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Marshall Segal | Jesus lived a lonely life, and died a far lonelier death, so that all of those who trust in him might never be truly alone.
Marshall Segal addresses four common lies that can hinder Bible reading: that the Bible is irrelevant, hard to understand, unhelpful in times of pain, or won't bring happiness. He refutes these misconceptions by emphasizing the Bible's power to provide wisdom, comfort, understanding, and joy. Segal encourages reading Scripture in community, persevering through tough passages, and engaging with the Word prayerfully, recognizing the spiritual battle against distractions and discouragement.
Marshall Segal | God is looking for people who pray to him in need and in plenty, in the wilderness and in paradise, in desperate dependence and in adoring delight.
In this exhortation, Marshall Segal exhorts us to take refuge in the Everlasting Father who came at Christmas. Jesus is for our good, he is a father to those he came to save.
In this exhortation, Marshall Segal looks at 2 Peter 1:5-8 where Peter reminds them of their calling as Christians. We are often forgetful and need to be reminded of the way of Christlikeness. Let's “make every effort” to remind one another to grow in Christlikeness because we all need to be reminded and we all need reminding.
Marshall Segal | The banner flying over corporate worship is not “come and give” but “come and get.” Our first business each Sunday is to seek a happy soul in God.
Marshall Segal | If you want to stabilize your soul, fortify your heart, and inflame your joy, then come walk the cliffs and peaks of the greatest of all chapters: Romans 8.
Marshall Segal | When you plan, do you acknowledge what you don't know, admit what you can't control, and ask God for help? If not, your plans may be well-laid but wicked.
In this sermon, Marshall Segal wraps up our Summer of Psalms (Part 6), expounding upon Psalm 85 which is a psalm and a prayer for all our low moments in the Lord. We all have low moments of various kinds, and so we are all regularly in need of reviving. We look at our need for revival, our hope for revival, and then three fruits of revival.
In this sermon, Marshall Segal expounds upon Psalm 76 looking first at our fearful enemy, then at our even more fearful God, and then finally at how fear responds in faith.
In this sermon, Marshall Segal exhorts husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church, women to seek out Ephesians 5 men, single men to aspire to be an Ephesians 5 man, and the wives to honor and celebrate these men that pursue her, lead her, cherish her, die for her.
Marshall Segal | Good Friday bids us to stop and remember just how sinful we were — just how bleak it was for us before that darkest day in history.
Marshall Segal | The “comforts” of sin may seem safer and more appealing in the fires of your trials, but they will only make your pain that much worse.
Marshall Segal | When the Holy Spirit fills a person, he brings supernatural, countercultural joy: joy that submits, joy that endures, joy that spreads, and joy that waits.
In this exhortation, Marshall Segal reminds us what Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 2 on how to guard against the lies of the devil – forgiveness. Let's not withhold forgiveness, but rather “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32).
Marshall Segal | If you want to assess the health of a soul, try asking these four questions from Tim Keller: Are you sailing? Are you rowing? Are you drifting? Or are you sinking?
Marshall Segal | Forgiveness may feel impossible right now, but you can find peace, even pursue peace, by learning to trust God and his coming, perfect justice.
Marshall Segal | Many of us who never abuse alcohol still experience a kind of respectable drunkenness, an indulgence in something good that dulls our hearts to God.
Marshall Segal | Sometimes the last three words in our prayers — in Jesus's name — slowly lose their weight and meaning. Here are six reasons to slow down and savor them.
Marshall Segal, author and managing editor of desiringgod.org joins Bill to share how we can help those who are suffering as he discusses one of his latest articles "Find Your Way to Help the Hurting." Later Jen Bradbury joins to discuss her book "Faith Beyond Youth Group." and the five ways to form character and cultivate lifelong discipleship. Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here This conversation originally took place on November 21, 2023
Marshall Segal | His first cancer diagnosis sent Tim Keller on a quest to experience the awe and intimacy that God promises to those who pray. Twelve years later, he wrote the book on what he learned.
Marshall Segal | As you open your homes and presents this Christmas, make the feast as Christian as possible. Fix your eyes on the Son who came, and will come again.
In this exhortation, on the fourth and final Sunday of Advent, Marshall Segal draws us back out into the field on the night Christ was born. The night God sent down the frightening forces of his heavenly armies to sing of peace. The exhortation is this: Listen to the blazing, dangerous choir in the sky and savor our harmony with heaven, a gift which Jesus bled and died for.
