your physical body play in the fight for spiritual joy? Sleep, diet, and exercise are friends, not foes, if we use them rightly.
Scott Hubbard | Sometimes, the solution to our spiritual struggles is less spiritual than we thought. God’s world, and not just his word, may hold the remedy we need.
Greg Morse | The pastorate is a manly vocation — one that no man should do alone. Pastors need the Spirit of courage, power, love, and self-control.
David Mathis | “More blessed to give than to receive.” These simple words from Jesus can transform burdensome requests into happy opportunities to get more from God as we give to others.
Greg Morse | The miserable Christian is a billboard for Satan. If those who know God toil on, sorrowful and never rejoicing, God appears a very poor treasure indeed.
John Piper | The enemies to our joy in God are many, but so are the weapons he has given for the fight — including his promise to help us prevail.
David Mathis | God may make believers in a moment, but he makes preachers over a lifetime. If you desire to preach, but doubt your present ability, envision the long arc, and seek to make progress over decades.
Greg Morse | When it comes to getting married, Martin Luther does not mince words: “Stop thinking about it and go to it right merrily.” Young men, God helping you, find a wife.
David Mathis | Our God is a great King, whom we approach with awe. And he is our Father, whom we run to with confidence. How does Christian prayer balance this paradox?
Marshall Segal | God is looking for people who pray to him in need and in plenty, in the wilderness and in paradise, in desperate dependence and in adoring delight.
Scott Hubbard | In a world of urgent needs, urgent demands, and urgent responsibilities, one priority is more urgent than them all: prayer.
Greg Morse | Our God is not just a hearing God, nor even an answering God, but a God able to do infinitely above the tallest ask. This year, pray to this God.
Scott Hubbard | Unless we keep our hearts with all vigilance, they won’t be kept. So, on the cusp of a new year, how warm is your heart toward Jesus?
Greg Morse | In an age that suppresses God’s design for men and women, what does it mean to act like a man?
John Piper | Because of Christmas, we get adopted, and God gets acclaim. We become his family, and he becomes famous for his grace.
David Mathis | Real peace during the holidays may seem like a far-off dream, but remember, the one who came will come again, and establish himself as King of Peace.
Jon Bloom | When the Son of God was born, the light of the world dawned on us. He broke upon a world in darkness and lit up the shadows of our hearts.
Greg Morse | A locked door needs a key to open. And the bolted gate of Eden, keeping men from God, demanded the strongest key heaven could offer: Jesus Christ.
Greg Morse | Though God made us for more, we often live caged in our own choices. Yet he bids us, “Come and be free.”
David Mathis | The prophet Micah took a piercing glimpse across the centuries to see a child emerging in Bethlehem, arriving from ancient times, and rising in strength to shepherd God’s people.
Scott Hubbard | From Eden to Advent, the world endured a long loneliness, exiled from God’s presence. But Christ came to bring us home, to end our exile, to be God with us without end.
Greg Morse | Some of the most important words on Sunday morning come from the pews. So, gather with your church not just to listen, but to speak.
Scott Hubbard | The healthiest Christians forget about themselves often. So, if you find yourself too focused on yourself, consider six modest steps toward joyful self-forgetfulness.
Greg Morse | Are you drowning in guilt over your sin? What can we do when our hearts condemn us and simply won’t relent?
Scott Hubbard | The offhand jab, the subtle snub, the thoughtless comment — within the body of Christ, offense is inevitable. How do we keep on overlooking and forgiving?
David Mathis | When you think of the church, do you fixate on present blemishes or remember the heart, and promises, of Christ? He knows her spots, and he keeps working to make her breathtaking.
Jon Bloom | The longings of the saints do not lessen with age — they get stronger. As the world wears thin and years grow long, wise souls want more of God.
Greg Morse | We marvel at many things — athletes, artists, nature. But what made Jesus marvel?
Marshall Segal | The banner flying over corporate worship is not “come and give” but “come and get.” Our first business each Sunday is to seek a happy soul in God.
Scott Hubbard | What if the worst happens? In Romans 8, the apostle Paul takes us to our darkest fears and inscribes above them all, “More than conquerors through him who loved us.”
Greg Morse | No matter how long you have lived in despair, nor how dark your heart has become, the dungeon that holds you has an escape.
David Mathis | When your eyes first open, what’s your first priority? Your burning need each day is to get your soul happy in God.
Greg Morse | Our lives often take strange turns. How good to know, then, that God can turn all the unplanned oddities of your life for your good and his glory.
Jon Bloom | Christians can only be so happy in this world. Even our best seasons are accompanied by groanings for a home beyond this world.
David Mathis | Christian, how often do you marvel that you have the Spirit of God in you? God with us has become God in us — empowering us, interceding for us, and testifying to us.
Scott Hubbard | Our Lord calls us to look within. Yet alongside healthy introspection are a dozen dangers — paths that will yield not more self-knowledge but rather more anxiety and fear.
Greg Morse | One day, every soul from every corner of creation will stand trial before the Judge of all. When that day comes, and your records are read, what will your plea be?
Marshall Segal | If you want to stabilize your soul, fortify your heart, and inflame your joy, then come walk the cliffs and peaks of the greatest of all chapters: Romans 8.
David Mathis | “You bring some strange things to our ears.” Some in Athens said it to the apostle Paul. Some in America will say it to faithful preachers today.
Greg Morse | One sound shakes the spheres, makes mountains tremble, puts enemy armies to flight, and echoes throughout the hosts of heaven — the laughter of God at his enemies.
John Piper | Luther didn’t stand alone 500 years ago. Nor does he stand alone today. We’ve created a 31-day journey to introduce you to the many heroes of the Reformation. Join us at desiringgod.org/stand.
Jon Bloom | Our lives are both shorter and harder than we expect. But for the believer, God designs these sorrows to teach us wisdom and hope.
Scott Hubbard | Christians are sojourners and exiles in this world — strangers. And to live up to that name, we need a community to help us stay faithfully strange.
Greg Morse | Even in the deadliest circumstances, David was a man on the hunt for beauty. In the end, he would discover that he did not hunt beauty as much as Beauty hunted him.
Marshall Segal | When you plan, do you acknowledge what you don’t know, admit what you can’t control, and ask God for help? If not, your plans may be well-laid but wicked.
