
Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio
Desiring God
Show overview
Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio has been publishing since 1971, and across the 55 years since has built a catalogue of 2,078 episodes. That works out to over 1400 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 34 min and 48 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 9 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2007, with 86 episodes published. Published by Desiring God.
From the publisher
Messages from the ministry of John Piper.
Latest Episodes
View all 2,078 episodesThe Glory of God in His Glorious Church
Radiance, Power, and Purification: The Superiority of Jesus Christ
Plead for the Insight You Need: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Study

True Faith Tastes Future Joy
Jesus endured for the joy set before him. Moses obeyed, expecting the Messiah. The early church suffered for a better reward. This is faith.

Living in God’s Sovereign, Sustaining Grace
When God ordains sufferings for the good of his people, he also sustains them and cares for them with all the strength of his love.

The Power of Hoping in God’s Meticulous Providence
Because God’s purposeful sovereignty reaches absolutely everywhere, his gospel can satisfy, his mission will succeed, and his people can never be lost.

This Body Must Be Raised: Four Reasons for Your Resurrection
Jesus’s glorified body, his purpose for believers, his astonishing power, and the glory of the new creation all insist that the resurrection must happen.

The Supremacy of Christ Our Hope
There has never been, nor will there ever be, a greater reality than the God we see when we look at Jesus Christ. His very supremacy is our deepest hope.

Sing in the Fullness of the Spirit: A Live Lab on Ephesians 5:15–20
What is the fullness of the Holy Spirit, and how does it relate to making music to God in a church gathering? God opens our eyes so we can sing to him.

Is Joy in Jesus a Christian Obligation?
Joy in Jesus is an invitation and a privilege. Is it also a duty? John Piper lays out six reasons joy in God is essential to the Christian life.

Saving Faith as the Awakening of Joy in Jesus
When we believe in Jesus, we receive him as living water, bread of life, and all-satisfying treasure. Saving faith is the awakening of joy in Christ.

What to Do When Your Spirits Sink
David walked with God through disasters, diseases, attacks, and his own sins. What pattern of life did he follow to depend on God through it all?

It Is Still Well with My Soul: Funeral Message for Perpetua Broten
When a child dies, how can it still be well with our souls? Pastor John offers six soul-steadying realities in a funeral for a precious twelve-year-old.

Contrite Courage: How the Guilty Lean on Grace
How do Christians respond to God’s fatherly indignation against our sin? The prophet Micah teaches us: Respond with brokenhearted boldness, with contrite courage.

Our All-Nations Charge: What It Means to Be a World Christian
Cowardice, consumption, and comfort often stand between us and God’s global work. What can set us free to be world Christians?

We Cannot Please God Without Grace: TULIP Session 3
Are all humans born totally depraved? Even though many appear good without God, none of us can please him apart from his grace.

God Chose You for God: TULIP Session 4
Christ’s sheep hear his voice and come to him not ultimately because they chose him but because he chose them. Their faith rests on God’s free choice.

Five Points with Many Questions: TULIP Session 7
The doctrines of grace raise a host of questions. John Piper addresses warning passages, God’s relationship to the non-elect, the Spirit’s indwelling, and more.

God’s Call Overcomes Our Resistance: TULIP Session 2
For years, maybe decades, we resisted God. But then, at the perfect moment, God opened our eyes to see his glory in the face of his Son.

God Holds His People Fast: TULIP Session 6
We need enduring faith for final salvation, but our perseverance does not rest on our resolve: It rests on God, who keeps his own.