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Greg Morse

Greg Morse is a staff writer for desiringGod.org and graduate of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He and his wife, Abigail, live in St. Paul with their son and two daughters.

Children Caught in the Crossfire: The Tragedy of Same-Sex ‘Adoption’

Children Caught in the Crossfire

The Tragedy of Same-Sex ‘Adoption’

When a society makes room for homosexual lust, the disorder ripples throughout that society, even to the youngest and most vulnerable.

The Ache of ‘If Only’

The Ache of ‘If Only’

Maybe we say “if only” to protect us from the disappointment of dreams fulfilled and longings still unmet. Maybe the grass is always greener — and we prefer to have it so.

Preach to Comfort and Disturb: A Plea to Pastors

Preach to Comfort and Disturb

A Plea to Pastors

We need men in pulpits who will preach the whole counsel of God — the promises and warnings, the mercies and conditions, the comforting and the discomforting.

Act Like Men

Live for something. Stand for something. Die for something. If God has made you a man, then rise up and act like one.

Wander Away to Her

Wander Away to Her

When was the last time you got lost thinking about your bride? Have you let life rob you of the radiant, ever-changing beauty beside you?

‘Oh Slay the Wicked’: How Christians Sing Curses

‘Oh Slay the Wicked’

How Christians Sing Curses

Should Christians pray the imprecatory psalms? Did these curses die at the cross, or do they have a counterpart in the new-covenant religion?

Wrestling with What Won’t Be: The Meaning of Midlife Melancholy

Wrestling with What Won’t Be

The Meaning of Midlife Melancholy

Why do so many hit a wall in their early forties, wondering who they are and what they should be doing?

Keep Them from Sex: A Demon’s Plea for Abstinence

Keep Them from Sex

A Demon’s Plea for Abstinence

Satan would have the unwed obsess about sex. But for husbands and wives, he may employ a different strategy: the Marital Abstinence Program.

Almost Saved: Four Reasons to Examine Yourself

Almost Saved

Four Reasons to Examine Yourself

Many come to the end of life almost saved, almost rescued from God’s wrath, almost in possession of joy forevermore. But only almost.

O Me of Little Faith

O Me of Little Faith

Sometimes we settle for weaker faith because we fear what greater faith might cost us in this life.

Stabbed by Joy: The Longings That Led Me to Christ

Stabbed by Joy

The Longings That Led Me to Christ

Some joy does not leave you satisfied, but still aching for a pleasure barely glimpsed, hardly heard. The longing is inconsolable, until it leads our hearts to Christ.

A Problem in Prayer: Learning to Ask as We Ought

A Problem in Prayer

Learning to Ask as We Ought

Jesus says, “Ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you.” Did he really mean that? If so, what would that prayer sound like today?

Goats in Sheep’s Clothing: Why We Warn the Lukewarm

Goats in Sheep’s Clothing

Why We Warn the Lukewarm

A professing Christian may live years in the church, even decades, yet in the end still hear those haunting words of Jesus: “I never knew you.”

Confrontational Christlikeness

Confrontational Christlikeness

Faithfully following Jesus will put us at odds with those who ignore or refuse him. Does anyone in your life dislike how Christian you are?

Roast What You Kill: Becoming a Man Who Follows Through

Roast What You Kill

Becoming a Man Who Follows Through

Meet the sophisticated sloth: he dates but never marries, attends church but never joins, works hard only when others watch — and rarely finishes what he begins.

We Travel to a World Unseen

We Travel to a World Unseen

The ground beneath our feet, the hills around our house, the sky above our heads — these seem as real as real can be. But another world is still more real.

The Ministry of the Pew: Sunday Morning for Normal Christians

The Ministry of the Pew

Sunday Morning for Normal Christians

How many of us arrive on Sunday mornings, sing, listen, and then leave?

Beware of the Birds: How Satan Sabotages Sermons

Beware of the Birds

How Satan Sabotages Sermons

What if the distractions keeping you from listening to sermons are an act of spiritual warfare?

The Most High on His Knees: Learning Humility from the Last Supper

The Most High on His Knees

Learning Humility from the Last Supper

Before Jesus gave his hands to the nails, he used them to wash the dirt from his disciples’ feet. What thoughts caused one so high to go so low?

He Comes Quickly: Are You Still Waiting?

He Comes Quickly

Are You Still Waiting?

The last picture of the church in Scripture shows a bride looking up to heaven, crying out, “Come!” Do we still look and long for our Lord’s return?

God of Ages Past: The Awakening We Need Today

God of Ages Past

The Awakening We Need Today

Though our experience may tell us to expect few conversions, few baptisms, and no grand spiritual movements, the God who revives and awakens is still our God today.

Losing Christ in Christianity

Losing Christ in Christianity

Christianity without Christ is a sunless solar system, a waterless ocean, an airless sky. Yet how subtly and easily we who name Christ can lose sight of him.

Man Enough to Weep

Man Enough to Weep

When was the last time you cried over someone’s soul? Do you ever ask God to make the tears flow again?

Friends Who Fell Away: When Apostasy Comes Close to Home

Friends Who Fell Away

When Apostasy Comes Close to Home

They sang with us in church, confessed to be Christ’s, renounced the world and Satan — and later walked away. How can we make sense of such painful apostasies?

Beneath the Mountain of Smoke: Recovering the Awe of Worship

Beneath the Mountain of Smoke

Recovering the Awe of Worship

Does Sunday morning feel like a gathering before almighty God? We can far too easily lose sight of what we’re doing when we come together to worship.

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