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Tell Your Co-Worker the Gospel
What will you say when the door opens for communicating the gospel? Imagine for a moment a co-worker asks you, "What is this "gospel" you Chrisitans keep talking about?" You're both taking a quick...
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Jesus: The True Unwasted Life
Don't waste your life. For God's sake, take great care to make this little vapor's breath count for eternity. And never forget that in the history of the world, there has been only one perfectly...
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This Week's Sermon: "Eternal Security Is a Community Project"
God will keep his children. This is the basic and glorious truth in the doctrine of eternal security. God will never let those who are his fall away. He will complete the work he began in us. And one...
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Sometimes the Lord Slays His Loved Ones
Some people are by nature tough, blunt, matter-of-fact, unsentimental. Others are tender, warm, soft-spoken, emotionally sensitive. Some, amazingly, are a mixture. In general, what makes these...
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Desiring God Website Now in Hindi
India is mammoth — so big that North Americans don’t usually have the categories to appreciate population size and density like this. With the people of India now exceeding 1.2 billion, Hindi, the...
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Behind the Blog: Come Outa Philly
Simple? Complex? How should we understand the process of sanctifcation? We've recently featured a series of videos from our friends at CCEF that detail the biblical and practical dynamics of growing in...
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Make October "Faith Month"
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. (Hebrews 11:6) October will be here before we...
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Sweet or Sour Holiness?
In his new book Gospel Deeps, Jared Wilson writes, “If holiness makes you a sourpuss, you’re doing it wrong.” (Wouldn’t that make a nice slogan on a changeable letter church billboard?) Wilson’s line...
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Same-Sex Attraction and the Inevitability of Change
Whether sexual orientation can change or not, hearts can change and turn any sexual orientation into an occasion for the glory of Christ. When Paul says, "You are not your own, for you were bought with...
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What's the Hole in Our Holiness?
Kevin DeYoung is the author of the new book The Hole In Our Holiness: Filling the Gap Between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness (Crossway, 2012). During a recent trip to Minneapolis, we...
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My Life
Shall I now live for him, for you, for me? I shall. And do you see: If not for him, what good for you or me? If not for me, what worth then he? If not for you, Then...
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Wrestling with an Angel
God and his word are the most important things you can share with anyone, including someone who is suffering because of disability. And not far behind are testimonies of God’s extraordinary goodness,...
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My Sanctification In Redemptive History
Even if we take personal holiness seriously as believers (and we should), we often lose sight of how our personal sanctification fits into a much larger redemptive storyline that stretches all the way...
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A Prayer for What I Need Most
O gracious God, Father of the Lord Jesus, Through your Son’s words I hear you ask me “What do you want me to do for you?” (Luke 18:41). This is my answer: I want Ephesians 3:16–19. I want you to...
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We Should Learn This Verse
"I can't imagine any greater verse in the Bible," says John Piper of Jeremiah 32:40. The infinite heart of God is engaged in doing us infinite good. And that is what Jesus paid for with his blood. In...
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Most of the Work of Ministry Is Done by Christians Who Work Secular Jobs
Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him… in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God. (1 Corinthians 7:17, 24)...
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The Imitation of Christ
What would Jesus do? The pop phrase has worn out, but there’s enduring truth in it. “We see in Jesus the best, most practical, most human example of what it means to be holy,” writes Kevin DeYoung in...
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Spiritual Awakening and the Knowledge of God
I have never understood or empathized with the view that knowing more about God gets in the way of loving God. And yet there are people who, it seems, build their lives and ministries inside the fog of...
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The Most Neglected Theme in Sanctification
What's the most neglected theme related to personal sanctification? Kevin DeYoung says it's our union with Christ. In our recent discussion over his new book, The Hole In Our Holiness: Filling the Gap...
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The Many Motivators for Personal Holiness
The Lord has given his children a variety of motivations for how and why we pursue personal holiness, a point that Kevin DeYoung makes in our recent discussion over his new book The Hole in Our...
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