Messages by Desiring God (Video)
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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.
Q & A with Eric Metaxas and John Piper
John Piper | Is Dietrich Bonhoeffer a theological liberal? How should the church respond to the current political trend to legalize so-called “gay marriage”? In this interview, John Piper and Eric Metaxas discuss these questions and more.
How to Give the Bible Functional Authority in Your Speech and Writing
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The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
John Piper | The doctrine of perseverance of the saints is the reality that our only hope of making it to the end and pressing on in holiness rests upon the keeping power of God.
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
John Piper | The doctrine of limited (or definite) atonement conveys the reality that Christ died not only to secure the free offer of forgiveness for all people but also to secure the salvation of his bride.
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
John Piper | Unconditional election is the reality that God chooses his own before the foundation of the world and apart from any foreseen virtue or faith in them.
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
John Piper | Total depravity means that we are corrupt in our nature and unable to do anything to please God or be the decisive actor in conversion.
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
John Piper | The doctrine of irresistible grace does not mean that grace cannot be resisted, but that whenever God chooses he can overcome our resistance.
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
John Piper | The promises of God stand only if he is supremely sovereign. What does that mean for our individual salvation?
Life Together at the End of the Age
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All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God: Continue in It
John Piper | In light of opposition to Christianity in culture, we must hold fast to the Scriptures according to the pattern of 2 Timothy 3:14–17.
Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task
John Piper | The essence of worship is the experience of being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task
John Piper | Every Christian should have a holy ambition that is rooted in the word of God and aimed at meeting needs in the cause of world evangelization.
The Sadness and Beauty of Paul’s Final Words
John Piper | A life of ministry is a life of hardship. But Jesus will strengthen us to endure every trial and struggle when we press on in faith.
Saying Beautifully as a Way of Seeing Beauty: The Life of George Herbert and His Poetic Effort
John Piper | George Herbert’s work and effort shows that words in our life matter. And how we use them can help us capture what’s really beautiful.
The Gospel of the Glory of the Blessed God
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Joy as the Power to Suffer in the Path of Love for the Sake of Liberation
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Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing
John Piper | What the world needs from the church is our indomitable joy in Jesus in the midst of suffering and sorrow.