Desiring God Messages by John Piper Audio
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Future Grace for Finishing the Task
Every Christian stands firmly rooted in Christ’s decisive past work. But grounded there, we now look expectantly forward for more and more of God’s grace.
Future Grace for Finishing the Task
God lives for the fame of his name, and so should we. But we’ll never honor and magnify him as we should unless we first learn that our delight in him glorifies him most.
Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 3
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Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 2
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Adam, Christ, and Justification, Part 1
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Let the Nations Be Glad
Jesus has sheep that are not of our fold. He has ransomed a people for himself from every tribe, tongue, and nation.
Questions and Answers
Both in tenderness and toughness, we must follow the example of Jesus as we upset the world.
Counting It All Joy
Jesus Christ is magnified in the life of his people whenever they find their highest joy in him — especially in seasons of suffering and pain.
Twenty Years, Then Romans
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Boasting Only in the Cross
When you die, only what you do for Christ will last. You have one life. Don’t waste it on insignificant comforts.
How to Get a Camel through a Needle's Eye
With God all things are possible. That is the basis of our prayer and our giving and our evangelism.
Jesus Christ: Alive and With Us to the End
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The Sons Are Free
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If the Lord Wills
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The Isaac Factor
There’s nothing too difficult, too complicated, or too tiresome for God. With him, all things are possible.
The Gideon Venture
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Marriage Lived for the Glory of God
The point of marriage is the glory of God, therefore marriage must not be the ultimate focus of our lives but God himself as our greatest treasure.
One Generation Shall Praise Your Works to Another
It is the Biblical duty of every generation to make sure that the next generation hears about the mighty acts of God.
Let All the Peoples Praise Him
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Building Our Lives on the Bible
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Fulfilling the Law of Love
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Set Apart Rick, Randy, and the Rest for the Work
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Christ Crucified, Our Boast: Education for Exultation — In the Cross
Every good thing in this life and every bad thing that God turns for good comes to us through Jesus and his cross.
You Will Be Eaten by Cannibals! Lessons from the Life of John G. Paton
Paton’s life was marked by a kind of in-your-face spiritual moxie, and God used his courageous faith to change the world for Christ.
The Word Was God and Became Flesh: Education for Exultation — In Jesus
All true education is built upon God’s truth because Jesus reigns over every square inch of the universe.
I Am the Lord, and Besides Me There Is No Savior: Education for Exultation — In God
Our calling is to know and believe that God is God — that he is sovereign, that he is Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Christ, Culture, and Abortion
Social involvement is demanded by a biblical orientation toward life.
Race and Cross
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Devote Yourselves to Prayer
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I Will Meditate on All Your Work and Muse on Your Deeds
Moment by moment, our vital union with Christ is sustained, shaped, and carried by the Word of God.
Jesus Never Gave In
The high priesthood of Jesus gives us confidence to draw near to the throne of grace for help in time of need.
Jesus Christ is the Same Yesterday and Today and Forever
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We Exult in God Through Our Lord Jesus Christ
The biblical portrait of Jesus must be the essential content of your joy in God.
Much More Shall We Be Saved By His Life
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God Demonstrates His Love Toward Us
God’s love for us is not just a logical inference from the Bible. He pours his love out for us, and we can feel it in our hearts.
The Love of God Has Been Poured Out Within Our Hearts
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Thanksgiving Toward the Past, Faith Toward the Future: A Parable of the Anvil
You can stake your life on what will not come from science or psychology, but the very word of our God that endures forever.
We Exult in Our Tribulations
In this world you will have trouble, but in Christ it will only increase your joy and hope.
Let Your Passion Be Single
A singular passion for God is not only sensible but safe — it is not only reasonable, it is right.
Spiritual Warfare and Prayer
God calls upon every one of his soldiers to take up their armor and join in the battle to advance the gospel among the nations.
The Revelation of God’s Righteousness Where There Is No Church
The aim of missions is that the nations would glorify God for his mercy — that all would worship God for his great grace.
The Surpassing Excellency of God in the Joy of His Suffering People
Suffering is the normal means God appoints to spread the gospel through his people. We can only full embrace Jesus when we rejoice in our sufferings.
The Excellency of God
Prizing the excellency of God in Christ frees us to suffer for the sake of displaying his glory and completing the Great Commission.
God Is Too Excellent to Need Servants
God is too great and glorious to need servants. But he does ask us to work for him and glorify him — all in the strength that he so graciously supplies.
The Excellency of God
The only service that honors God is service done in the strength that he supplies.
The Call for Courage in the Cause of Truth
Our culture today may recoil against absolutes, but our faith rests on Jesus Christ, who is himself Truth.
Preaching God in a Man-Centered Age
Faith comes through hearing, and hearing by the word of God, so pastors must preach God’s word to satisfy both the mind and the heart.
Let Us Exult in the Hope of the Glory of God!
Whatever else you do or say or feel, of this you can be certain: God wills that you rejoice in the hope of seeing his glory.
Faith and the Imputation of Righteousness
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The Purpose and Perseverance of Faith
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