David Mathis | Your soul is being conditioned every day for what you will delight in five years from now. Are you training yourself for delight in Jesus, or for indifference to him?
Jon Bloom | When we learn to number our days, we see just how brief life is — briefer than we tend to assume, and far too brief to waste.
Greg Morse | Christian, you are not a citizen of this world. You hope for a better home and greater reward. Does this hope help you flee from sin now?
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.
David Mathis | Have the world’s patterns and “cultural moments” dulled the global scope and Great-Commission interests of your faith?
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?
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.
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.
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.
Jon Bloom | God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son. How do we know he won’t call us to do the same today?
Greg Morse | The Great Commission remains an unfinished task, and yet how many feel any urgency to see it completed?
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.
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?
Greg Morse | We are a generation of first names, of forgotten pasts and rootless family trees. But in Christ, God empowers us to live for something bigger, greater, and far longer lasting.
Scott Hubbard | How can the present holiness of Christians bring God pleasure? Because true holiness, however imperfect, beats sin with God’s own pleasure in himself.
David Mathis | Nine times in rapid succession, Jesus invites us into the very happiness of God. Surprising as that may be, his conditions for entrance may shock us even more.
Greg Morse | Hebrews 13:17 offers a solemn and glorious charge to every pastor: keep watch over immortal souls as those who will give an account to Christ.
Greg Morse | The Christian life is one of fierce holiness. Christ calls us to hoist crosses, hack off limbs, gouge out eyes, contend for souls, and wage war against spiritual powers.
David Mathis | Lay God’s many pleasures side by side, and ask which one is his deepest delight. Across the scope of Scripture, one clear answer emerges.
Greg Morse | Do you know someone who is wandering away from Jesus? God may have a word for you in the final verses of James, a letter to spiritual wanderers.
David Mathis | At the founding, perhaps only as few as 10 percent of Americans were church members. So, what happened in the early 1800s, and what might we learn from it today?
Scott Hubbard | Children need to see a dad ambitious to spread God’s kingdom in the world. But with equal surety, children need to see a dad ambitious about being dad.
Greg Morse | In our overly sensitive society, have we lost the ability to talk to men like men?
Jon Bloom | A typical human life is a lot like grass — brief, quiet, and apparently ordinary. But one day we will see that no human life could ever be considered ordinary.
Greg Morse | Many hopes make death easier. Many give a sense of life well-lived. Many bring comfort. But only one hope will not prove flattering and false in the end.
Scott Hubbard | Many imagine the more options, the more happiness. But from the beginning, it was not so. God made us to find freedom in loyalty, blessing in being bound.
David Mathis | Magnifying Christ in our bodies depends, in part, on understanding the story of our bodies — how God redeems what sin has seized and fits our flesh for glory.
Jon Bloom | Don’t underestimate the impact a debilitated father can have on his children. Sometimes, the strength our kids need to see most comes through profound weakness.
Greg Morse | How might men of God live like the disentangled soldiers God calls us to be? We might learn from the example of a soldier slain for refusing to play civilian.
Scott Hubbard | If you want to assess the health of your faith, don’t simply consider your acts of religious worship. Consider the depth of your love for neighbors.
Greg Morse | Fathers give life through death. They lay themselves down to die, like seeds planted in the earth, trusting that God will grant a future harvest.
David Mathis | Are the Ten Commandments binding on Christians today? Pay careful attention to the words of Jesus, how he handles the Ten, and the greater authority he brings.
Jon Bloom | The longings we feel at the sight or sound of beauty point to something beyond the beauty itself. They point to the place and the person from which all the beauty comes.
Scott Hubbard | If we could imagine the coming glory of the Christians we know, we might find the grace we need today to remain patient with their slow growth.
David Mathis | For now, the church appears with spots and wrinkles and many blemishes. But the day is coming when Jesus will present her to himself in splendor — as the reflection of his own majesty.
Jon Bloom | Sometimes, the encouragement we need most is not tender but firm — not a shoulder to cry on, but someone to lovingly take us by the shoulders.
Scott Hubbard | Among the various ways we can describe a husband’s calling, one may help to capture our focus, and give us a lifetime of work: bring out your wife’s best.
Greg Morse | Many today downplay or dismiss the fear of God. But in one of the Bible’s most staggering promises, God names fear as one of the best gifts of the new covenant.
Jon Bloom | Like the older brother in Jesus’s parable, we can be lost in our moralism and condemned in our duties. He too needs to return home. Here is his story.
Greg Morse | If you want to discern your most vulnerable points of spiritual attack, try asking, “If I were Satan and wanted to destroy my soul, how would I do it?”
Scott Hubbard | Self-examination can leave us feeling lost in the mirror of me. But done rightly, self-examination can lead to health, freedom, and self-forgetful joy in Christ.
David Mathis | Every husband is a head, and every husband has a head: Jesus. And husbands lead best when they first know themselves weak and in need of his help.
Greg Morse | Hard and bitter thoughts about God reveal far more about us than about him. He is the good God, the wonderful God, far better than our best thoughts of him.
Scott Hubbard | In spiritual war, Christians do not simply hold fast or stand firm — we advance and march with our King, boldly sharing Christ with a lost world.
Greg Morse | Does the Christian life feel uncomfortably ordinary a lot of days? Come and remember the startling glory of this narrow, simple path.
Scott Hubbard | If God really is as sovereign as the Bible says, how should we live? His sovereignty invites us to pray more boldly, take greater risks, and draw even closer to heaven.
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.
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.
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.
Greg Morse | How needful is it to know our end before we get there? How priceless to feel our fleetness before our ship sails?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
David Mathis | Seeming revivals come and go, but genuine, God-wrought awakenings share one vital ingredient: they are centered on the word of God.
Marshall Segal | When the Holy Spirit fills a person, he brings supernatural, countercultural joy: joy that submits, joy that endures, joy that spreads, and joy that waits.
Scott Hubbard | Before you are called to pastor Christ’s church, practice serving her, loving her, edifying her. Let your favorite word while you wait be “progress.”
Jon Bloom | Why do earnest Christians long for revival? Because revival gives us more of our heart’s deepest desire and strongest delight: Jesus.
