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#2100

Can a Single Pastor Date in His Church?

Where should an unmarried pastor look for a wife? Pastor John encourages single men in ministry to take practical steps while trusting God’s providence.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16753085.gif) ... Read more

Yesterday

12 MINS

12:26

Yesterday

#2099

What Makes a True Friend?

What makes for a true friend, according to God’s word? Pastor John sketches the nature and importance of friendship across the Scriptures.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16749902.gif) ... Read more

22 Jul 2024

12 MINS

12:29

22 Jul 2024

#2098

God Is Eager to Work for You

God looks throughout the earth, eager to work for those whose hearts are whole toward him. Pastor John unfolds glory from a favorite verse.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16747197.gif) ... Read more

18 Jul 2024

13 MINS

13:44

18 Jul 2024

#2097

Will God Judge People for Being Born Muslim?

Will God condemn someone for being born into another religion? Pastor John responds to a former Muslim deeply worried about her loved ones.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16743688.gif) ... Read more

15 Jul 2024

11 MINS

11:14

15 Jul 2024

#2096

On Repetitive Worship Songs

“For his steadfast love endures forever” appears 26 times in Psalm 136. What might we learn from this psalm about the right kind of repetition in worship?![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16740529.gif) ... Read more

11 Jul 2024

11 MINS

11:04

11 Jul 2024

#2095

Let the Bible Smash Your Bad Theology

If you want more of your thoughts to become captive to Christ, open the Bible and pray, “Anything in my thinking that needs to be destroyed, destroy it.”![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16737046.gif) ... Read more

08 Jul 2024

09 MINS

09:42

08 Jul 2024

#2094

The Good Grace of Being American

American citizens enjoy lavish blessings of common grace. Pastor John calls us to give thanks without giving away our far deeper allegiance to God’s special grace.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16734087.gif) ... Read more

04 Jul 2024

12 MINS

12:31

04 Jul 2024

#2093

Is My Joy Commanded or Spontaneous?

If joy in God is a gift from God, why does he also command us to rejoice? Pastor John takes us into a paradox that lies at the heart of the God-glorifying life.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16730361.gif) ... Read more

01 Jul 2024

11 MINS

11:06

01 Jul 2024

#2092

The Next Generation of Missionaries

The local church’s task of sending and sustaining long-term missionaries rests on several deep biblical assumptions. Pastor John shares five.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16726935.gif) ... Read more

27 Jun 2024

10 MINS

10:22

27 Jun 2024

#2091

How Your Heart Governs Your Mind

At the root of our sin is not a mind ignorant of God’s ways, but a darkened love, a hardened heart, and a will bent away from God’s ways.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16723331.gif) ... Read more

24 Jun 2024

11 MINS

11:00

24 Jun 2024

#2090

Resurrection Power for Our Pain

In this fallen age, resurrection power does not keep us from pain. Instead, it brings life to others as we keep loving Jesus in our pain.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16720542.gif) ... Read more

20 Jun 2024

11 MINS

11:32

20 Jun 2024

#2089

The Emotional Roller Coaster of Bible Reading

Bible reading can bring comfort, but Bible reading can also bring fear. How can we rightly embrace both the comfort of God’s promises and the fear of his warnings?![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16716770.gif) ... Read more

17 Jun 2024

12 MINS

12:27

17 Jun 2024

#2088

Taste Test Your Way to God’s Will

Paul says that the renewed mind discerns God’s good will “by testing.” What does that testing look like in the thousands of everyday decisions we make?![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16712998.gif) ... Read more

13 Jun 2024

09 MINS

09:05

13 Jun 2024

#2087

God’s Purpose in Our Boredom

Our boredom in this world is meant to point us to another world — a world where the infinitely interesting God will banish boredom forever.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16709484.gif) ... Read more

10 Jun 2024

12 MINS

12:41

10 Jun 2024

#2086

How Can I Convince Comfortable People to Embrace Christ?

No matter how comfortable our friends and neighbors may seem, they are headed for hell unless they repent. So, what words might break through their comfort?![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16706373.gif) ... Read more

06 Jun 2024

12 MINS

12:15

06 Jun 2024

#2085

Satan, the ‘Prince of the Air’ — What Does That Mean?

Why does Paul call Satan “the prince of the power of the air”? Pastor John explores the extent of Satan’s authority and Christ’s decisive victory.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16701631.gif) ... Read more

03 Jun 2024

13 MINS

13:43

03 Jun 2024

#2084

If I’m Not Elect, How Am I Guilty for Not Believing?

If God has not chosen to save me, then why would he condemn me for not believing? Pastor John explains the kind of inability that does not remove responsibility.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16698086.gif) ... Read more

30 May 2024

11 MINS

11:03

30 May 2024

#2083

What Shia LaBeouf Gets Wrong About Joy

Is Shia LaBeouf right to say that Jesus experienced “maximum joy” as he died? Pastor John considers the joy set before Christ and the horrors of the cross.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16694771.gif) ... Read more

27 May 2024

13 MINS

13:06

27 May 2024

#2082

Killing Lust with the Cross of Christ

“Cross,” “nails,” “spear,” and “thorns” are words that evoke images in our minds — images with tremendous power to dispel lustful thoughts.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16691595.gif) ... Read more

23 May 2024

10 MINS

10:36

23 May 2024

#2081

Ten Questions for Readers of Erotica

How should Christians think about sexually explicit material on the page rather than the screen? Pastor John offers ten questions for readers of erotica.![image] (https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/10715/16687658.gif) ... Read more

20 May 2024

10 MINS

10:55

20 May 2024

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#2100

Can a Single Pastor Date in His Church?

#2099

What Makes a True Friend?

#2098

God Is Eager to Work for You

#2097

Will God Judge People for Being Born Muslim?

#2096

On Repetitive Worship Songs

#2095

Let the Bible Smash Your Bad Theology

#2094

The Good Grace of Being American

#2093

Is My Joy Commanded or Spontaneous?

#2092

The Next Generation of Missionaries

#2091

How Your Heart Governs Your Mind

#2090

Resurrection Power for Our Pain

#2089

The Emotional Roller Coaster of Bible Reading

#2088

Taste Test Your Way to God’s Will

#2087

God’s Purpose in Our Boredom

#2086

How Can I Convince Comfortable People to Embrace Christ?

#2085

Satan, the ‘Prince of the Air’ — What Does That Mean?

#2084

If I’m Not Elect, How Am I Guilty for Not Believing?

#2083

What Shia LaBeouf Gets Wrong About Joy

#2082

Killing Lust with the Cross of Christ

#2081

Ten Questions for Readers of Erotica