Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio
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Happy in Hope, Patient in Pain, Constant in Prayer
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Love One Another with Brotherly Affection
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Treasuring Christ Together: The Vision and Its Cost
Beware of fearing a high price more than the possibility that God could be displeased that you didn't aim at something greater.
Abhor What Is Evil; Hold Fast to What Is Good
There is such a thing as objective good and evil outside ourselves.
Let Love Be Genuine
You can be a liberal hypocrite, and you can be fundamentalist hypocrite. But love is not that way.
Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 3
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The Whole Glory of the Gospel of God
All the glorious benefits of the gospel, such as forgiveness of sins, eternal life, and triumph over the powers of darkness, are not the highest good of the gospel but a means to enjoying God himself.
The Whole Glory of Christ
The cross must never receive its meaning from the whims of culture, but must be preached in all of its Godwardness, horror, saving power, and effectiveness for those who believe.
The Whole Glory of God
Satisfaction in God is the vital link between biblical doctrine and a life of sacrificial love, and in order to maintain such joy, the doctrine of God’s sovereignty must be upheld in the face of error.
Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 2
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The Unfathomable Riches of Christ for All Peoples, Above All Powers, Through the Church
God uses ordinary brushes to paint the world with the brilliant colors of his saving glory.
Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 1
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Doing Mercy to the Brothers of Jesus and the Broken Neighbor
If we are true Christians we will want to show mercy to suffering people.
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ: Part 2
Seeing and savoring the supremacy of God in Christ gives us the power to suffer for the sake of love, and the power to strive for the sake of purity.
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ: Part 1
God designed our sexuality so that we might know him more. He means to guard our sex from being perverted.
We, Though Many, Are One Body in Christ
Our true individuality is found only in relationship to the body of Christ.
Faith: the Root and Trait of All Spiritual Gifts
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Assessing Ourselves with Our God-Assigned Measure of Faith, Part 2
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Assessing Ourselves With Our God-Assigned Measure of Faith, Part 1
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What Is the Will of God and How Do We Know It?
Saturate your mind with God’s word, and pray that the Spirit of Christ would make you so new that the spillover would be good, acceptable, and perfect.
The Renewed Mind and How to Have It
Any effort to renew our minds must follow the Holy Spirit’s initiatives and enabling. The renewal of our minds is first and decisively his work — not ours.
Are You Sure You’re Called to Stay? Five Arguments from Jesus Against Fear
Jesus’s words in Matthew 10:16–31 contain five powerful arguments that are able to dismantle our fears of speaking the truth of God’s word.
Discerning the Will of God Concerning Homosexuality and Marriage
What is wrong with homosexual marriage? Is it possible to believe this and still love homosexual people?
Do Not Be Conformed to This World: The Indigenous and Pilgrim Principle of Christian Living
Jesus’s people are in the world, but not of the world. We work for the good of our temporary homes while we always long for more.
Predestined for Adoption to the Praise of His Glory
We must understand and enjoy our own adoption before we can properly grasp what it means to adopt another.
Present Your Bodies As a Living Sacrifice to God
God gave us bodies to make his glory more visible. The aim of showing mercy is showing God.
Build Your Life on the Mercies of God
The mercies of God ground our life in Christ. Because he’s immeasurably gracious, we have endless riches forever in him.
Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Expansion, Part 2
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Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1
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When I Am Raised Up, I Will Go Before You To Galilee
He is risen! Trust him today. By his mercy he can forgive your sins. And by his sovereignty he can turn all things for your good.
Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom, Past and Future
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From God, to God, Through God
Do you love the thought that you exist to make God look good? If not, you may be committing spiritual suicide.
The Deep Riches and Wisdom and Knowledge of God
Nothing and no one compares to the greatness and grandeur of our God.
God’s Design for History: The Glory of His Mercy
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Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East
What does Scripture say about the Promised Land and Israel's rights to it today?
All Israel Will Be Saved
Let us give ourselves to prayer and to the great work of gathering the fullness of the Gentiles, if by any means we might make Israel jealous of her treasures in Christ so that they believe and be saved.
Look at the Kindness and the Severity of God
God’s fury at sin reminds us of the great pardon we don’t deserve. Gaze at his goodness with gratitude.
Defending the Faith in the Public Arena
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Use Means, but Trust in God
All our labors flow from the strength God himself supplies. And whatever we do through him channels glory back to him.
Continue in the Kindness of God
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Stand Fast Through Faith
God saves us not on the basis of our ethnicity or socioeconomic status, but by his grace alone.
George Mueller's Strategy for Showing God: Simplicity of Faith, Sacred Scripture, and Satisfaction in God
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The (Jewish) Root Supports You through Your Faith Alone
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Abortion and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
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The Peril of Partiality
Showing partiality toward others, either because of their race or their riches, reveals a lack of trust in Jesus.
All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God and Profitable
Thoughts on Bible translations and loving the Word of God.
Don’t Waste Your Life
If you live to minimize your suffering and maximize your comfort, you’ll miss the point of this life: to magnify the great worth of Jesus.
Let Your Requests Be Made Known to God
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From Little Bethlehem Will Come a Ruler in Israel
Our deepest need is peace with God, and our greatest enemy is sin. God answers both in the Christmas miracle of his Incarnate Son.
If the Root Is Holy, the Branches Are Holy
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