Greg Morse | Politeness and niceness are not the only categories of godly speech. Sometimes, the painful word is best, even if it incites offense.
Marshall Segal | If you want to assess the health of a soul, try asking these four questions from Tim Keller: Are you sailing? Are you rowing? Are you drifting? Or are you sinking?
Scott Hubbard | When Paul mentioned hell, he warned not only the lost, but believers. Why might that be, and should we be warning one another in the church today?
Greg Morse | God was happy before this world existed, and he’ll be happy long after it passes away. Have you been properly introduced to the happiness of heaven?
Marshall Segal | Forgiveness may feel impossible right now, but you can find peace, even pursue peace, by learning to trust God and his coming, perfect justice.
Greg Morse | If we really believed in hell — in eternal, conscious torment — might we have more courage to tell people about Jesus?
Jon Bloom | How can we respond when faced with profound and seemingly senseless evil? We can begin by cultivating the spiritual discipline of handing the fruit back to God.
David Mathis | Eternal conscious punishment may be the most emotionally difficult doctrine to affirm in our day. How do we handle the existential angst that hell creates?
Scott Hubbard | Many of us try to make the best parts of this life last forever. But God made our best seasons short to prepare us for a better season that will never end.
Greg Morse | The Bible tells us that the prayers of the saints will usher in the end of the world. What will those kinds of prayers be like, and how will they come true?
Marshall Segal | Many of us who never abuse alcohol still experience a kind of respectable drunkenness, an indulgence in something good that dulls our hearts to God.
David Mathis | Getting our hearts happy in God can be hard work, but our Lord loves to meet us and warm us as we put away excuses and train our souls for true delight.
Scott Hubbard | Men of the world may chase physical beauty no matter where it leads — to bed, to idols, to ruin. But beauty without discretion is a gold ring in a pig’s snout.
Jon Bloom | When our children go far from home to follow Jesus, we have an opportunity for paradoxical joy. We can join the happy fellowship of the left behind.
Marshall Segal | Sometimes the last three words in our prayers — in Jesus’s name — slowly lose their weight and meaning. Here are six reasons to slow down and savor them.
David Mathis | Teaching is the pastors’ first and greatest calling, but it’s not the only way we put God’s word to work. Paul gives us four ways to use Scripture in Christian ministry.
Greg Morse | If we let envy have its way with us, the gifts we have fuel pride and the gifts we don’t breed bitterness. How can we train our eyes with grace?
Scott Hubbard | If the apostle Paul joined our prayer circles, we might be surprised how different his prayers seem. We often focus on circumstances, but he takes aim at the heart.
Marshall Segal | His first cancer diagnosis sent Tim Keller on a quest to experience the awe and intimacy that God promises to those who pray. Twelve years later, he wrote the book on what he learned.
David Mathis | Resolved: to put the voice of Jesus first in 2024 — first in preference, first in practice, and first in priority.
Scott Hubbard | If you want to plan in a way that honors God, plan like a mortal. Plan like a child. Plan like a worshiper. Plan like a dreamer. Plan like a sub-planner.
Jon Bloom | Why do millions love to sing “Be Thou My Vision,” a hymn crafted from the words of an unknown poet? Because the lyrics paint the burning heart of a truly Christian life.
Greg Morse | While fewer today may realize it, mankind was born for poetry. We were made to find and savor the right words for unspeakable realities.
David Mathis | Majesty himself came at Christmas — but with no majesty that humans yet could see. But the one who came without splendor would soon come into unsurpassed majesty as the risen and reigning Messiah.
Marshall Segal | As you open your homes and presents this Christmas, make the feast as Christian as possible. Fix your eyes on the Son who came, and will come again.
Scott Hubbard | Past joys now gone can rob us of present happiness. But the wise of heart will thank God for what was, aching for what is still yet to come.
Greg Morse | If the spirits of the damned could visit our Christmas feasts and festive trees, what might they say of our holiday? A story from the Gospels gives us an idea.
Marshall Segal | God is the giver of every good thing you might lose, and he is the giver of every good thing you might crave. That makes gratitude a great weapon against temptation.
Jon Bloom | “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” What might it look like for us to actually show that kind of love to our neighbors this Christmas?
Greg Morse | “This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope.” In the darkness of suffering, light often dawns when we pause, remember, and call to mind our Lord.
Scott Hubbard | The history of Christmas is darker and more unruly than you might think, but we still have more reasons than ever to celebrate the coming of our King.
David Mathis | Many miss the opportunity of Advent. Others commit to more than they can sustain. The wise develop a modest, Christ-exalting plan to make the most of the season.
David Mathis | In Christ, we do not sin in response to sin. When insulted, we endure. When reviled, we bless. When slandered, we pray, forgive, and follow in the footsteps of Jesus.
Marshall Segal | If you are a younger man, you need the example and encouragement of men who are further along in faith. You need the firm love of spiritual fathers.
Scott Hubbard | Christians are an unusual people who don’t wait until after the fact to thank God. No, we thank him every step of the way.
David Mathis | Good pastors don’t just work hard to preach to their people; they help them through conflicts with a calm force that brings order to the chaos of life.
Greg Morse | The craft of Christian writing obsesses over reality, arranges truth with care, quests for fitting phrases — and stands ever enthralled by the One above all words.
Marshall Segal | Romance can be a friend and an ally, or an enemy and a terror. It can point us to the Love we were made for, or it can leave us lovesick forever.
Jon Bloom | Even when arguments don’t win the mind, love may win the heart. Dying sacrifices speak to our deepest hopes and draw out our highest admiration.
Scott Hubbard | What might happen in the church if even single men increasingly thought of themselves as spiritual fathers for younger men?
Greg Morse | When a society makes room for homosexual lust, the disorder ripples throughout that society, even to the youngest and most vulnerable.
Marshall Segal | What does it say about us that as we grow older, we often lose our ability to notice and enjoy the brilliance and creativity of God in all that he’s made?
David Mathis | What joy could be greater than seeing the lost saved, the saints sanctified, and the kingdom of darkness destroyed? The joy of having your own name written in heaven.
Scott Hubbard | When was the last time you stopped, looked up, and stared at the sky? A song of glory resounds. A heaven of wonders awaits.
