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Lecrae Raps the Gospel in One Minute
We recently sat down with Lecrae to talk about his latest album, Gravity, which just won Best Gospel Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Here he raps the gospel in one minute:
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Biblical Counseling: God Changing Lives Through Ordinary People
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “biblical counseling”?No doubt, many think of a movement that takes sin seriously. A growing number may call to mind a movement that is increasingly taking...
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A Valentine’s Lesson from a Husband Who Botched It
Alright, husbands, here we go. Today’s the big day. It’s time to muster our level best and not drop the ball on Valentine’s Day. It’s not too late to make plans, or give them an upgrade — though it...
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When an Earthly Husband Images Our Heavenly Groom
Valentine’s Day is here. It’s a day when our society encourages couples to take the extra steps to show their love for one another. Give flowers. Give chocolates. Go out to dinner. Celebrate love. Some...
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Don’t Read the Puritans, Read Spurgeon!
I must confess to having slightly overstated my point in the title of this post. I rejoice in the recent resurgence of interest in the Puritans, who have so much to teach us. Perhaps a better way to...
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Your Sin Is No Match For God’s Grace
The old hymn says it beautifully: “Grace, grace, God’s grace; grace that is greater than all my sin.”But the grace of God is not only great enough to “pardon and cleanse within.” It is so powerful, as...
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A Weak Mother Is a Good Mother
If there is one thing I want to do well, it’s rearing my children to know God's voice and love his ways. But if there is one area that I feel most inadequate in, it's rearing my children to know God's...
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What Christians Do About Modern-Day Slavery
If you are a believer, be reminded that you were a slave. Jesus redeemed you from that slave master called sin. And he has given us freedom. Therefore, as freed slaves, we should have a heart for those...
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Encountering the Living Christ in Personal Devotions
This week we released episodes 24–28 in the Ask Pastor John podcast. In one of those new episodes we asked John Piper a question about personal Bible reading: must we come away from our Bible reading...
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The Truth (About Abortion) Will Set You Free
Facts help us grasp abortion in our communities. With the internet no one is innocently ignorant. Here are some facts from the Twin Cities to San Antonio. There are no grizzly pictures here. But there...
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The Day Luther Died
In Germany 467 years ago, in a small, backwater town called Eisleben, the shaking hand of a dying man scribbled this simple line: We are beggars. This is true.Martin Luther died on February 18, 1546....
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From Radical Lesbian to Redeemed Christian
In 1999, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield was a tenured English professor at Syracuse University, a skeptic of all things Christianity, and in a committed lesbian relationship. Her academic specialty was...
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What Happened at Golgotha
Jesus absorbed God’s wrath for us.Among the many other happenings during the most important hours in the history of the world — as the Son of God was crucified outside Jerusalem at a place called...
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Help Save the Ones Around You
Recently a healthy young woman went to see her doctor for a prenatal checkup on her baby girl. She had named her Madison.Last week she went to an abortion clinic to end her daughter’s life.Four days...
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How Much Is Left to Do in the Great Commission?
We should be dumbfounded at how doable the remaining task of world missions is. Before I show this, let’s clarify some definitions.Missions is not the same as evangelism. Evangelism is sharing the...
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Hospitality on Mission
Rosaria Champagne Butterfield shared her unlikely conversion story with us on the previous Authors on the Line podcast. We might have expected a Pauline conversion experience — perhaps a flash of light...
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The Seamless Garment of Christian Mission
The tension in the air can feel thick enough to cut with a knife. It escalates to all-out war in some churches — the battle between living local and going global.With limited time and resources and...
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Citizens of Heaven
I spent a lot of my early years in Africa trying to create a home for my family. When packing, I agonized over how much of America to stuff into Ziplock baggies. I packed shoes in five sizes for the...
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Behind the Blog: Recent Catch-Ups
[Subscribe to Behind the Blog on iTunes.]There’s lots of activity this week at the desiringGod.org offices, even with the single-digit temperatures in Minneapolis. With a team of web designers here to...
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Don’t Feel Qualified for Your Calling?
For the first forty years of his life, Moses lived in a place of strength. As a member of Pharaoh’s household he had social prestige, wealth (Hebrews 11:26), and youthful strength. When he became aware...
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