Messages by Desiring God
Messages from the Teaching Team at Desiring God.
Episodes
May 15, 2024 • 50 mins
David Mathis | Whomever God justifies, he also sanctifies. What means has he given us to keep growing in holiness?
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April 14, 2024 • 33 mins
David Mathis | The safest soul in all the universe is the one that rejoices in the risen Christ. God will never destroy those who delight in his Son.
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April 7, 2024 • 43 mins
Tony Reinke | How should Christians orient toward technology? Should we ignore it, embrace it, be suspicious of it, or shun it altogether?
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March 31, 2024 • 44 mins
David Mathis | Even among pastor-elder teams, conflict comes. Disagreements are inevitable. How then might we navigate conflict with a constant eye toward God-honoring unity?
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March 28, 2024 • 13 mins
Why do God’s people wake up as believers day after day until they die? Because the same word that made us goes on keeping us to the end.
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March 20, 2024 • 39 mins
Marshall Segal | How can we make Jesus look good in life and in death? By enjoying him as better than anything life could ever give — and better than anything death could ever take.
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March 17, 2024 • 35 mins
David Mathis | Why do so many Christians love the book of Philippians? Among other reasons, because the letter is brief, accessible, memorable, and teeming with joy.
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March 10, 2024 • 58 mins
David Mathis | The Father prioritizes the church by choosing her, the Son prioritizes her by purchasing and purifying her, and the Spirit prioritizes her in his power. So, how do we prioritize the church?
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March 3, 2024 • 56 mins
Does church leadership seem endlessly complicated? Take heart. Christian leaders guide God’s people from where they are to where God wants them to go, using God’s methods.
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February 29, 2024 • 18 mins
David Mathis | How did Jesus know Scripture so well? The same way we can today: through patient, prayerful meditation on the word of God.
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February 25, 2024 • 47 mins
God is sovereign, and he has purposed his gospel to spread to the ends of the earth. Those who give themselves to that purpose are invincible, even through suffering.
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February 17, 2024 • 18 mins
David Mathis | Jesus had a full and fruitful ministry, but unlike us, he never seemed hurried or frantic. What can we learn by observing his holy habits during his earthly life?
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January 21, 2024 • 33 mins
God will have worshipers from every nation on earth. He will win them, and do so through us. We have only to tell them.
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January 14, 2024 • 43 mins
David Mathis | What does it look like to walk in a way that is pleasing to God — to live so that God delights in the aroma of our lives?
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January 7, 2024 • 38 mins
When Christ calls us to the mission field with him, he calls us to deny shallow pleasures, die to ourselves, and enjoy greater and greater delight in him.
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December 27, 2023 • 52 mins
David Mathis | Of the fifteen elder qualifications, “one-woman man” and “not quarrelsome” may be the two most at odds with our promiscuous, petty age.
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December 20, 2023 • 47 mins
David Mathis | Scripture says elders should be “able to teach” and “sober-minded” — but why? The two correspond to a pastor’s most important tasks: feeding and leading.
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December 19, 2023 • 10 mins
Matthew’s Christmas story shows two ways to deal with Jesus: try to get rid of him like Herod, or fall down and worship him like the wise men.
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December 13, 2023 • 50 mins
David Mathis | What does Christ call church leaders to be and do? Like him, they labor heartily and happily, not for selfish gain, but for their people’s joy.
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December 10, 2023 • 39 mins
David Mathis | How do you need God’s help this Advent? What need seems most pressing? Press into the message of Christmas, and you’ll find hope and help in time of need.
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