Messages by Desiring God (Video)

John Piper | There is a biblical precedent for preaching in the gathering of God’s people, and that preaching should be expository exultation that has its goal in the glory of God, its ground in the person and work of Christ, and its source in the Scriptures.

John Piper | Based on the practice of the early church and various principles seen throughout Scripture, preaching should have a place in the regular gathering of the church.

John Piper | We might not agree with Lewis on everything, but his romantic rationalism applied to the Christian faith can open our eyes to more of God’s wonders.

John Piper | Multiplying churches with different strengths and weaknesses means coming closer to meeting the needs of the world.

John Piper | All children, of every degree of ability, are conceived for the purpose of displaying the glory of God.

John Piper | Eight ways to help children love those who don't look like them.

John Piper | There is a spiritual diet without which no Christian can be strong and healthy and fruitful. And that is a diet of the word of God.

John Piper | God loves us best when he loves himself most. And in his loving glorification, we find imperishable joy.

John Piper | Both disciplined and spontaneous prayer should flow from our confidence that God is already one hundred percent on our side.

John Piper | A holy ambition comes from immersing yourself in the word of God. Dive deep in the Bible and let it take hold of your desires.

John Piper | God’s passion for his own glory is the great ballast not only for global missions, but also for our very own souls.

John Piper | Christmas is for salvation. God sent his Son into the world to save it, not condemn it.

John Piper | As once-adoring followers disappear, Jesus’s message becomes clearer and clearer: their resistance itself is in God’s hands.

John Piper | We come to God not because we merely made a decision, but because God has called us, drawn us, and taught us who Jesus really is.

John Piper | When we come to Jesus, we come voluntarily and freely. And behind that change in us is a decisive work of the Father.

John Piper | We should hunger and thirst for God and all he has done in Jesus more than anything else in this world.

John Piper | Our greatest need is not physical but spiritual. We crave the bread of life more than bread for our stomachs.

John Piper | We should accept our calling wherever God has placed us, including prison, and we should first and foremost be loyal to the Bible, not to a certain theological camp.

John Piper | Jesus offers himself to us freely as the food that endures to eternal life. No amount of working for God can make you taste him for the feast he is.

John Piper | Jesus’ presence brings the kind of fullness that produces generosity and risk-taking in his church.

John Piper | Jesus came not mainly to give bread but to be bread. He became the all-satisfying bread of life when he gave himself up for us.

John Piper | As Christianity expands in the global South, the Western church must continue to support the developing church by sending and going.

John Piper | The word of God coming to us in the power of the Holy Spirit is sufficient to supply us with all the resources we need for satisfaction in God and dealing with all kinds of weaknesses in the church.

John Piper | Preaching Christ must keep the enjoyment of God as the highest good of the gospel and the glory of God as the highest goal of all history.

John Piper | Since right thinking is meant to fuel right feeling our preaching must not only aim at the head but also the heart.

John Piper | Right thinking about God is meant to fuel right admiration for God.

John Piper | The greatest good of the gospel is that every obstacle is removed from us enjoying the presence of God forever, and the only way a person comes to know this is through God’s sovereign grace in the gospel.

John Piper | Preaching Christ must have the glory of God as its central aim.

John Piper | The implications of Christian Hedonism are breathtaking for the Christian life.

John Piper | Right thinking about God is essential for right feeling for God and right behavior to God.

John Piper | The task of the pastor is to love God with all his heart and love his people by having his heart burn with the truth of God’s word and let that passion pervade his preaching and teaching.

John Piper | Wherever God is revealed in the Old Testament, Jesus is revealed.

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John Piper | The dry root of unbelief is the desire for self-praise, but true faith seeks satisfaction in Christ, the fount of living waters.

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John Piper | At least six observations about the final judgment can be made from John 5:25-29.

John Piper | There is great encouragement and hope to labor among Native Americans, and all other peoples of the word, because Christ will gather his sheep no matter where they are scattered.

John Piper | John 5:1-24 has at least 3 extraordinary things to teach us about Jesus.

John Piper | All the reasons we have to bless the Lord flow from the cross of Christ.

John Piper | Humility is happy to rely on God and quick to give him the credit for all that’s accomplished.

John Piper | Jesus healed a few but left many more unhealed. Until he comes back, the main issue is not that we have perfect physical health, but that we meet him in our brokenness.

John Piper | What do Jesus' miracles say about Jesus?

John Piper | The natural timeframe of sowing and reaping does not pertain to Jesus and his saving power.

John Piper | Only those who know Jesus have the Spirit and know the truth that makes real worship possible.

John Piper | Our hearts wander to the sewer even though Jesus offers living water. Only he can transform and satisfy our deepest desires.

John Piper | God uses everything for his sovereign purposes. Even the most heinous crimes ever committed were never beyond his control.

John Piper | God ordains all things, including the fall of Satan and the fall of man, for his glory in Jesus Christ.

John Piper | Jesus reveals our woeful condition that causes our thirst, and then offers his cup of grace so we never have to thirst again.

John Piper | The work frontier missions must be carried out with an understanding of the motivation and method of missions.