David Mathis
Desiring God
Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Past articles by David:
Good Preaching Takes Hard Work
Good preachers carry many burdens before preaching, while preaching, and after preaching — and the rewards still outweigh the costs. → Read More
Workers for Your Joy: The Call of Christ on Christian Leaders
David Mathis examines the qualifications and calling of church leaders for a new generation of congregants and leaders. → Read More
What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?
What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever. → Read More
No Meekness Without Might: What We Learn from Christ’s Gentleness
David Mathis on the gentless of Christ, what this means for Christian men, and how the incarnation reveals the life-giving nature of Christ's gentleness. → Read More
Have a Holly COVID Christmas
Christmas is coming, bringing in its run-up a season so beloved, so seemingly magical, so sentimental, and in one sense so well known—that is, until 2020. → Read More
Acting the Miracle
In this little book, John Piper, David Mathis, and other theologians set out to help us see and savor God’s holiness that we might strive to be holy. → Read More
Thinking. Loving. Doing.
Holistic Christianity is comprised of mind, heart, and hands. The Christian life is multidimensional: thinking, loving, and doing. → Read More
Why We Worship on Repeat
Many a modern church-goer has been miffed by repetition in corporate worship. The Information Age is conditioning us for new content, fresh ideas, new data. Here's why we have worship repetition. → Read More
Habits of Grace
Though seemingly routine, the everyday “habits of grace” we cultivate give access to the God-designed channels through which his love and power flow. → Read More
Cross
Cross captures, for a new generation, the great summons to the unreached and unengaged peoples of the world. → Read More
Habits of Grace
Though seemingly normal and routine, the everyday “habits of grace” we cultivate give us access to the God-designed channels through which his love and power flow. → Read More
Love People Who Look Different: Lesson for Our Children — and Us
When we were God’s enemies, Jesus came for us. How much more should we move toward people who aren’t like us — even those who hate us? → Read More
“Where Are You Really From?”
Ethnic background shouldn’t determine someone’s worth or place in society, but sometimes it does — more than we care to admit. → Read More
How to Stay Christian in Seminary
Seminary is exhilarating . . . and dangerous. Former seminarians David Mathis and Jonathan Parnell offer real-world advice for students eager to survive seminary with a flourishing faith. → Read More
God Created Diversity for God
The world loves to talk about diversity for reasons that have nothing to do with Jesus. The greatest good of multiculturalism is seeing more of God. → Read More
Talk to Strangers
Christians are the people in the world most free to love, because we have no enemies that can take from us what God has given to us freely in Christ. → Read More
Well Done, Good Servant
Jerry Bridges loved the truth that God preserves us and we participate in his preservation. Watch this 12-minute interview on God’s keeping work. → Read More
Thinking. Loving. Doing.
Here is a call to holistic Christianity. A challenge to be thinkers, engaged and serious about knowing God. And to be feelers, pulsing with passion for Jesus and his gospel. And to be doers, endeavoring great acts of love for others. Our Savior himself shows us that holistic Christianity is comprised of mind, heart, and hands. And he shows us that the Christian life is… → Read More
A True Leader Pursues Sacrifice, Not Privilege
A true leader knows that Christian leadership is not about getting acclaim or recognition. True Christian leaders are those most ready to fall to their knees and be inconvenienced by the needs of others. → Read More
How Your Habits Show and Shape Your Heart
Habits can be nasty little things. They can also save your life. → Read More