David Mathis | The Reformation began in 1517, but you will search in vain for an end date. The work continues as each generation, standing upon the shoulders of others, comes to drink for themselves at the headwaters of God’s own word.
Jon Bloom | “The shadow proves the sunshine.” Those lyrics are a profound window into reality, and might help lead someone out of the shadows of spiritual darkness.
Greg Morse | Maybe we say “if only” to protect us from the disappointment of dreams fulfilled and longings still unmet. Maybe the grass is always greener — and we prefer to have it so.
Marshall Segal | If you want to live your single years well, find good answers to five crucial questions: Who’s over you? Who’s ahead of you? Who’s beside you? Who’s behind you? And who’s against you?
Scott Hubbard | How can normal Christians grow in counseling others? Learn from the Wonderful Counselor. Listen — really listen — to others. And then pray, discern, and respond.
Greg Morse | We need men in pulpits who will preach the whole counsel of God — the promises and warnings, the mercies and conditions, the comforting and the discomforting.
Jon Bloom | What makes the brief life of Robert Murray M’Cheyne so compelling? He lived to the hilt. He burned with love for Christ. He was a truly holy man.
Scott Hubbard | How does a godly young man relate to his sisters in Christ? By diligently cultivating purity, clarity, courage, and community.
Marshall Segal | One way to grow as a husband is to learn from a bad one. Here are five marks of a foolish man.
Greg Morse | Live for something. Stand for something. Die for something. If God has made you a man, then rise up and act like one.
David Mathis | Christ calls his preachers to “use Scripture.” It is the pastor’s tool belt, his staff, his weapon, his wand, his scalpel for the most delicate and exacting of surgeries.
Scott Hubbard | When it seems like night may never end, keep obeying your Lord in the darkness, and dare to believe that he will bring the dawn.
Marshall Segal | Unwanted waiting can be the best preparation for future ministry. Here are seven ambitions for aspiring men who feel stuck behind a closed door.
David Mathis | Our God is majestic, both in his greatness and might, and his grace and mercy. In silence we wonder, What is man that you would care for us? Who are we that your Son would die for us?
Greg Morse | When was the last time you got lost thinking about your bride? Have you let life rob you of the radiant, ever-changing beauty beside you?
Jon Bloom | Where can we find a man true to his word — not just for a moment or some big occasion, but over a lifetime?
Marshall Segal | When faced with big life decisions, we may find surprising wisdom from a simple question, drawn from Narnia: Where’s the lion now?
David Mathis | Satan knows the devastating power of our early morning devotions. He will do whatever he can to disrupt them. But we need not be ignorant of his schemes.
Scott Hubbard | The sluggard can find a home in any soul, however hardworking. Have you found weapons for putting your laziness to death?
Jon Bloom | The same Jesus who invited the weary and heavy laden also called his followers to hate their families. How do we understand the hardest words of Christ?
Marshall Segal | God wrote a book — the greatest book ever written. Because he decided to reveal himself in human words and phrases, we should want to read as well as humanly possible.
Greg Morse | Should Christians pray the imprecatory psalms? Did these curses die at the cross, or do they have a counterpart in the new-covenant religion?
David Mathis | The Christian work life is founded squarely on Christ’s finished work and aimed at his eternal glory.
Scott Hubbard | The next time “not feeling like it” tempts you to keep your Bible closed or pass a morning without prayer, remember all the good God can bring through routine.
Scott Hubbard | Maybe you used to write but fell out of the habit. Maybe you’ve never written much of anything outside of school. Either way, you might consider what a pen might do for your joy in God.
Greg Morse | Why do so many hit a wall in their early forties, wondering who they are and what they should be doing?
David Mathis | The call to “greet one another with a holy kiss” may strike us as odd and outdated. But what lessons might God have for us in this uncomfortable command?
Marshall Segal | Though Jesus was not a father or mother, he sympathizes with the lies parents face in the wilderness of the little years. And he can overcome them.
David Mathis | Biblical kissing may seem foreign and uncomfortable today. But press through the discomfort, and the kiss is a stunning window into the glory of Christ.
Scott Hubbard | More than once, the Bible encourages quietness in women. What kind of quietness pleases God, and what kind of loudness defies him?
Jon Bloom | Is there a godly habit you really want to start? Or an ungodly habit you really need to break? These four steps might help you press through.
Marshall Segal | Like blades of grass, we are here today, gone tomorrow — frail, fragile, finite. But those who fear and follow God know a steadfast love that will outlive the mountains.
Greg Morse | Many come to the end of life almost saved, almost rescued from God’s wrath, almost in possession of joy forevermore. But only almost.
Scott Hubbard | On occasion, God may call us to renounce sleep for the sake of something greater. But on most nights, he welcomes us to embrace the godliness of a good night’s sleep.
Jon Bloom | Sometimes fellow pastors have such strong, diverging convictions that they cannot continue together. What can we learn from the splitting of Paul and Barnabas?
David Mathis | God made us to fast, and to feast. But on most days, he made us to enjoy a modest portion of daily bread, received with thanksgiving and self-control.
Marshall Segal | Ask God for the kind of friends who love your soul more than your feelings, who will prize your eternal destiny even above the friendship itself.
Scott Hubbard | If we want to oppose the anti-child forces in this world, we will need more than a pro-life position, a high view of motherhood, and a robust Sunday school program.
David Mathis | It says something profound about our God that his people, in ancient Israel and the early church, are a kissing people.
Jon Bloom | The years of fatherhood are few and precious. The days may seem long, the sleep short, and the seasons tiring, but in the end, you’ll look back and wish to have much of it again.
Scott Hubbard | Live for yourself, and your life will mean little to those beyond you. But spend your life on others, and it will grow a harvest in due time.
Greg Morse | Sometimes we settle for weaker faith because we fear what greater faith might cost us in this life.
Marshall Segal | What might it look like to study and work, to date and marry and parent, to disagree and forgive, like you’ll live forever?
David Mathis | We might assume the God-centeredness of God would lead to the Christ-centeredness of Christ, but the Gospels present a more complex and wonderful picture.
Marshall Segal | Some men read the Bible assuming they’ve seen it all before. Others open the same book always expecting to find some new reason to treasure God.
Scott Hubbard | Many in the battle against lust try to shut off the imagination, but what if God means for you to win the battle through imagination?
Greg Morse | Some joy does not leave you satisfied, but still aching for a pleasure barely glimpsed, hardly heard. The longing is inconsolable, until it leads our hearts to Christ.
David Mathis | The world has its own visions of manly strength. In Scripture, what sets godly strength apart is its added ability to be gentle.
Marshall Segal | ‘The Hobbit’ resonates with us so deeply, all these years later, because the tension in Bilbo is a tension in all of us. We love comfort, but we were made for mountains.
Greg Morse | Jesus says, “Ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you.” Did he really mean that? If so, what would that prayer sound like today?
Scott Hubbard | The born again are not perfect, but they are new — irrevocably, eternally, mightily new. And new people can’t keep peace with old sins.
David Mathis | The people of God perceive his majesty not only with the eye, but by the ear — in the greatness, power, and surprising glory of his roaring, thunderous words and his still, small voice.
Greg Morse | A professing Christian may live years in the church, even decades, yet in the end still hear those haunting words of Jesus: “I never knew you.”
John Piper | The New Testament opposes Christians looking to the state to teach, defend, or spread ideas or behaviors as explicitly Christian. The sword is not to be the agent of religion.
Jon Bloom | What qualities make someone the kind of person suffering people seek out and trust? He offers judicious counsel with discernible humility and kindness.
Marshall Segal | One day soon, God will make all we know unmistakably new. Have you learned to long, and pray, for the wonders of a better world to come?
Scott Hubbard | As men step into leadership, many expect the burdens of responsibility, decision-making, and initiative. Fewer are prepared for just how often they may fail.
Greg Morse | Faithfully following Jesus will put us at odds with those who ignore or refuse him. Does anyone in your life dislike how Christian you are?
David Mathis | You must be born again, says Jesus, to receive his saving grace, but how does ‘regeneration’ relate to predestination, justification, and the rest of salvation?
Joe Rigney | Do you want to catch a clear and beautiful vision of the Godward life? Take a text about the ugly futility of mutiny against God and turn it on its head.
Marshall Segal | Are you weighed down with the burdens and sorrows of life? Despite all of your afflictions, if you’re in Christ, his mercy is more.
Scott Hubbard | Those who often deal with doubts over their own salvation may find deeper assurance from a surprising source: God’s infinite commitment to his name.
David Mathis | What does it mean to raise children in the “discipline and instruction” of the Lord? These two concepts represent indispensable facets of faithful Christian fatherhood.
Marshall Segal | When suffering comes to those around you, don’t assume someone else will step up and help. Assume God plans to meet one of their many needs through you.
Joe Rigney | How often is there a hitch in your obedience, or an edge to your obedience, or self-pity in your obedience?
Greg Morse | Meet the sophisticated sloth: he dates but never marries, attends church but never joins, works hard only when others watch — and rarely finishes what he begins.
David Mathis | As sinful as we are, our heavenly Father is “slow to chide, and swift to bless.” How much more should earthly fathers aspire to be the same with our children?
Scott Hubbard | As an imperfect but God-fearing woman builds her house, she becomes for her children Wisdom’s first face, first voice, first touch.
Joe Rigney | Christians do not work for our salvation, but we do work out our salvation as God powerfully works within us. All Christian obedience, then, begins on the inside.
Marshall Segal | The greatest news in the world is that, through Jesus, people made by God, and who have rejected God, may still get to have God.
Greg Morse | The ground beneath our feet, the hills around our house, the sky above our heads — these seem as real as real can be. But another world is still more real.
Scott Hubbard | If today you woke up in a place you don’t like, dare to believe that God has purposes for you here, however much you may want to leave.
David Mathis | Fellowship is an irreplaceable means of grace in the Christian life and offers us two priceless joys: receiving God’s grace through the helping words of others and giving his grace to others through our own.
Scott Hubbard | How did the psalmists fall asleep on the most unlikely nights? They laid every care and sorrow before the Lord who is our shield, shepherd, comfort, and life.
Jon Bloom | Every earthly calling you accept will be one you eventually have to release. Have you thought about how to do that well?
David Mathis | God created the world to glorify himself. But does this truth diminish his love for his people in Christ? Consider Jonathan Edwards’s enduring answer.
Jon Bloom | If God gives the Holy Spirit to those who believe in Jesus, why do we still have such a hard time walking in love?
Marshall Segal | In an age of independence and suspicion of authority, becoming a church member is a loud, arresting statement of our devotion to Christ and our need for his body.
John Piper | On April 14, 2023, one of the greatest missions leaders of the last hundred years passed into glory — and only glory can measure the global influence he left behind.
Scott Hubbard | To love another well, we need to put on Christ himself. We need to have his mind, offer his welcome, speak his words, show his love, and give his grace.
Greg Morse | What if the distractions keeping you from listening to sermons are an act of spiritual warfare?
Joe Rigney | The book of Leviticus can seem as mystifying as a foreign language — until we learn the basic nouns, adjectives, and verbs of the sacrificial system.
Marshall Segal | How pitiful would your life seem if Jesus did not rise? How promising and thrilling is it if he really did?
David Mathis | Jesus endured the cross, Hebrews tells us, “for the joy that was set before him.” What joy did Jesus see on the other side of Good Friday’s shame?
Greg Morse | Before Jesus gave his hands to the nails, he used them to wash the dirt from his disciples’ feet. What thoughts caused one so high to go so low?
Scott Hubbard | When the apostle Paul lost his legalism, he did not lose his discipline — not even a little. So what did he know about discipline that we may not?
Marshall Segal | A healthy, godly use of alcohol remains vigilant against at least five great dangers of alcohol.
Joe Rigney | If we love our children, we sometimes must say no. But we would do well to think carefully about how, and how often, we say no.
Greg Morse | The last picture of the church in Scripture shows a bride looking up to heaven, crying out, “Come!” Do we still look and long for our Lord’s return?
David Mathis | Jesus rose and ascended, then his Father seated him on heaven’s throne. But what is he doing right now up there where he’s been sitting for centuries?
Scott Hubbard | In the midst of suffering, it can be hard to imagine how all this heartache could possibly end in glory. That’s why God didn’t leave us to our imaginations.
