Messages by Desiring God (Video)
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The Solid Logic of Heaven Holds
John Piper | If God did not spare his only Son, but gave him up for us, he will surely give us all things with him.
The Pleasures of God Roundtable
John Piper | How did John Piper learn to ask great questions? Is it pastorally helpful to emphasize God’s pleasure in abolishing sin and death or God’s displeasure when discussing tragedies?
You Cannot Follow Me Now
John Piper | Only Jesus could do the saving work we needed. Only he could bear the awesome weight of our sin.
The Pleasures of God Roundtable
John Piper | How does God’s satisfaction in himself become a wonderful model for parents in how they raise their children? How does a theology centered on a big God serve as balm for the downcast soul? John Piper addresses these questions and more.
The Supremacy of Christ in All of Life: The Pastor and His Worldview
John Piper and Douglas Wilson | What are the similarities and differences between John Piper and Douglas Wilson? How have Jonathan Edwards and C.S. Lewis influenced them? In this two-hour-long conversation, John Piper and Douglas Wilson address these questions and more.
“The Frank and Manly Mr. Ryle” — The Value of a Masculine Ministry
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Let’s Be Rich Toward God
John Piper | The movement of your money expresses the movement of your heart. Where your treasure is, your heart will be also.
They Poured Out Innocent Blood
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From Bloodlines to Bloodline
John Piper | God takes people from every racial and ethnic bloodline and leads by the gospel us to the one bloodline of Jesus Christ.
The Word of God Is at Work in You
John Piper | Walking by the Spirit is a continual depending, praying, trusting, acting, and thanking God all out of faith.
Piper One on One
John Piper | Racism is not a social issue but a blood issue — the blood of Christ shed on the cross.
One Life: Don’t Waste It
John Piper | The life that exalts Christ, enjoys him, and happily overflows to meet the needs of others — that life will never be wasted.
Seeing and Savoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ Above All Things
John Piper | Seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus Christ frees you from the slavery of sin for the sacrifices of love.
One Life: Enjoy It
John Piper | We honor God most not just by obeying what he commands, but by finding our deepest satisfaction in all that he is for us.
For Men: Augustine, Sin, and Sovereign Joy
John Piper | The life of Augustine shows us that the only way to truly sever the deadly pleasures of sin is by having superior pleasure in the sovereign joy of God.
A Savior Is Born: Glory to God, Peace to Man
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For His Sake and for Your Joy, Go Low
John Piper | All Christians have the high, spiritual status of being a child of God. And with this high standing, there is a call to go low.
Belief in Jesus: Its Barriers and Blessings
John Piper | God is sovereign not only over our belief, but also our unbelief. He plans both for his glory in all things.
For This Purpose I Have Come to This Hour
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Chosen to Know and Believe and Witness That I Am He
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Gravity and Gladness
John Piper | John Piper lays out some practical implications for corporate worship in relation to the previous sessions, which covered the intensification of worship as an inward experience of the heart and the essence of worship as being satisfied in God.
If a Grain of Wheat Dies, It Bears Much Fruit
John Piper | The Christian life is far from being easy. It’s no stroll in the park. But God guarantees that our journey will end in glory.
Gravity and Gladness
John Piper | God making much of God, in communicating his glory to our minds and hearts, is the greatest act of love toward us.
Gravity and Gladness
John Piper | The essence of worship is the experience of being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
Gravity and Gladness
John Piper and Bob Kauflin | Gravity and gladness on Sunday mornings does not need to be dour or gloomy, but should be done with sensitivity to the moment and in the spirit of sorrowful yet always rejoicing.
Leave Her Alone, Judas — This Is for My Burial
John Piper | If Jesus is your greatest treasure, then your affections for him should be lavish and unbounded.
Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian
John Piper | The only hope we have for genuine, lasting ethnic harmony is the death and resurrection of Christ along with all of its implications for our unity.
Jesus Died to Gather the Children of God
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How the Offspring of Isaac Blesses the Sons of Ishmael
John Piper | God invites everyone to embrace the good news of Jesus. And he uses his people to proclaim and spread the message.
Let the Nations Be Glad!
John Piper | The ultimate goal of missions is worship, which is pursued by reliance upon God through prayer and the life-giving means of the word of God.
Let the Nations Be Glad!
John Piper | Our motivations of compassion for the lost and living for the glory of God come together as we pursue the highest joy of the nations through the gospel.
Let the Nations Be Glad!
John Piper | Though the calling of a missionary may include some subjective and mysterious elements, it can never be divorced from a deep, prayer-saturated study of the Scriptures.
Let the Nations Be Glad!
John Piper | The goal of global evangelization is both a great remaining task and also something that through the power of God the church is able to complete.
We Were Eager to Share with You Our Own Souls
John Piper | God made us to live life together. We can only flourish with brothers and sisters in Christ at our side.
Let the Peoples Praise You, O God, Let All the Peoples Praise You!
John Piper | Missions exists because the knowledge of God, the praise of God, the enjoyment of God, and the fear of God don’t exist among the nations.
Thoughts on Christ, Weakness, Insults, and Homosexuality
John Piper | True contentment that is able to weather all kinds of hardship comes from knowing Christ as our surpassing treasure.
Jesus Is the Resurrection and the Life
John Piper | God does not mainly love us in this life by sparing us from suffering. He mainly loves us by giving us more of himself and his glory.
The Pleasure of God in Everything He Does
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This Illness Is for the Glory of God
John Piper | Jesus loved Lazarus so much that he allowed him to die. But he also raised Lazarus to life and promises to do the same for all who trust in him.
Don't Waste Your Life
John Piper | God owns us and has determined what the unwasted life is: living and acting in such a way that displays the supreme value of Christ.
I and the Father Are One
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I Have Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold
John Piper | Everyone who believes in Jesus is a member of his flock. If you’re his, he’ll keep you safely to the end.
My Abandoned Life for Your Abundant Life
John Piper | Abundant life is not about having more stuff, but about having Jesus. Only he can save, satisfy, and give life because he is is the way, the truth, and the life.
The Infinite Worth of the Word of God
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Be a Radically God-Centered Pastor
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Hallowing God's Name in Public Life
John Piper | Hallowing God’s name is a heart action that transforms and shapes every other thing we do, from instituting laws to building cultural institutions.
For Judgment I Came into This World
John Piper | Sin blinds us all. We can only stumble about in darkness until Jesus takes us by the hand, and leads us into his heavenly light.
The Works of God and the Worship of Jesus
John Piper | Jesus does the very works of God so that all might know that he himself is God.
Why Was This Child Born Blind?
John Piper | Every sorrow and every time we suffer, there is a divinely designed purpose to display God’s glory and increase our joy.
You Will Never See Death
John Piper | One day your strength will fade and your body will fail, but if you are trusting in Jesus you will never see death.