Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio
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Jesus Is the End of Ethnocentrism
With Jesus came a radically new way of defining the people of God: all who have faith in the Messiah.
Planting a Passion for God: A Dream for Bethlehem in 2002
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Hold Fast to the Word and Pray for Us
Prayer and meditation are as inseparable in the Christian life as the Spirit and the Word of God.
The Word Was Made Flesh
Christians must know Jesus well so that they can discern between the Christ of Scripture and the Christ that other religions claim to honor.
Christian, Know Whose You Are
What are the essential distinctions between true Christians and non-Christians?
What Does It Mean to Fulfill the Law in Romans 8:3–4?
Jesus’s perfect righteousness is yours through faith. He obeyed perfectly so that the Father could welcome you wholly.
Why and How We Walk According to the Spirit
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How to Use the Law Lawfully to Bear Fruit for God
Meditate on the law in order to know the justice and mercy of God in Christ, your righteousness and your life.
Thankful for the Love of God
If you got everything you ever wanted but didn’t have Jesus, would you still be satisfied?
How the Spirit Does What the Law Could Not Do
The law can't overcome your rebellion and make you a loving person. But the Spirit can.
What the Law Could Not Do, God Did Sending Christ, Part 2
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‘I Will Build My Church’ — From All Peoples
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What the Law Could Not Do, God Did Sending Christ, Part 1
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Getting at the Heart of God-Focused Ministry, Session 6
We all know that Jesus Christ has great love for his people. But what we sometimes miss is that the highest expression of his love leads us to the glory of God, even when the path runs through suffering.
Getting at the Heart of God-Focused Ministry, Session 5 (Q & A)
Under God’s blessing, preaching God-Centered truth has a way of bringing all other aspects of healthy church life and Christian duty into their proper place and proportion.
Getting at the Heart of God-Focused Ministry, Session 4
Fruitful ministry doesn’t just produce right knowledge of God, but right feeling for him too. The depth of our theology should be matched by the heights of our affections.
Getting at the Heart of God-Focused Ministry, Session 3 (Q & A)
The Scriptures carry answers relating to the nature of fasting, honoring parents in a missionary calling, leading the church in a God-Centered direction, and relating to those who walk in urepentant sin, but some things we will have to wait to know until the age to come.
Getting at the Heart of God-Focused Ministry, Session 2
We have countless reasons to fear speaking up for Jesus every single day. But our Lord himself gave us even better reasons to take courage and live for him.
Getting at the Heart of God-Focused Ministry, Session 1
God does everything, including every step of redemptive history, for his own glory. And that’s good news for sinners who find refuge in his Son.
Set Free by the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus
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No Condemnation in Christ Jesus, Part 2
If you are in Christ, all of God's action toward you is almighty mercy and omnipotent assistance.
No Condemnation in Christ Jesus, One Body in Christ
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A Service of Sorrow, Self-Humbling, and Steady Hope in Our Savior and King, Jesus Christ
The sovereignty of God over all persons and events guarantees that what Jesus Christ bought for us by his own blood will infallibly become our inheritance.
No Condemnation in Christ Jesus
The essence of Christianity is this: there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
The Greatest Thing in the World
The greatest thing in the world is to know God apart from his wrath by the grace that Jesus purchased on the cross.
Who Is This Divided Man? Part 6
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Who Is This Divided Man? Part 5
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Who Is This Divided Man? Part 4
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Who Is This Divided Man? Part 3
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How Do You Keep On Going?
We could never repay the debt we owe God for his grace. But we can honor him by asking for more.
Take Cover Under His Wings
The second and third chapters of Ruth depict a turn to hope, our safe refuge in the Lord, and the strategic righteousness we should pursue.
God's Winding Road to Glory
The fourth chapter of Ruth demonstrates how the life of the godly is not a straight line to glory but that God leads his people through all apparent chaos to his beautiful design.
Q&A on the Sovereignty of God
The sovereignty of God and human responsibility are mutually inclusive.
All Things for Our Good
The first and second chapters of Ruth teach us valuable lessons about the sovereignty of God.
When Suffering Comes
The book of Ruth is all about God’s compassionate purpose through the bitter providences of life.
Who Is This Divided Man? Part 2
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Who Is This Divided Man? Part 1
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Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ
I invite you to join me in this serious quest for well-founded, everlasting, love-producing joy in Jesus Christ.
To Be a Mother Is a Call to Suffer
Motherhood requires a unique kind of suffering that only a firm hope in God’s sovereignty can sustain.
The Deadly Team of Sin and Law
Sin fools us in two ways: it makes us hopeless of ever being righteous or it persuades us that we can do it on our own.
Jesus Christ and the Law of God
The goal of studying the Bible is primarily to see and know Jesus Christ.
Pity Not Them Who Rise With Christ
Christ is alive and able to persuade you that he is true and the greatest treasure in the universe.
Undoing the Destruction of Pleasure
We will not understand the human longing for happiness until we understand the God who can fulfill it.
How We Come to Know Sin
The law teaches us that it is God's desires, not our own, that are the measure of right and wrong.
The Importance of Knowing Our Sin
You don't have to give in to temptation in order to know your sin.
Live to Die: A Leader Who Suffers Well
God has ordained that we will see many troubles in this life. The saints must suffer to show Jesus as supreme.
Dead to the Law, Serving in the Spirit, Part 4
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Suffering: The Path and the Price of World Evangelization
The good news of the gospel will indeed make its way to all nations, but it won’t happen without God’s people taking up their crosses and following the Lord Jesus Christ into hard places.
Prayer: Pursuing Peoples When Life Is War and God Is Sovereign
One who believes that life is war, that God is sovereign, and that the victory is assured will pray to the Lord day and night.
Preaching: Zeal That Accords with Knowledge
We can have zeal and still be condemned. Pursue a passion for God that accepts his righteousness alone for salvation.