Desiring God Ministries
Seward - Minneapolis:
The Gospel in the Church for the Obedience of Faith Through Spiritual Gifts
Grace pays the debt we owe God for stealing his glory. But now we owe the gospel to any who still need God’s grace.
How to Know Your Spiritual Gift (and Why that’s Important)
The truth is that our emphasis on the individual causes many of us to miss the biblical emphasis on the community of faith—a community created by the Holy Spirit.
Teens and Spiritual Gifts: How to Help Discover Them
Teens and spiritual gifts: Part of discipleship is helping a believer discover and use their spiritual gifts.
What is my Spiritual Gift?
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5 Steps to Discovering and Developing Your Spiritual Gifts
For many Christians spiritual gifts seem like an optional accessory to the Christian life. Sure it would be nice to know what yours are and use them, but it’s not necessary. They seem like extra credit. But the truth could not be more different than our perception. Here are five steps to discovering and developing your spiritual gifts.
How to Know and Use Your Spiritual Gifts
Not only are we individually handcrafted, but every single Christian is blessed with several spiritual gifts from God for the purposes of ministry and to be used within the body of Christ. Every believer receives these gifts when they accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior.
4 Steps for Using Your Spiritual Gifts
How can you make your spiritual gifts work? Pastor Mike shows you how to make the most of what God's given you. We need your support! Your donation of any am...
What's YOUR spiritual gift? Take this online test to find out
As part of our new sermon series, we invite you to take a short spiritual gifts survey. The test is free and the private results are emailed to you.
What should Christians do about our differences on spiritual gifts?
I receive questions all the time about spiritual gifts in the church. This is an important topic because the gifts were given to edify and build up the church, but often they become a source of contention and division.
How the Gospel Frees Us From the American Dream
I think most of us grew up with a dream—a dream to become someone others admire, to do something incredible and to change our broken world.<br>But, sometimes we grow up, and our lives don't look exactly like they were "supposed" to look. We're sitting in a job that doesn't seem meaningful, feeling lo
How the Prosperity Gospel Hurts Racial Reconciliation
The prosperity gospel harms racial reconciliation because it is not the gospel. The biblical gospel frees us from ranking ourselves by income or ethnicity.
How to attract millennials to your church
How can your church help millennials see the value in church as a way to grow closer to God?
What alcoholics can teach churches
Daybreak Fellowship blends language of addiction recovery with Christian worship
Shut down the bus tours: What older church members should really be doing
So how do you engage older church attendees… say people over age 50? The question’s been around a long time. And, as most church leaders could tell you, it’s a bit of a loaded question. It’s also a question I’m...Read More→
Why Do Churches Focus So Much On Families?
In an era of evangelicalism where there are church ministries built around the idea of “family,” marriage has become the focus of countless books and sermons and “family friendly” entertainment has become synonymous with “Christian” entertainment, is there a risk of distorting what the biblical inte
What Millennials Want When They Visit Church
Like it or not, consumer culture has shaped people’s expectations for church, and this is more true for Millennials than any other generation. So what do they think of church? What pushes them away and draws them in? And when they do visit a church, how are they hoping to be approached?
Seven Reasons Why We Should Not Accept Millions of Years
There is an intensifying controversy in the church all over the world regarding the age of the earth.
Revitalizing Church—Steps to an Outward Focus
Churches must understand—and move toward—an outward focus
Why You Shouldn’t Give Up On the Church
I grew up in the Church. No really, I grew up in the church.<br>As a pastor’s kid, I spent countless hours in church and doing church activities. I am a church native and familiar with all its quirks and cultural oddities, with all its strengths and all its failings. As the son of prominent evangelic
Go Big or Go Home: How "Big" Has Invaded the Church
Is our obsession with big churches rooted in mission our just our desire for “big”?
