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Staying for the Best Things
I can't shake the scene of that little room where Passion and Patience sit waiting. The boys' sitter instructed them to stay still, to rest side by side, to hold out for what's best. What we come to...
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Extraordinary Holiness Through Four Ordinary Means
In his new book, Kevin DeYoung writes, "It may sound boring or out-of-date, but it just happens to be true: the way to grow in your relationship with Jesus is to pray, read your Bible, and go to a...
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This Week's Sermon: "Why Did God Create the World?"
The ultimate purpose for which God created this world is the praise of the glory of his grace in the death of Jesus for sinners. There you have it, the most important thing we could ever know....
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National Conference Live-Stream
If you're not able to join us in Minneapolis for the conference this weekend, each of the main sessions will be live-streamed in both English and in Spanish at www.desiringgod.org/live. Transmisión en...
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God Answers
Is there a word to help us feel the weight of Adam's fall? All. How heavy will this burden weigh, (Spare not!) on those who fell? Hell. O Lord, so great this forfeiture!...
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How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage?
In his new book on holiness, Kevin DeYoung devotes an entire chapter to the pressing issue of sexual morality (chapter 8), and a large portion of that chapter addresses Christians who are dating or...
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YRR, Let's Finish the Mission
You can only dive deep in the Scriptures so long until you’re ready to get busy. Unless something’s seriously broken, you can only power up so much on theology — whether straight-up seven-point...
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113,000 Reasons Why We Love Portuguese
In the past 12 months over 113,000 Portuguese speakers have visited the Desiring God website from places like Brazil, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Angola and Portugal. We rejoice in statistics...
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Making What God Made Us to Make
Images are designed to image — to reflect, to point. Created in the image of God, we all are designed, like the God-man, to reflect God. To show God, to point to him, to image God. One prominent way in...
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20 Quotes from Eyes Wide Open
The following quotes are taken from Steve DeWitt's outstanding book, Eyes Wide Open: Enjoying God in Everything (Credo House, 2012). “Created beauty eclipses God’s beauty in the desire factory of man’s...
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Wrong Thinking Is Behind Wrong Living
Everybody knows this is true. It’s a very simple principle. But right thinking is very hard. The forces wielding a distorting influence over our reasoning powers are immense. Though God is revealing...
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Beware the Peril that Lurks in Success
It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. (2 Samuel...
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The Apex of the Glory of God
The glory of God is the most important thing in the universe. But what about the most magnificient aspect of his glory? John Piper explains in this three-minute video: This excerpt is from the latest...
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Getting at God’s Holiness (Conference Live-Stream)
Thanks to all who have been a part of the 2012 National Conference, whether by attendance or the live-stream. The audio and video of each session will be available for streaming and download by Friday,...
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Preparing for Marriage (Free eBook)
Preparing well for marriage means asking hard questions. Getting to know that special someone includes learning about family and friends and schooling and athletics, favorite pastimes, books, movies,...
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3 Ways to Get This Momentary Marriage
It took 40 years for John Piper to write a book on marriage. Still too much to learn, he’d say to himself when considering the project. But maybe someday. At long last, the dream became a reality in...
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God's Plan Before the Ages Began
Grace was given to you, Christian, before the universe was made. And it was given to you in Jesus Christ. In this video, looking at Ephesians 1:5 and 2 Timothy 1:9, John Piper explains God's plan for...
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Hospitality and the Great Commission
The twelve of us sat in silence, on the edge of our seats. You could have heard a pin drop. I had pilgrimaged from Minnesota to muggy Orlando, and her stifling August humidity, for a weeklong intensive...
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Withdraw to a Desolate Place So You Don’t Waste Your Life
But [Jesus] would withdraw to desolate places and pray. (Luke 5:16) A retreat might just be what you need in order to not waste your life. Note that Jesus, in the middle of very busy ministry, would...
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David Platt on the Doctrine of Suffering
[Subscribe to the podcast through iTunes.] No topic is more enduringly relevant. Everyone encounters suffering one way or another and Christian leaders are called to help them understand its meaning....
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