Marshall Segal | God is the giver of every good thing you might lose, and he is the giver of every good thing you might crave. That makes gratitude a great weapon against temptation.
Marshall Segal | If you are a younger man, you need the example and encouragement of men who are further along in faith. You need the firm love of spiritual fathers.
Marshall Segal, author and managing editor of desiringgod.org joins Bill to share how we can help those who are suffering as he discusses one of his latest articles "Find Your Way to Help the Hurting." Later Jen Bradbury joins to discuss her book "Faith Beyond Youth Group." and the five ways to form character and cultivate lifelong discipleship. Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here
Marshall Segal | Romance can be a friend and an ally, or an enemy and a terror. It can point us to the Love we were made for, or it can leave us lovesick forever.
In this exhortation, Marshall Segal illustrates how in moments of pain or frustration, discouragement or exhaustion, we can sometimes reach for a besetting sin – thinking it will make us feel better – only to realize it makes us feel worse. Let's not turn to temptation in our pain. Let's not believe the lie that sin will somehow comfort you.
Marshall Segal | What does it say about us that as we grow older, we often lose our ability to notice and enjoy the brilliance and creativity of God in all that he's made?
Marshall Segal | If you want to live your single years well, find good answers to five crucial questions: Who's over you? Who's ahead of you? Who's beside you? Who's behind you? And who's against you?
Marshall Segal | One way to grow as a husband is to learn from a bad one. Here are five marks of a foolish man.
Marshall Segal | Unwanted waiting can be the best preparation for future ministry. Here are seven ambitions for aspiring men who feel stuck behind a closed door.
Marshall Segal | When faced with big life decisions, we may find surprising wisdom from a simple question, drawn from Narnia: Where's the lion now?
Marshall Segal | God wrote a book — the greatest book ever written. Because he decided to reveal himself in human words and phrases, we should want to read as well as humanly possible.
Marshall Segal | Though Jesus was not a father or mother, he sympathizes with the lies parents face in the wilderness of the little years. And he can overcome them.
Marshall Segal | Like blades of grass, we are here today, gone tomorrow — frail, fragile, finite. But those who fear and follow God know a steadfast love that will outlive the mountains.
Marshall Segal | Ask God for the kind of friends who love your soul more than your feelings, who will prize your eternal destiny even above the friendship itself.
Marshall Segal | What might it look like to study and work, to date and marry and parent, to disagree and forgive, like you'll live forever?
Marshall Segal | Some men read the Bible assuming they've seen it all before. Others open the same book always expecting to find some new reason to treasure God.
Marshall Segal | ‘The Hobbit' resonates with us so deeply, all these years later, because the tension in Bilbo is a tension in all of us. We love comfort, but we were made for mountains.
Marshall Segal | One day soon, God will make all we know unmistakably new. Have you learned to long, and pray, for the wonders of a better world to come?
Marshall Segal | Are you weighed down with the burdens and sorrows of life? Despite all of your afflictions, if you're in Christ, his mercy is more.
Sometimes you just need to unplug but there can be a spiritual downfall to coveting isolation. Marshall Segal, author and managing editor of desiringgod.org, joins Bill to discuss for a powerful conversation on the causes of isolation through his article Me, Myself, and Lies. Then Bill is joined by veteran and author Fernado Arroyo to discuss the reality of suicide in our veteran community, through his book The Shadow of Death: My Battles in Fallujah to the Battle for My Soul. Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: Click here Episode 1 originally aired on June 06, 2022 Episode 2 originally aired on September 09, 2022
Marshall Segal | When suffering comes to those around you, don't assume someone else will step up and help. Assume God plans to meet one of their many needs through you.
Marshall Segal | The greatest news in the world is that, through Jesus, people made by God, and who have rejected God, may still get to have God.
Marshall Segal | In an age of independence and suspicion of authority, becoming a church member is a loud, arresting statement of our devotion to Christ and our need for his body.
Marshall Segal | How pitiful would your life seem if Jesus did not rise? How promising and thrilling is it if he really did?
Marshall Segal | A healthy, godly use of alcohol remains vigilant against at least five great dangers of alcohol.
Marshall Segal | If you want to pursue greater clarity in a dating relationship, look carefully in three directions: your desire, your community, and your opportunity.
Marshall Segal | What would life be like if you were unafraid of death? If you knew death would really be gain, what kind of life might you be free to live?