Messages by Desiring God
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The Kingdom of Heaven Is a Treasure
The kingdom of God is so valuable that losing everything on earth, but getting the kingdom, is a happy trade-off.
The Kingdom of God is Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit
The kingdom produces more than Christian liberty. It governs how you use your liberty too.
Do Not Destroy the Work of God
Faith is what really matters in Christian behavior, not just whether you accomplish certain things or abstain from others.
Where Is God?
Spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things includes God’s supremacy in suffering and pain.
We Will All Stand Before the Judgment of God
Love your brother and help him get to heaven, instead of judging him and making it harder.
Gospel to the Nations, Generosity to the Poor
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The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God
Only the life and death of Jesus can explain pain and suffering. His affliction gives purpose to ours.
Ten Aspects of God’s Sovereignty over Suffering and Satan’s Hand in It
God is unquestionably sovereign over our suffering — even over Satan’s futile ploys to ruin God’s elect.
Is There a “Lord’s Day”?
Setting apart a day of rest testifies to a self-reliant world that our work does not save or define us, Christ does.
Each One Should Be Fully Convinced in His Own Mind
There are a hundred things we can disagree on in which both convictions can be done to the glory of God.
Consider How to Stir Up One Another to Love
Don’t be a loner in the Christian life. God did not design it that way.
Where Is God? The Supremacy of Christ in an Age of Terror
God does not answer all our questions, but he doesn’t leave us in the dark either. His deepest and loudest response to our pain is the suffering and death of his Son.
How to Welcome a Weak Brother
How can a church hold together when some of its members are so different from one another?
Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, Part 2
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When I Don’t Desire God (Part 6)
The fight of faith is really a fight for joy. Like any real battle, you shouldn’t enter the ring without strategies for victory.
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 5)
The fight of faith is really a fight for joy. Like any real battle, you shouldn’t enter the ring without strategies for victory.
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 4)
The foundation for your acceptance with God is not you own works or accolades, but simply Jesus Christ’s blood and righteousness.
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 3)
The fight for faith is a fight for joy. But we can only press on because God enables us with his sufficient grace.
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 2)
If it’s true that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him, then the fight to be happy in God is the most important thing in life.
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 1)
God does everything for his glory. Therefore, you don’t need health, wealth, or prosperity in order to be happy.
Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, Part 1
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Love Is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 3
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Love Is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 2
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Love is a Fulfilling of the Law, Part 1
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Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do
The calling to open up the eyes of the blind must be carried out through the means of teaching the whole counsel of God.
Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do
The greatest news of the gospel is that it brings us to behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ for our everlasting satisfaction.
Submission to Civil Authority
John Piper: “Christians are not first citizens of any human nation but citizens of the kingdom of God.”
Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 3
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Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 2
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Treasuring Christ Together Above All Things
What is Bethlehem's strategy for spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things to all the world?
Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline & Instruction of the Lord
Eleven precious truths taught and demonstrated to John Piper by his father.
Subjection to God and Subjection to the State, Part 1
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Honoring the Biblical Call of Motherhood
Motherhood is the life-on-life transmission of a God-centered, Christ-treasuring worldview.
What Makes the Good News Good? Seeing the Glory of Christ
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Reflections on the Life and Thought of John Owen
John Owen is worthy to be studied in his works and imitated in his life and faith.
All Things Subject to the Risen Christ
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Christ Overcame Evil with Good—Do the Same
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When Is It Right to Repay Evil with Pain?
Does God ever intend for his justice—his right to punish wrong—to be shared with men?
The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God
Believing that God is furious against sin produces a good fear that transforms everything in life.
God’s Wrath: “Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay,” Says the Lord
God’s wrath is more horrifying than we can ever imagine, but he will pardon any who take refuge in the shelter Jesus provides.
Do Not Avenge Yourselves, but Give Place to Wrath
When we lay down the burden of vengeance, God will pick it up and carry it out. No sin will go unpunished from the God who sees all.
Live Peaceably with All, If Possible
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Bless Those Who Persecute You
If you see and savor mercy in Christ, you will love being merciful.
Contending for Our All
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Lavish Giving, Loving Guests, Living Christ
Christ’s promise to meet all of our needs is what frees us from fear and greed and enables us to joyfully share with others.
Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ
Millions of abortions are the outworking of racism and sexism. Let us find another way to freedom and equality than killing the babies.
Racial Harmony and Interracial Marriage
Interracial marriage is not only permitted by God; it is a positive good. It is not just to be tolerated, but celebrated.
Boiling for Christ
When it comes to serving Christ, half-heartedness, lukewarmness, laziness, sluggishness, and slothfulness are utterly inappropriate.
Use the Inspired Scriptures to Rejoice in Hope
If we give ourselves daily to the word of God, our hope and joy will be made unshakably strong — even in suffering.
Be Constant in Prayer for the Joy of Hope
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