Desiring God Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Piper | Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them.Oleh John Piper

Marshall Segal | The joy God gives is not a fragile joy, ready to vanish in painful circumstances. It is strong enough to sustain fragile people through them.Oleh Marshall Segal

Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them.Oleh John Piper

Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them.Oleh John Piper

Scott Hubbard | How do we show hospitality to the Holy Spirit? We hear his voice, heed his motions, hate his enemies, and receive his grace.Oleh Scott Hubbard

Marshall Segal | One of Satan’s favorite strategies is isolation, and smartphones and social media have made his work that much easier.Oleh Marshall Segal

April 24, 2022 Affliction, Persecution, and God’s Vengeance 2 Thessalonians 1, part 1 Coty Pinckney preaching, Series: Living in Light of Jesus’ Return Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

David Mathis | Why would Christians exercise? Working and pushing these bodies, as God designed them, serves our learning, our joy, and our love.Oleh David Mathis

David Mathis | Why would Christians exercise? Working and pushing these bodies, as God designed them, serves our learning, our joy, and our love.Oleh David Mathis

Joe Rigney | If you want to understand the Holy Spirit better, you can begin by grasping the images of the Spirit given in Scripture: wind and breath, spirit and river, oil and bird.Oleh Joe Rigney

John Piper | How does saving faith honor Christ? By seeing him as not only all-sufficient, but all-satisfying. Not only efficacious, but glorious. Not only trustworthy, but a treasure.Oleh John Piper

Greg Morse | The Spirit can be grieved with us. But if we are in Christ, the Spirit will never leave us.Oleh Greg Morse

Resurrection Sunday April 17, 2022 Remember Jesus Christ, Risen from the Dead! 2 Timothy 2:8 Coty Pinckney preaching, Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

David Mathis | What if, with some intentionality, the news could become a source of refreshment rather than a continual distraction and discouragement?Oleh David Mathis

David Mathis | What if, with some intentionality, the news could become a source of refreshment rather than a continual distraction and discouragement?Oleh David Mathis

David Mathis | Jesus did not merely rise from the dead — he had to rise from the dead. His resurrection was not optional. Do you know why?Oleh David Mathis

Jon Bloom | Why do Christians call this Friday, of all Fridays, good? Because we would have no good apart from the horrors of the cross.Oleh Jon Bloom

The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.Oleh John Piper

Scott Hubbard | When hope flees, and faith feels weak, and the dawn seems to die, what will keep us from falling away? Jesus prays for us.Oleh Scott Hubbard

The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.Oleh John Piper

John Piper | The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.Oleh John Piper

Joe Rigney | Many of us struggle to experience contentment because we look for it in the wrong places. The satisfied heart prays, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”Oleh Joe Rigney

April 10, 2022 The Righteous, the Poor, and the Coming Kingdom of God Isaiah 2:1-11 I’John Gatewood preaching, Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.Oleh John Piper

Marshall Segal | The best marriages take their cues not only from the romance of the Song of Solomon, but from the daily, unspectacular faithfulness of the Sermon on the Mount.Oleh Marshall Segal

Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.Oleh John Piper

John Piper | Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.Oleh John Piper

Greg Morse | In all the emphases on slow, patient, relational evangelism, have we forgotten just how much God can do in a single conversation?Oleh Greg Morse

David Mathis | Jesus’s miracles certainly show that he is God — but the New Testament’s answer as to how he performed those miracles is not quite as simple.Oleh David Mathis

Marshall Segal | If you belong to Christ, God has flooded every familiar and unremarkable corner of your life with his Spirit.Oleh Marshall Segal

April 3, 2022 God’s Guarantee 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 Coty Pinckney preaching, Series: Living in Light of Jesus’ Return Click here to listenOleh Taylor Allen

David Mathis | When you think about the love of God, how much has your imagination been shaped by the sentimental age in which you live?Oleh David Mathis

Greg Morse | The risen Jesus remembers us, loves us, intercedes for us — and not in a way that diminishes his heavenly joy. That is really good news.Oleh Greg Morse