Jon Bloom | Any Christian who lives in a cursed world like ours will need to learn resilience, and God hasn’t left us without staggering examples to follow.
Marshall Segal | If you want to pursue greater clarity in a dating relationship, look carefully in three directions: your desire, your community, and your opportunity.
Joe Rigney | An ancient proverb teaches us that we are to aim at more than just our children’s obedience. More than anything, we want their hearts.
Scott Hubbard | “Up and be doing.” It’s not the only wise counsel to give to someone walking through doubt or spiritual darkness, but it might be the counsel some need to hear most.
Greg Morse | Though our experience may tell us to expect few conversions, few baptisms, and no grand spiritual movements, the God who revives and awakens is still our God today.
David Mathis | Narnia, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter — the best stories reward re-reading. And none matches the one we rehearse each spring as Easter approaches.
Greg Morse | Christianity without Christ is a sunless solar system, a waterless ocean, an airless sky. Yet how subtly and easily we who name Christ can lose sight of him.
Marshall Segal | What would life be like if you were unafraid of death? If you knew death would really be gain, what kind of life might you be free to live?
David Mathis | In the healthiest churches, we find a holy conspiracy between pastors who gladly care for the sheep, and sheep who do what they can so that the pastors might serve joyfully.
Jon Bloom | The wisdom we need in this world often wears black. Painful as they are, all our deaths and endings hold lessons we cannot live wisely without.
Greg Morse | When was the last time you cried over someone’s soul? Do you ever ask God to make the tears flow again?
Scott Hubbard | In Paul’s final meeting with a group of pastors, he gives them four marks of faithful teaching — the kind of teaching God uses to win the world.
Marshall Segal | For many Christians, our greatest danger is not that we will suddenly run from Jesus, but that we will slowly, subtly drift away.
Joe Rigney | Our homes need men who see with clarity, stand with stability, and act with wisdom. We need resilient, sober-minded fathers.
David Mathis | To think seriously about Christ and his word, you will need to push your brain. And if you want to push your brain, you may need to push your body.
Greg Morse | They sang with us in church, confessed to be Christ’s, renounced the world and Satan — and later walked away. How can we make sense of such painful apostasies?
Marshall Segal | No one asks for suffering. But when it comes through the hands of our wise and loving Father, we can do more than tolerate it. We can rejoice, even in this.
Joe Rigney | Have you considered how wonderful it is to draw near to the God who now and always lives?
Scott Hubbard | The gnawing ache of hopes unmet and prayers unanswered tries our faith. But God is with us in our waiting. None who trust in him to the end will be disappointed.
Greg Morse | Does Sunday morning feel like a gathering before almighty God? We can far too easily lose sight of what we’re doing when we come together to worship.
David Mathis | Christians know ourselves called to love (and keep loving) difficult people. Fewer of us may realize that this hard path is also the path of joy.
Scott Hubbard | How can a husband lead his marriage into God-glorifying mission? He might begin by taking three modest steps: dream, draw, and do.
Marshall Segal | Technology can help dating relationships, and technology can hurt them. Unfortunately, many assume the former, while living the latter.
Jon Bloom | Some three centuries ago, a hymn appeared that has comforted countless hearts in the deepest pain of grief and loss: “Be Still, My Soul.”
Joe Rigney | Many see how the wicked prosper and abandon the costly path of faith and godliness. If only they could see where each path leads.
Greg Morse | The look-at-me prayer of the Pharisee and the say-more prayer of the pagan both find their cure in the simple Godward sincerity of the Lord’s Prayer.
Scott Hubbard | In one sense, it’s never been easier to move — to find a new job, a new home, a new church. In another sense, it’s never been better to stay.
David Mathis | Christians believe in good. They look for good. And they do good because, at bottom, they are lovers of good.
Marshall Segal | Many Christians pray at every meal and often thank God for giving them daily bread. But how many pray as often about forgiveness?
Joe Rigney | C.S. Lewis wrote a book on prayer in which he pens four words that might change your prayer life: “Begin where you are.”
Scott Hubbard | How can you walk in God’s will for your life? Do the will you already know. Discern the will you don’t.
Greg Morse | If we could hear all that our grumbling says, we would be slower to murmur and quicker to seek more joy in God.
Marshall Segal | God gave us the Bible to reveal himself, not to hide himself. So whoever you are, you can understand the Bible.
David Mathis | Few prayers are more familiar than “Hallowed be your name,” yet few prayers also are less understood. What do we mean when we ask God for the hallowing of his name?
Scott Hubbard | Do you want to overcome temptation? Remember how others have fallen. Be prepared for escape to be hard. And trust that God won’t flee.
Jon Bloom | God wants us to relate to him not as mere subjects to a king, nor as mere sheep to a shepherd, but also as children to a loving, generous Father.
Marshall Segal | If you could see your “ordinary” work through the perspective and pleasure of God, it might not feel so ordinary anymore.
John Piper | Your prayers and financial support help us bring more people into the fullest enjoyment of the greatest treasure ever found. For every $10 per month you give, we can reach 70 more people with God-centered resources. Would you join us as a monthly partner? https://dsr.gd/Give
David Mathis | For some, checking the boxes in Bible reading could put the focus and emphasis in the wrong place. Daily devotions are not about completing a task, but encountering the risen Christ.
Jon Bloom | The king Israel wanted was not the king Israel needed. The king they wanted would have exacted justice; the King they received purchased them mercy.
David Mathis | Christmas still enchants our unbelieving society because even as democratic as we may pretend to be, deep down we cannot shake our longings to be ruled — by the supremely benevolent King.
Greg Morse | Of all the sights in heaven and earth, only one can satisfy the ravenous eyes of man: Jesus Christ in all his glory.
Scott Hubbard | God “gives to his beloved sleep,” Solomon says. So how do we respond when, despite our prayers and best efforts, God takes from his beloved sleep?
Joe Rigney | Wisdom from above is not merely about knowing what is true but knowing how to live. It addresses the head, heart, and hands.
Jon Bloom | What does it feel like to watch children leave the home? One father of five mourns with joy over what was — and gladly receives what is now and will be.
Greg Morse | Even good leaders and pastors can grow self-reliant over time and need the reminder that no ministry can succeed without their Lord.
