Podcast Desiring God

David Mathis | In Christ, we do not sin in response to sin. When insulted, we endure. When reviled, we bless. When slandered, we pray, forgive, and follow in the footsteps of Jesus.Oleh David Mathis

David Mathis | Some may not think of David, the shepherd king, as particularly masculine, but Scripture paints him in a far more manly and glorious light.Oleh David Mathis

When Jesus asks the Pharisees how David calls the Messiah “Lord,” they refuse to answer. What made that seemingly simple question so incendiary?Oleh John Piper

November 12, 2023 A Divine Union Mark 10:1-12 Jacob Smith preaching, Series: Follow Jesus Christ, the Serving, Suffering, and Saving Son of God Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

David Mathis | Some may not think of David, the shepherd king, as particularly masculine, but Scripture paints him in a far more manly and glorious light.Oleh David Mathis

Marshall Segal | If you are a younger man, you need the example and encouragement of men who are further along in faith. You need the firm love of spiritual fathers.Oleh Marshall Segal

Scott Hubbard | Christians are an unusual people who don’t wait until after the fact to thank God. No, we thank him every step of the way.Oleh Scott Hubbard

John Piper | When Jesus asks the Pharisees how David calls the Messiah “Lord,” they refuse to answer. What made that seemingly simple question so incendiary?Oleh John Piper

David Mathis | Good pastors don’t just work hard to preach to their people; they help them through conflicts with a calm force that brings order to the chaos of life.Oleh David Mathis

When Jesus asks the Pharisees how David calls the Messiah “Lord,” they refuse to answer. What made that seemingly simple question so incendiary?Oleh John Piper

Greg Morse | The craft of Christian writing obsesses over reality, arranges truth with care, quests for fitting phrases — and stands ever enthralled by the One above all words.Oleh Greg Morse

Marshall Segal | Romance can be a friend and an ally, or an enemy and a terror. It can point us to the Love we were made for, or it can leave us lovesick forever.Oleh Marshall Segal

John Piper | God is. No reality is more mind-boggling, more valuable, more life-altering, more electrifying than the absolute being of God.Oleh John Piper

John Piper | God is. No reality is more mind-boggling, more valuable, more life-altering, more electrifying than the absolute being of God.Oleh John Piper

John Piper | God is. No reality is more mind-boggling, more valuable, more life-altering, more electrifying than the absolute being of God.Oleh John Piper

Jon Bloom | Even when arguments don’t win the mind, love may win the heart. Dying sacrifices speak to our deepest hopes and draw out our highest admiration.Oleh Jon Bloom

Scott Hubbard | What might happen in the church if even single men increasingly thought of themselves as spiritual fathers for younger men?Oleh Scott Hubbard

Greg Morse | When a society makes room for homosexual lust, the disorder ripples throughout that society, even to the youngest and most vulnerable.Oleh Greg Morse

November 5, 2023 Disagreements?! In Church?! Romans 14:1-15:7 Coty Pinckney preaching Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

Marshall Segal | What does it say about us that as we grow older, we often lose our ability to notice and enjoy the brilliance and creativity of God in all that he’s made?Oleh Marshall Segal

David Mathis | What joy could be greater than seeing the lost saved, the saints sanctified, and the kingdom of darkness destroyed? The joy of having your own name written in heaven.Oleh David Mathis

Scott Hubbard | When was the last time you stopped, looked up, and stared at the sky? A song of glory resounds. A heaven of wonders awaits.Oleh Scott Hubbard

David Mathis | The Reformation began in 1517, but you will search in vain for an end date. The work continues as each generation, standing upon the shoulders of others, comes to drink for themselves at the headwaters of God’s own word.Oleh David Mathis

October 29, 2023 Gospel Purpose, Gospel Pursuit, Gospel Practice Ephesians 3:14-21 Jacob Smith preaching Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

Jon Bloom | “The shadow proves the sunshine.” Those lyrics are a profound window into reality, and might help lead someone out of the shadows of spiritual darkness.Oleh Jon Bloom

Greg Morse | Maybe we say “if only” to protect us from the disappointment of dreams fulfilled and longings still unmet. Maybe the grass is always greener — and we prefer to have it so.Oleh Greg Morse

October 22, 2023 Him We Proclaim Colossians 1:28 David Livingston preaching Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

Marshall Segal | If you want to live your single years well, find good answers to five crucial questions: Who’s over you? Who’s ahead of you? Who’s beside you? Who’s behind you? And who’s against you?Oleh Marshall Segal

Scott Hubbard | How can normal Christians grow in counseling others? Learn from the Wonderful Counselor. Listen — really listen — to others. And then pray, discern, and respond.Oleh Scott Hubbard

October 15, 2023 A Tale of Two Tactics 2 Chronicles 14:7–13; 16:1–9 Wil Hester preaching Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

John Piper | What is sovereign, sustaining grace? It is not grace that spares us pain, but grace that orders our pain — and then sustains us through the pain.Oleh John Piper

John Piper | What is sovereign, sustaining grace? It is not grace that spares us pain, but grace that orders our pain — and then sustains us through the pain.Oleh John Piper

John Piper | What is sovereign, sustaining grace? It is not grace that spares us pain, but grace that orders our pain — and then sustains us through the pain.Oleh John Piper

Greg Morse | We need men in pulpits who will preach the whole counsel of God — the promises and warnings, the mercies and conditions, the comforting and the discomforting.Oleh Greg Morse

Jon Bloom | What makes the brief life of Robert Murray M’Cheyne so compelling? He lived to the hilt. He burned with love for Christ. He was a truly holy man.Oleh Jon Bloom

Scott Hubbard | How does a godly young man relate to his sisters in Christ? By diligently cultivating purity, clarity, courage, and community.Oleh Scott Hubbard

October 8, 2023 Blood-Bought Purity Mark 9:42-50 Jacob Smith preaching, Series: Follow Jesus Christ, the Serving, Suffering, and Saving Son of God Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

Marshall Segal | One way to grow as a husband is to learn from a bad one. Here are five marks of a foolish man.Oleh Marshall Segal

Greg Morse | Live for something. Stand for something. Die for something. If God has made you a man, then rise up and act like one.Oleh Greg Morse

David Mathis | Christ calls his preachers to “use Scripture.” It is the pastor’s tool belt, his staff, his weapon, his wand, his scalpel for the most delicate and exacting of surgeries.Oleh David Mathis

David Mathis | From principals to presidents, leadership failures fill the news. We long for someone in power to lead with wisdom and fairness. Praise God, the ideal king has come.Oleh David Mathis