When the Bible explains our need for Christ it uses the analogy of thirst and desire. This article explains that thirsting for Christ and desiring Christ are what lie at the heart of faith.

A need is something essential for life; a desire is a strong feeling of want. If you confuse desire for a need you run into three dangers, which this article spells out.

John 4, the episode of the Lord Jesus with the woman at the well, is full of instruction for the church. It provides us with an understanding of the nature of sin and salvation, and a picture of a theology of desire and satisfaction.

Desire is God’s gift to us. However, when desire is motivated by sin it becomes deadly. Pleasure which does not seek to find its fulfillment in God ruins everything. This author laments the prevalence of hedonism, the pursuit of pleasure, in our churches.