Podcast Desiring God

David Mathis | As the United States celebrates 246 years of independence, and Americans newly remember the ten-dollar founding father, what lessons might we learn from the rise, fall, and redemption of a prodigal son?Oleh David Mathis

Faith does not shipwreck upon the rocks of history, logic, science, or ethics, but on the mountains of sinful desire.Oleh John Piper

Faith does not shipwreck upon the rocks of history, logic, science, or ethics, but on the mountains of sinful desire.Oleh John Piper

Marshall Segal | Deacons are not only handy, administrative, or good at meeting needs. They are also holy, humble, and unusually sacrificial. Deacons are spiritual giants who bow low.Oleh Marshall Segal

John Piper | Faith does not shipwreck upon the rocks of history, logic, science, or ethics, but on the mountains of sinful desire.Oleh John Piper

Jon Bloom | In his faithfulness, God promises not only that he will deliver us from affliction, but that we will do something good through the affliction.Oleh Jon Bloom

Marshall Segal | The moments when marriage feels most challenging are often the moments with the most potential to say something profound about Jesus.Oleh Marshall Segal

Humility flourishes in hearts that focus not on being humble, but on gladly exalting Jesus, who is superior to us in every possible way.Oleh John Piper

David Mathis | Today marks 25 years since the first Harry Potter book released. What Christian lessons might we take away from the bestselling series?Oleh David Mathis

Humility flourishes in hearts that focus not on being humble, but on gladly exalting Jesus, who is superior to us in every possible way.Oleh John Piper

John Piper | Humility flourishes in hearts that focus not on being humble, but on gladly exalting Jesus, who is superior to us in every possible way.Oleh John Piper

Greg Morse | Where reverence withers, worship suffers.Oleh Greg Morse

Joe Rigney | Being baptized into the church means being immersed in its mission. The old has passed and a new life now begins.Oleh Joe Rigney

Scott Hubbard | Satan knows the power of words — he’s been undoing souls with them from the beginning. And wherever Christ is faithfully taught, the devil is undone by them.Oleh Scott Hubbard

Jon Bloom | If God’s answer to your prayers hurts, don’t assume he doesn’t love you. Assume his love is working something good you cannot now see.Oleh Jon Bloom

Greg Morse | Want to measure your growth in grace? Consider how deeply you long for heaven.Oleh Greg Morse

Marshall Segal | The friends we need will not always be the friends we want. They’ll often be the brotherly storm that wakes us back up to God.Oleh Marshall Segal

Joe Rigney | The best readers gladly observe the Golden Rule: they read others as they would want to be read.Oleh Joe Rigney

Jon Bloom | The hardest part of many trials is how far away God can feel. But he’s not far at all, and if we trust him, he will, in time, flood our dark nights with light.Oleh Jon Bloom

Greg Morse | If a pitiless culture will not mourn for the missing, she will.Oleh Greg Morse

David Mathis | We boast on Sunday because Christ died on Friday. No cross, no favor with God. No crucifixion, no resurrection. We live because he died.Oleh David Mathis

David Mathis | We boast on Sunday because Christ died on Friday. No cross, no favor with God. No crucifixion, no resurrection. We live because he died.Oleh David Mathis

Scott Hubbard | On Pentecost 1862, some five thousand men and women, many of them former cannibals, gathered in the South Pacific to sing the hymn “Jesus Shall Reign.”Oleh Scott Hubbard

Marshall Segal | Those who have been invited into heaven become people who love to open their front doors. They know that ordinary hospitality is often how the lost are found.Oleh Marshall Segal

David Mathis | He didn’t just give the Great Commission; he lived the Great Commission. What might we learn from Jesus’s own life about what it means to “make disciples”?Oleh David Mathis

Jon Bloom | False teachers may look like sheep, talk like sheep, and even act like sheep for a time. But eventually, they will show themselves to be the wolves they are.Oleh Jon Bloom

May 29, 2022 You are Loved! You are Chosen! You are Holy! 2 Thessalonians 2, part 2 Coty Pinckney preaching, Series: Living in Light of Jesus’ Return Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

Greg Morse | Some imagine they would believe in God if he would simply write his message in the clouds. But what if he actually did?Oleh Greg Morse

Scott Hubbard | Small groups may feel unremarkable, but again and again, God has struck revival with small matches. Here are four marks of the small but daring community.Oleh Scott Hubbard

Marshall Segal | No matter what situation you’re in, the psalms know what you feel. And the psalms can help you feel as you ought.Oleh Marshall Segal

May 22, 2022 The Power of Satan and the Surpassing Power of Jesus 2 Thessalonians 2, part 1 Coty Pinckney preaching, Series: Living in Light of Jesus’ Return Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

David Mathis | An astounding and holy contest runs through the pages of Scripture, as the Father and Son seek to “outdo one another in showing honor.”Oleh David Mathis

Joe Rigney | Our own sense of reality is not the same as reality itself. And simply recognizing that distinction can be the first step toward aligning our thoughts and emotions with God’s word.Oleh Joe Rigney

Greg Morse | Jesus could love people like he did because he did not fear them like we do.Oleh Greg Morse

May 15, 2022 God Hears, God Remembers, God Sees – and God Knows Exodus 2:23-3:10 Joint service with Swahili congregation Coty Pinckney preaching, Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

David Mathis | What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.Oleh David Mathis

Scott Hubbard | Sometimes, God seems to be answering a longtime prayer or fulfilling a deep desire — until it all crumbles before our face. How do we receive such painful turns from the hand of God?Oleh Scott Hubbard

David Mathis | What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.Oleh David Mathis

Marshall Segal | What makes the church a pillar and buttress of the truth? She holds up and lives out what God has said — whatever God has said, however he has said it, whatever it means for us.Oleh Marshall Segal

David Mathis | A midlife crisis, disorienting as it may be, is not only a trial to be endured, but an opportunity for Christian maturity. New cracks in our soul may allow our theology to sink deeper than ever before.Oleh David Mathis

Joe Rigney | The surest way to give the world over to evil is to begin to deny such evil exists. And this is exactly what we have begun doing.Oleh Joe Rigney

May 8, 2022 The God Who Guides 2 Timothy 1:5-7 I’John Gatewood preaching, Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.Oleh John Piper

John Piper | There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.Oleh John Piper

Jon Bloom | “A woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” For Mother’s Day, Jon Bloom obeys this verse and honors his mother’s beautiful love for the least of these.Oleh Jon Bloom

There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.Oleh John Piper

Greg Morse | God is not honored by mere checked boxes. He’s honored by a life that says he can be trusted, obeyed, and treasured above all else.Oleh Greg Morse

Scott Hubbard | If you want more joy, more warmth, more life from your devotions, don’t bypass the hard, necessary work of thinking.Oleh Scott Hubbard

David Mathis | Christians stand for truth, but not in the way the world might. Truth, for us, is unavoidably and irreducibly personal.Oleh David Mathis

May 1, 2022 Jesus Glorified in You, and You Glorified in Him 2 Thessalonians 1, part 2 Coty Pinckney preaching, Series: Living in Light of Jesus’ Return Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen