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Two Enemies of Determination
I have never met a truly aimless guy. I have met many guys that lack determination. I know because they ask to meet up for coffee. Now, certainly I have met with hundreds of guys that are disciplined,...
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Take a Break from the Chaos
It’s surprising how loud silence can be. Especially when you’re not used to it.That’s my experience each winter, sitting there in the deer stand, the only manmade structure in sight. I am alone in the...
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Remember Ronnie Smith
One year ago today teacher Ronnie Smith was shot and killed while on a morning jog in Benghazi, Libya.We feel a deep connection with Ronnie here at Desiring God because Ronnie’s path to Libya was...
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Pride, Despair, and Sovereign Grace
Grab a corner of the curtain over the powers at work in this world, pull it back, and look inside, and you will discover two of the strongest forces on earth: pride and despair.One generates what seems...
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Joy Is Free, But Not Cheap
.longform-text img {display:none !important;}Can twenty years of ever-sharpening focus, ten thousand resources, and the heart of Christian Hedonism be summed up in three minutes?With the help of gifted...
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Enjoy Jesus’s Favorite Meal
The best thing about Christmas is the food. But I don’t mean the food that tends to come to mind at the suggestion.Eating in SamariaIn John chapter 4, Jesus and his disciples had stopped in the...
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Don’t Waste Your University Years
It isn’t so much the number that captures my attention, though there are about 21 million students in the universities and colleges of America. It’s the momentous nature of the season. Life-integrating...
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Five Things I’ve Learned from Kids with Autism
Every weekend, I help host a group of children with special needs, including many children with autism, at an overnight respite center. When I’ve asked people what they learn from people with autism,...
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Church As the True Local
God created the world to communicate his wonders. Everything around us can be traced back to this fundamental resolve. God has shown himself through his mighty acts in history, through his prophets who...
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Make This Christmas Special
.longform-text img {display:none !important;}.longform-text img {display:none !important;}Try to show your family that Christianity is news.Carve out regular times for special activities.Outdo the...
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Christmas Spending Is a Test of Your Treasure
‘Tis the season to test your treasure.Not only are we on gift-expectation overload with Christmas, but then comes the year’s end and that one last chance for tax-deductible charitable giving. December...
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Alzheimer’s, the Brain, and the Soul
Early this year, World Magazine published a brief update on the life of Elisabeth Elliot, a Christian woman widely respected for her sacrifices to advance global missions. She turns 88 next...
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A Fresh Look at Calvinism
.longform-text img {display:none !important;}.longform-text img {display:none !important;}.longform-text img {display:none !important;}One year ago the team at Desiring God released “The Calvinist” as...
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The Dark Side of Christmas
.longform-text img {display:none !important;}.longform-text img {display:none !important;}.longform-text img {display:none !important;}Watch John Piper read “The Innkeeper.”The Innkeeper...
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One Carol, Three Marriages (O Come All Ye Faithful)
William Wordsworth sounds the warning:Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things: We murder to dissect.Dissecting Christmas carols can be...
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The Church on the Fringes
The church is a community of Christians living as the on-the-ground expression of the supremacy of Jesus by advancing his gospel in distance and depth. As the on-the-ground expression, and since gospel...
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The Reward of God’s Rebuke
What might Zechariah and Elizabeth have talked about after their friends left the naming ceremony where Zechariah had miraculously regained his speech?“So . . . are you going to tell me?”Elizabeth was...
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Bilbo’s Last Goodbye
This is it for the Bagginses. At least for now, on the big screen. The Battle of the Five Armies, opening this week, is the sixth and final film in Peter Jackson’s pair of Tolkien trilogies.First, in...
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Christmas Made Simpler
This year our family is celebrating Christmas more simply. We are eagerly anticipating flying to Texas to be with my husband’s parents and siblings, leaving the week before Christmas.Because of these...
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Christmas and the Things of Earth
Creation. Incarnation.In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). In the fullness of time, the Word became flesh (Galatians 4:4; John 1:14).These passages, and the events they...
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