Messages by Desiring God
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Let No One Despise You for Your Youth: A Vision for the Next Generation
Old, young, or in-between, you can change the world for Jesus.
T4G 2008 Panel Discussion
Sacrificial obedience can only be empowered and sustained by a view of the surpassingly great value of Christ over all things.
How the Supremacy of Christ Creates Radical Christian Sacrifice
Our life and ministry should reflect Jesus’s own and have a radical, risk-taking, sacrificial flavor.
I'm Sending You to Open Their Eyes
10 practical encouragments to evangelize.
Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer
For those who are in Christ Jesus, there is no divine punishment in suffering, only purification; even death Itself will serve the good of God’s people.
Treasuring Christ and the Call to Suffer
Our greatest treasure in life is Jesus himself. When we value him above anything else, we can face anything that comes our way.
You Are God's Midwife for the New Birth of Others
When God gives new birth, he does so through us speaking his word, the gospel.
Other Sheep That Are Not of This Fold
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The Origin of the Unwasted Life
If God is magnified in our showing that he is valuable by treasuring him above all things — if that’s what the unwasted life is — then something has to happen to us, because we don’t do that by nature.
The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 1
The unwasted life is a life lived for the purpose of displaying the worth of Jesus Christ for others to see and cherish.
The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 2
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The Essence of the Unwasted Life
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The God of Peace Brought from the Dead the Good Shepherd
Jesus will always be our shepherd and we will always get the incomparable joy of being his sheep.
The New Birth Produces Love
By nature, those who are born again love others like God who gave his Son for them.
Ten Effects of Believing the Five Points of Calvinism
John Piper | The doctrines of grace, rightly understood, have several powerful affects on the Christian life.
Perseverance of the Saints
John Piper | The doctrine of perseverance is not meant to elicit passivity, but rather to impart assurance to us in the fight of faith to the end.
Limited Atonement
John Piper | The doctrine of limited atonement teaches that God did more in the cross than obtain a bonafide offer of forgiveness for all who believe; namely, he also secured the saving faith of all the elect.
Unconditional Election
John Piper | Unconditional election is fully in accord with justice because in election God upholds his unswerving allegiance to his glory.
Unconditional Election
John Piper | Unconditional election is demonstrated throughout Scripture, especially in the Gospel of John.
No One Born of God Makes a Practice of Sinning
Being born again doesn't mean being sinless. It means coming to Jesus as your advocate.
Total Depravity - Unconditional Election
John Piper | The doctrine of unconditional election concerns how God chooses people for salvation according to his own sovereign, free, and gracious purposes, apart from any faith or good works in them.
Irresistible Grace - Total Depravity
John Piper | The doctrine of total depravity concerns how humanity is pervasively sinful due fundamentally to their rebellion against God.
Assumptions - Irresistible Grace
John Piper | Seven assumptions are given that guide this message series, as well as the biblical foundations for irresistible grace.
TULIP: Introduction
John Piper | The doctrines of grace are not meant to be used for starting arguments, but for worship and survival in an embattled life of faith.
Regeneration, Faith, Love: In That Order
Faith must come first and be the root of love. Otherwise, love will be destroyed.
How My Pastoral Ministry Shapes My Pulpit Ministry
What has driven and shaped John Piper’s ministry over the years? Here are sixteen core convictions.
How I Distinguish Between the Gospel and False Gospels
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Why I Trust the Scriptures
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Everyone Who Has Been Born of God Overcomes the World
Newborn believers obey God's commandments, knowing that even when they fail they will never ultimately fall away.
Faith: Unique and Fruitful Effect of the New Birth
The Gospel is news and we are born again by believing that it is true and embracing it.
Why We Believe the Bible
John Piper | The claims of the Bible are most ultimately justified by the witness of the Holy Spirit in the new birth; we should deal fairly with the claims of the Bible on its own terms and rightly handle it.
Why We Believe the Bible
John Piper | The claims of the Bible may be justified through the overall coherence of its canon as well as its scope, which is to give glory to God.
Why We Believe the Bible
John Piper | The Bible claims to be the infallible word of God, and it may be known as such as a person appreheneds its diverse excellencies by the Holy Spirit’s power.
Why We Believe the Bible
John Piper | The word of God is pure, good, and true. And we have it in the form of ink and paper, which has been preserved throughout the ages.
Why We Believe the Bible
John Piper | There are several reasons why it is vital to have confidence in the Bible as God’s infallible word.
What Man Does in the New Birth
Our believing does not cause new birth. The new birth causes our belief.
Evangelist Bill Piper: Fundamentalist Full of Grace and Joy
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Through the Washing of Regeneration
New birth is God's kindness, philanthropy, and mercy to us. It has nothing to do with even our best deeds.
Abortion: The Innocent Blood of Our Sons and Daughters
How is abortion similar to the child-sacrificing in the Old Testament?
Probability, Prejudice, and Christ
What's the difference between necessary judgments of probability and sinful prejudice?
Born Again Through the Living and Abiding Word
The new birth does not give us a mere temporary resuscitation. It gives indestructible, imperishable life.
Receive with Meekness the Implanted Word
Our souls need Scripture just like our bodies need oxygen: moment by moment, every day. If we learn to live apart from it, we will surely die.
Pray Like This: ‘Hallowed Be Your Name’
When we pray, not only does God get more glory, but in his glorification, we get a fuller and lasting joy.
The Reason the Son of God Appeared Was to Destroy the Works of the Devil
If any human is to be saved from their sin and from the righteous wrath of God, the Son of God had to become human for our regeneration.
Free at Last: The Miracle of New Birth
Dead men need one thing before anything else can happen: They must be made alive. They must be born again.
A Pastor and His Poetry
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Why Do We Need to Be Born Again?
If God did not make us alive to his grace and glory, we would remain dead — completely enslaved to our sins.
What Happens in the New Birth? Part 2
Being born again is not the improvement of your old nature, but the creation of a new one.
What Happens in the New Birth? Part 1
In the new birth, God takes dead souls and resuscitates them to new life in Christ. This is not a work of our own, but the grace of God.
You Must Be Born Again
The new birth produces new desires and new behaviors. An unchanged life is not a born-again life.