Messages by Desiring God (Video)
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Who Is the True Israel?
John Piper | According to Romans 9, God has never defaulted on his promises to the true Israel of God. But who is the true Israel?
Unrelenting Sorrow and Relentless Joy
John Piper | The greatest comfort in the world is that God is good and that he never breaks his promises.
Does God Keep His Promises?
John Piper | According to the book of Romans, the majority of ethnic Israelites have rejected the Messiah even though they have unique privileges. How do we account for both Israel’s privileged status and Israel’s unbelief?
All of God’s Promises Rest on God
John Piper | The word of God has not failed. Therefore, God’s promises will hold true.
Six Reasons to Read the Bible Every Day
John Piper | The Bible, as God’s revealed word, offers us the unparalleled opportunity to come face to face with the reality of who he is and glimpse the glory of the King and Creator of the universe, making it more deserving of our efforts than any other book.
Introduction to Romans 9
John Piper | Whether you want it to or not, your understanding of the God of Romans 9 will shape everything else in your life.
Greatest Book, Greatest Chapter, Greatest Joy
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Predestination, Justification, No Separation
John Piper | Knowing the love of God in Christ which not only chose us but purposes all things for our good makes us profoundly free to lay down our lives in sacrificial love for others.
Groaning Creation, Groaning Saints, Groaning Spirit
John Piper | The groaning of creation matches up with our own groaning as we wait until the day when creation will be set free from corruption and share in the glorious inheritance of God’s children.
Free from Judgment, Fighting Sin, Full Assurance
John Piper | Our justification is established through Christ’s substitutionary death, which then gives rises to the new life in the Spirit where we are able to fulfill the law of God.
Scripture: The Kindling of Christian Hedonism
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Bitter Providence and Barley Harvest
John Piper | The bitter providence of God is never the final word for his people because he always has a bright design for their future.
Are You Worthy of Jesus?
John Piper | Are you worthy of Jesus? We not only can be — we need to be.
The Life of the Mind and the Love of Man
John Piper | God calls each one of us to love him with all our minds. The hard work of thinking rightly honors him and loves our neighbors when our minds move to action.
Responding to God According to His Word
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Expressing Truth
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The Glory of God and Gladness of Man
John Piper | God’s glory and our gladness do not have to be at odds, but are in fact one and the same pursuit. John Piper demonstrates how with the help of Jonathan Edwards.
What Is the Joy of All Your Joys?
John Piper | God promises innumerable benefits to all who trust in him. But those gifts aren’t an end in themselves. Our greatest joy is God himself.
Persuading, Pleading, and Predestination: Human Means in the Miracle of Conversion
John Piper | In his 2014 plenary message at T4G, John Piper preaches about the seeming tension between God’s sovereignty and human responsibility in all our efforts to convert the lost.
Renewing Women
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The New Calvinism and the New Community
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A Tender Word to Pharisees
John Piper | God opens his arms to both prodigals and Pharisees — to those who know they don’t deserve mercy, and those who have worked for mercy their whole life.
Pilgrim Worship
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The Ministry of Hudson Taylor as Life in Christ
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Glorifying God by Bearing Fruit in Union with Christ
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Don’t Waste Your Seminary
John Piper | We always face the threat of ruining any season of grace. Don’t waste your seminary years, but more importantly, don’t waste your life.
A Radical Revelation of the Cross: The Sovereignty of God and the Sacrifice of Jesus
John Piper | When we embrace Christ’s cross and the unswerving foundation of God’s sovereignty, we will be kept by merciful and omnipotent glory.
The Sweetest Good of the Good News
John Piper | Forgiveness is precious for one ultimate reason — one sweet, high, glorious reason: We get God back.
Is Jesus an Egomaniac?
John Piper | Though Christ has been accused of egomania, the accusation falters when we realize that our greatest joy and Christ’s greatest glory are not at odds but rather in harmony with one another.
The Highest Good of the Gospel
John Piper | Jesus won innumerable benefits for his people, but the greatest good he brings us is God himself.
Identity and Desire
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What God Made Is Good — And Must Be Sanctified: C.S. Lewis and St. Paul on the Use of Creation
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C.S. Lewis, Romantic Rationalist: How His Paths to Christ Shaped His Life and Ministry
John Piper | Lewis’s romanticism and rationalism were the paths on which he came to Christ — and the paths on which he lived his life and did his work.
The Cost of Love in the Call to the Nations
John Piper | Being deeply satisfied in Jesus as your supreme treasure gives you the power to lay down your life for the good of the nations.
The Glory of God in the Sight of Eternity
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Glorifying God by Reaching the Lost
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Glorifying God by Being Compelled by God’s Love
John Piper | You are precious to God, and the greatest gift he has for you is not to let your preciousness become your god, but to enable you to make much of him as your God.
Glorifying God . . . Period
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God Works for Those Who Wait for Him
John Piper | There are many gods, but there is no God like our — a God who works for those who wait for him.
Live in Hope, Live in Holiness, Live in Holy Fear
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Farewell Words to Bethlehem Baptist Church
John Piper | As John Piper steps away from his pastoral role at Bethlehem Baptist Church, he reflects on his ministry with heartfelt gratitude to God.
The Life and Ministry of Charles Spurgeon
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Jesus the Son of God, the Son of Mary
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The Heart of God in the Call to Proclaim: A Joyfully Serious Courage in the Cause of World Missions
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Future Grace (Q&A)
John Piper | Living by faith in future grace does not undermine the importance of gratitude, but rather emphasizes the repeated biblical testimony that the Christian life is a life of faith.
Future Grace (Part 2)
John Piper | Trusting future grace in all that God promises to be for us in Jesus is the only way to successfully put sin to death and live a life of love.
Future Grace (Part 1)
John Piper | Faith in future grace is essential for God to be glorified in our lives of holiness.
God Raised Your Great Shepherd from the Dead
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The Essential and Prominent Place of Preaching in Worship
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A Hunger for God: The Foundation for Faithful and Effective Ministry
John Piper | Every pastor must work hard for the joy of his people. But he can only do this from the overflow of a hunger for God.