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Put Your Foot on It
We definitely wouldn’t let our kids see this.If the next Bible-inspired movie was about Joshua taking the Promised Land, it might even be one that many adults choose to miss, especially if it stays...
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The Idol Behind Same-Sex Desires
I don’t speak as an outsider when I say same-sex attraction is often tightly bound up with idolatry.Contrary to heterosexual desires (a desire for what we are not, and cannot become), same-sex desires...
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An All-Consuming Passion for Jesus (Free eBook)
Thousands of college students wait silently in a dark auditorium as you make your way to the podium, under the spotlight. What will you say? What will you offer them?When he climbs the stage at...
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Don’t Waste Time with Your Children
“Do you think you’ll always want a story and snuggle time before bed?” I asked my youngest child. Lying amid piles of his stuffed animals, books, and favorite blankets, my son turned to me and smiled....
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God Is Finishing His Mission Now
December 27–30, about 3,600 college students met in Louisville, Kentucky, to consider the global glory of Christ, the nature of Christ’s mission to the unreached peoples of the world, and the power of...
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10 Reasons to Desire All the Spiritual Gifts
Some might tell you not to really desire all the spiritual gifts. But when you say that, it does not seem to do justice to what 1 Corinthians 12–14 really says.The apostle bookends his famous chapter...
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The Weakness of the World’s Strongest Man
When the writer of Hebrews listed the Old Testament heroes of faith, he included Samson (Hebrews 11:32). Really? Samson’s story, recorded in Judges 13–16, reads like a narcissistic super hero’s whose...
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When Conflict Fractures Your Family
The mission of Desiring God is helping people all around the globe find joy in Jesus Christ. So many things undermine and destroy joy, maybe none more so than disharmony in our homes and families. So...
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Five Benefits of Asking God to Hurry
There’s something I’ve been praying about. The church where I serve as pastor needs a part-time worship leader. Our present leader has served us well, but his schedule is changing and he plans to step...
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Calvinist Racism and King’s Alleged Adultery—A Connection?
What’s the connection between Martin Luther King’s alleged adultery and Calvinist racism? Or Arminian racism? Or King’s liberal theology?The fact that I can use the term “Calvinist racism” should make...
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Read This If You Want to Burn
Some things you read are invigorating and expansive for your imagination. Some things you read give you penetrating insight into dealing with complex issues. Some things you read hit the sweet spot of...
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Goodness and Me
O, taste and see that the Lᴏʀᴅ is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! (Psalm 34:8)The goodness of God is one of those things we affirm happily when things are going well, and find rather...
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What We Confess With Our Clothing
What we wear says more about us than we might think.Many of us probably barely think at all when we get dressed in the morning. But something really profound is happening every time we pull on our...
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What Abortion Shows Us
More than 55 million children have been slaughtered in the 41 years since the Supreme Court created a new right in the Constitution. If any benefit can be found in the rivers of blood that have been...
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Relentlessly Call Abortion What It Really Is
Abortion is rarely talked about.I’m not talking about the word “abortion.” We hear this word a lot it in the public square. But we rarely hear about it. Abortion almost always refers to something else....
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The Frontlines of the Pro-Life Movement
As we acknowledge yet another anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision and contemplate the current state of the pro-life movement, I am inclined — as a historian should be — to look to...
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Putting Off Cynicism
Cynicism is the attitude that encapsulates the ethos of twentysomethings par excellence. It is, I think, the most covert negative emotion. We harbor it in Christian garb: cynicism toward immature men...
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God Doesn’t Want You to Worry
Philippians 4:6–7,Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all...
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Three Tips for Better Bible Reading
You probably don’t need to hear reasons that it’s important to read the Bible. You know it is.But you might need some motivation. One way to get excited about reading the Bible is to rethink your...
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Speaking Truth in Love
God has called you to serve me, and me to serve you, by speaking the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). This mutual ministry is what drives me to write truth, and to read and listen to truth from...
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