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Slave-Holding as Character Suicide
One of the books I listened to during my leave of absence was the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. I downloaded the audio free from Librivox, a remarkable website of free,...
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A Call to Be Truly Missional
Many of you reading this are living alongside us in a post-Christian Western culture. One where the term evangelism is a bit outdated and to be missional is in vogue. Europe and North America have...
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John Piper's Expectations for Our Pastors Conference
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Equipping Pastors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Civil wars have plagued Central Africa in recent years. Volcanic eruptions have further threatened both Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—formerly known as Zaire—countries whose...
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Why Piper Invited Beeke, Chan, Miller, and Rankin
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DG LIVE with Tim Keller (Part 1)
Desiring God recently had the opportunity to film another DG LIVE event, which in the past has featured Paul Tripp, Dave Harvey, Tullian Tchividjian, and Darrin Patrick. This time Scott Anderson and...
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Don’t Equate Historically Early with Theologically Accurate
Beware of imputing advantage to antiquity. Seventy years after the death of Jesus the churches had neither the collected New Testament nor a living apostle. It was a precarious and embattled time....
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John Calvin on the Pursuit of Success
How do we as Christians battle against the sinful pursuit of success, wealth and power that the world pursues? Therefore, to avoid similar entanglements, the course which Christian men must follow is...
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DG LIVE with Tim Keller (Part 2)
This is the second of our two-part interview with Tim Keller on his newest book Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just (see the first part of the interview).
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Great Changes Underway in Tunisia
Many of you have undoubtedly heard about the political changes taking place in Tunisia this past week. Through our international outreach initiatives the Lord has brought into our network many good...
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Introducing the New Fighter Verses
Since 1997, Bethlehem Baptist Church has encouraged church-wide Bible memory using the Fighter Verse Bible memorization program. Preschoolers, children, youth, and adults have joined together to store...
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Saying What You Believe Is Clearer Than Saying “Calvinist”
We are Christians. Radical, full-blooded, Bible-saturated, Christ-exalting, God-centered, mission-advancing, soul-winning, church-loving, holiness-pursing, sovereignty-savoring, grace-besotted,...
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The Fairy Tale of Universalism
Universalism is the view that in the end all humans—irrespective of whether they reject the gospel in this life—will be saved. In the book Whatever Happened to Hell?, British evangelical John Blanchard...
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Groaning over Grieving the Holy Spirit
One of the poems I wrote during my leave of absence grew out of my sorrows over grieving the Holy Spirit. It is bad enough to know that God is dishonored by my sin. But to hear Paul connect my...
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Additional Updates from a Christian in Tunisia
Earlier we reported on Great Changes Underway in Tunisia. Another good friend of Desiring God emailed yesterday with encouraging news about what is happening in Tunisia after the recent change in...
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Thank You, Tyler!
Today is Tyler Kenney’s last day as Web Content Editor. After serving three years in our web department he's transitioning to the International Outreach (IO) team. While he’ll undoubtedly write blog...
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Free Book—Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne
Logos Bible Software has partnered with Desiring God to provide you with a free book to help prepare you for the 2011 Desiring God Conference for Pastors, January 31–February 2, 2011 in Minneapolis,...
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Watch Piper's Pro-Life Sermon Live Tonight at 6PM CST
For years on this weekend John Piper has preached a sermon on the sanctity of human life under the conviction that abortion is about God. It has become a significant marker of his preaching ministry at...
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Roe v. Wade: Is It Really All About Doctors' Rights?
In 2007 PBS aired a documentary profiling the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, including the Roe v. Wade ruling. Their take? Apparently the judgment was less about protecting women’s "reproductive...
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Bethlehem College Accepting Applications Through March 1
As regular readers of the Desiring God blog know, Bethlehem College and Seminary offers a variety of degree options at the graduate and undergraduate levels. While the deadline for admission to the...
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