Scott Hubbard | If you wrestle with restlessness, you’re not strange. You’re human. And your restlessness can lead you to the rest you long to enjoy.
David Mathis | When God flashes the glory of his great size and strength, his people stand in awe and declare his majesty, while his foes cower in fear and feel terror.
Marshall Segal | Deep down, we long for forgiveness — to be washed clean from our sins and welcomed home to our God. And Jesus lived, died, and rose to make that forgiveness possible.
Joe Rigney | Is there a good, wise, and Christian Hedonistic way of celebrating the value of duty in the Christian life?
Jon Bloom | If you have no battle plan in the war against temptation, you give Satan the advantage. Take time to learn from the only one who never sinned.
David Mathis | Should pastors be paid or unpaid? Scripture shows that both come with benefits, and a blend of both can be vital to healthy churches.
Greg Morse | In a day that prizes technology, beauty, and youth, we easily neglect a command once taken for granted: honor the elderly among you.
Scott Hubbard | Before you close your eyes to pray, take a moment to remember what prayer really is. Let Jesus reawaken you to the wonder of having God’s ear.
Joe Rigney | “My son, eat honey, for it is good.” On Thanksgiving Day, a father and son discuss taste buds, honey, and the sweetness of wisdom to the soul.
Marshall Segal | Should Christians date nonbelievers? God says no. And you might too if you could see all it might mean in marriage.
Jon Bloom | Good leaders are good followers first. They depend on God for wisdom, guidance, courage, and everything else they need.
Scott Hubbard | As we seek to resist the gravitational pull our phones exert, we might find help from an ancient Israelite practice: Sabbath.
John Piper | As lovers of God’s revealed truth, we confront the cultural perversions of the day — and more. We apply the truth to all of life.
Marshall Segal | It’s a lot easier to be a bad husband than a faithful one — even in paradise. So what can men learn from the first husband’s failure?
Greg Morse | Many of us want to bless our pastors better, but don’t know how. Here are five ways to love the men entrusted with watching over your soul.
David Mathis | Some of the more stunning glimpses into the humanity of Jesus are the moments when he expresses sadness or grief. What might we learn from the groans of Christ?
Joe Rigney | In the church and in marriage, the head and body are profoundly interdependent. You can’t have one without the other.
Marshall Segal | It’s never been easier to make new friends and connect with old ones, so what’s keeping us from having more meaningful friendships?
Scott Hubbard | How can a man discern if he genuinely aspires to pastoral ministry? He can begin by asking where his aspiration comes from, where it aims, and what shape it takes.
David Mathis | We might expect Jesus to appoint world-class executives or entertainers to lead his church. Instead, he adopts a comparatively quiet plan: local teams of sober-minded teachers.
Scott Hubbard | To grasp both the offense and the comfort of Calvinism, we would do well to consider what the five points do not mean, what TULIP never taught us.
Greg Morse | When the world judges us as unimpressive, and we see ourselves as expendable, Jesus turns to us and speaks one word: “indispensable.”
Marshall Segal | Young families have some good reasons to stay home on Sunday morning. But we have even better reasons to gather the kids, pile in the car, and see God’s people face to face.
Jon Bloom | When we take the Lord’s Supper, we hear God the Father say, “Because my Son has shed his blood for the forgiveness of your sins, I will remember your sins no more.”
Joe Rigney | “As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.” The Bible sees a majesty in believers that believers themselves often miss.
Greg Morse | If your wife or husband or child or parent left the faith and tried to pull you away with him or her, would you?
David Mathis | The apostle’s charge to a team of local elders in Acts 20 gives us six glimpses into the mature masculine soul and its particular fitness for Christ’s pastoral calling.
Marshall Segal | The glory due to God alone is not kept by God alone. Amazingly, God not only frees sinners to enjoy his glory, but he also gladly glorifies them.
Greg Morse | Both Catholics and Protestants may love words like justification, righteousness, and grace, but the realities they see in those words expose two very different religions.
Scott Hubbard | Three words are enough to silence the objections, calm the fears, and resurrect the hopes of Christ’s believing people: to the uttermost.
David Mathis | The beloved Reformed slogan of “faith alone” does not make good works optional in the Christian life. Nor does it mean that saving faith involves the intellect alone and not also the heart.
Joe Rigney | God describes feminine courage very differently from how the world does. So what makes a godly woman brave, and how might that change her marriage?
Jon Bloom | The path to intimacy with God can sound so simple, yet those who follow this path often find intimacy with God more elusive than they expected.
David Mathis | This is a family meal ordained by Jesus Christ himself, meant to be enjoyed by his gathered church, in order to remember him and nourish our souls.
Marshall Segal | When Jesus broke the bread and shared the cup, he blessed the ordinary work of ordinary hands like ours.
Scott Hubbard | One of the more disorienting parts of facing doubt is that so few talk about their own struggles with doubt. Part of overcoming temptation is realizing you’re not alone.
Jon Bloom | “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” Few words of Jesus have been more misunderstood and misapplied.
David Mathis | As our lists grow longer of what to beware in a leader, do we have any corresponding clarity on what to pursue?
Marshall Segal | Are you wasting your God-given abilities? God builds the church through ordinary, everyday members taking the capacities he has given and gladly using them for the good of someone else.
Scott Hubbard | Don’t assume that the burdens you’re bearing in this season are somewhere outside God’s good plans for you. Assume they’re one of God’s plans for you. Because they are.
Joe Rigney | In many churches, the Lord’s Supper feels somber, heavy, and introspective. But is that what Jesus intended when he broke the bread and poured the cup?
David Mathis | Pastors, remember your people want to be happy. Dignify your people as partners, not just recipients. And embrace ministry that is harder, not easier.
Jon Bloom | How does Jesus help us in temptation? He gives us all his promises. He delivers us from the fear of death. He always intercedes for us.
Greg Morse | Equality can be a gift and mercy in an unjust world. But when cries for sameness rise up against God-established authority, we see equality’s dark side.
Marshall Segal | Does parenting feel trivial? Does it feel unrewarding? Does it feel futile? Let God remind you of the giant blessings buried in the chaos.
Scott Hubbard | If you want to taste more of Jesus’s love in the Lord’s Supper, take a closer look at the meaning of the bread and the wine.
Joe Rigney | Does one of your callings in life feel overwhelming? Let C.S. Lewis help you take comfort in your smallness.
David Mathis | How do you find your legs for life and leadership each day? God has given us a golden, well-worn, surprisingly ancient path for daily stability, clarity, and strength.
Scott Hubbard | If dinosaurs could preach, what might they say? Trust the God of wisdom. Fear the God of power. Praise the God of wonders.
Greg Morse | Beards are no prerequisite for godly manhood. In days like ours, though, they can be a symbol for it.
Marshall Segal | Why might God give a man an ambition to lead, and the character to lead, and yet withhold certain opportunities to lead? Because unwanted waiting can be some of the best preparation for ministry.
David Mathis | The infamous “Billy Graham Rule” is not actually a rule, but a resolution — and just one of four that the evangelist made in 1948.
Jon Bloom | Not all divisions are created equal in the church. Some arise from the flesh. Some enter through differences in maturity. Others are necessary to distinguish the false from the real.
Marshall Segal | We will not feel the full weight of God’s mercy toward us if we downplay or ignore the fury of his justice.
Greg Morse | What person would not only submit to martyrdom, but would embrace it, relish it, and even eagerly long for it? Ignatius of Antioch.
David Mathis | Our God is not only great, but good. Not only big, but beautiful. Not only strong, but stunning. He is, in a word, majestic.
Scott Hubbard | The patience of God is not like our shallow, short-lived patience. It is deep and long, wide and high. And in the perfection of his patience, we find great hope.
Marshall Segal | Feeling angry over a spouse’s sin may not be wrong. But staying angry is.
Greg Morse | Too many men sit around and watch the world burn without stepping up to tell someone about Jesus.
Joe Rigney | How might we think in an orderly way about God’s attributes? Here’s often overlooked help from Jonathan Edwards.
Scott Hubbard | Even the most faithful Christians end some days deeply wishing we had walked more worthy of our God. How do we find rest when our conscience keeps us awake?
David Mathis | Our families, churches, and communities need leaders who have learned to keep their heads when others are losing theirs.
Marshall Segal | Few realities in human life are as captivating, fulfilling, and elusive as friendship.
Joe Rigney | If a Christian wants to join your baptist church but they tell you that they were baptized as a child, what do you do?
David Mathis | Many today may feel afresh that true unity is rare and precious. But do we know from where that kind of unity comes?
Greg Morse | The world, the devil, and your flesh will tell you there is surely an easier way to heaven than the narrow way, a more comfortable burden than the cross, and a more reasonable spirituality than self-denial requires.
Scott Hubbard | This world needs more people willing to look foolish in the eyes of the world so that more in the world might be saved.
Marshall Segal | Sometimes God allows conflict in a church so that the body might finally heal and be whole again.
Jon Bloom | As Christians, we can build unity, protect unity, and maintain unity because Christ has already made us one.
David Mathis | Faithful confessions, creeds, and commentaries provide crucial insights into Scripture. And they never replace the words of God.
Joe Rigney | Many of the most difficult decisions churches face are ones the Bible does not clearly address. This means pastors have to regularly practice humble, Bible-saturated prudence.
Greg Morse | When we are the victim of another’s sin, we are often in danger of becoming a culprit in how we respond.
Joe Rigney | If sexuality and baptism are both second-tier issues, why is the former often more divisive in the wider church today?
Scott Hubbard | All biblical doctrine is important, but not all biblical doctrine is equally important. So how do we discern which doctrines should divide us?
Jon Bloom | Unity is often harder in our relationships and churches because we assume it should be easy.
Greg Morse | The deepest, fullest, most vibrant unity is found in embracing, not a few favorite verses, but everything God has said in his word.
David Mathis | As the United States celebrates 246 years of independence, and Americans newly remember the ten-dollar founding father, what lessons might we learn from the rise, fall, and redemption of a prodigal son?
Marshall Segal | Deacons are not only handy, administrative, or good at meeting needs. They are also holy, humble, and unusually sacrificial. Deacons are spiritual giants who bow low.
Jon Bloom | In his faithfulness, God promises not only that he will deliver us from affliction, but that we will do something good through the affliction.
Marshall Segal | The moments when marriage feels most challenging are often the moments with the most potential to say something profound about Jesus.
David Mathis | Today marks 25 years since the first Harry Potter book released. What Christian lessons might we take away from the bestselling series?
Joe Rigney | Being baptized into the church means being immersed in its mission. The old has passed and a new life now begins.
Scott Hubbard | Satan knows the power of words — he’s been undoing souls with them from the beginning. And wherever Christ is faithfully taught, the devil is undone by them.
Jon Bloom | If God’s answer to your prayers hurts, don’t assume he doesn’t love you. Assume his love is working something good you cannot now see.
Greg Morse | Want to measure your growth in grace? Consider how deeply you long for heaven.
Marshall Segal | The friends we need will not always be the friends we want. They’ll often be the brotherly storm that wakes us back up to God.
Joe Rigney | The best readers gladly observe the Golden Rule: they read others as they would want to be read.
Jon Bloom | The hardest part of many trials is how far away God can feel. But he’s not far at all, and if we trust him, he will, in time, flood our dark nights with light.
Scott Hubbard | On Pentecost 1862, some five thousand men and women, many of them former cannibals, gathered in the South Pacific to sing the hymn “Jesus Shall Reign.”
Marshall Segal | Those who have been invited into heaven become people who love to open their front doors. They know that ordinary hospitality is often how the lost are found.
David Mathis | He didn’t just give the Great Commission; he lived the Great Commission. What might we learn from Jesus’s own life about what it means to “make disciples”?
Jon Bloom | False teachers may look like sheep, talk like sheep, and even act like sheep for a time. But eventually, they will show themselves to be the wolves they are.
Greg Morse | Some imagine they would believe in God if he would simply write his message in the clouds. But what if he actually did?
Scott Hubbard | Small groups may feel unremarkable, but again and again, God has struck revival with small matches. Here are four marks of the small but daring community.
Marshall Segal | No matter what situation you’re in, the psalms know what you feel. And the psalms can help you feel as you ought.
David Mathis | An astounding and holy contest runs through the pages of Scripture, as the Father and Son seek to “outdo one another in showing honor.”