Desiring God

"The Bible tells us again and again, especially in the Psalms, that our God is great."

Singing for the Christian is formative and responsive, and therefore must be informed by Scripture. The importance of hymns is that we learn what we sing.

Our evangelism isn't working. While a person’s response to Christ is ultimately a matter that rests in God’s sovereign hands—something we have no control over—a person’s hearing of the gospel is a matter we do have control over and responsibility for.

I visited a man on his death bed yesterday. I left confused. This man had no relationship with Jesus, no interest in the gospel, yet no fear of death. No fear of death at all? It led me to consider: should Christians fear death?

The saddest stories I hear from parents raising a child with a disability don’t involve schools, insurance companies or hospitals. The saddest story is when such a family must leave a church.

When the needle dips—when you lose your joy—you should take note of your joyless christianity. To stay safe, you need to pay attention to your joy.

John Piper is known for his passion in preaching. So much so that, in a humorous moment, Piper’s hand gestures were so exuberant that his smartwatch thought he had taken a hard fall in the middle of a recent sermon. 

For the Christian, with both feet standing firmly in the good news of Jesus, there are possibilities for a true story of thanksgiving which we otherwise would never know.