Messages by Desiring God
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We, Though Many, Are One Body in Christ
Our true individuality is found only in relationship to the body of Christ.
Faith: the Root and Trait of All Spiritual Gifts
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Assessing Ourselves with Our God-Assigned Measure of Faith, Part 2
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Assessing Ourselves With Our God-Assigned Measure of Faith, Part 1
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What Is the Will of God and How Do We Know It?
Saturate your mind with God’s word, and pray that the Spirit of Christ would make you so new that the spillover would be good, acceptable, and perfect.
The Renewed Mind and How to Have It
Any effort to renew our minds must follow the Holy Spirit’s initiatives and enabling. The renewal of our minds is first and decisively his work — not ours.
Discerning the Will of God Concerning Homosexuality and Marriage
What is wrong with homosexual marriage? Is it possible to believe this and still love homosexual people?
God's Word Has Not Fallen
John Piper | We may not always understand how God is at work throughout history, but we can trust that he is producing maximum mercy for his people and global glory for himself in everything he does.
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Q & A
John Piper | The struggle many have with believing God’s sovereignty in election can only be answered by staying consistent with what God has revealed to us in Scripture.
God's Word Has Not Fallen
John Piper | The Bible makes clear that God has mercy on whom he will have mercy. He decisively opens hearts — and God he still uses missions and evangelism to spread the good news of Jesus Christ.
God's Word Has Not Fallen
John Piper | God’s unconditional election is a precious doctrine to for all his people. Nothing can override God’s love when he sets his sights on you.
God's Word Has Not Fallen
John Piper | Romans 9–11 confronts us with the all-pervasive sovereignty of God, especially in our own salvation. We all depend utterly and completely on God’s mercy for life.
Do Not Be Conformed to This World: The Indigenous and Pilgrim Principle of Christian Living
Jesus’s people are in the world, but not of the world. We work for the good of our temporary homes while we always long for more.
Predestined for Adoption to the Praise of His Glory
We must understand and enjoy our own adoption before we can properly grasp what it means to adopt another.
Present Your Bodies As a Living Sacrifice to God
God gave us bodies to make his glory more visible. The aim of showing mercy is showing God.
Build Your Life on the Mercies of God
The mercies of God ground our life in Christ. Because he’s immeasurably gracious, we have endless riches forever in him.
Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Expansion, Part 2
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Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1
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When I Am Raised Up, I Will Go Before You To Galilee
He is risen! Trust him today. By his mercy he can forgive your sins. And by his sovereignty he can turn all things for your good.
Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom, Past and Future
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From God, to God, Through God
Do you love the thought that you exist to make God look good? If not, you may be committing spiritual suicide.
The Deep Riches and Wisdom and Knowledge of God
Nothing and no one compares to the greatness and grandeur of our God.
God’s Design for History: The Glory of His Mercy
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Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East
What does Scripture say about the Promised Land and Israel's rights to it today?
All Israel Will Be Saved
Let us give ourselves to prayer and to the great work of gathering the fullness of the Gentiles, if by any means we might make Israel jealous of her treasures in Christ so that they believe and be saved.
Look at the Kindness and the Severity of God
God’s fury at sin reminds us of the great pardon we don’t deserve. Gaze at his goodness with gratitude.
Defending the Faith in the Public Arena
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Use Means, but Trust in God
All our labors flow from the strength God himself supplies. And whatever we do through him channels glory back to him.
Continue in the Kindness of God
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Stand Fast Through Faith
God saves us not on the basis of our ethnicity or socioeconomic status, but by his grace alone.
George Mueller's Strategy for Showing God: Simplicity of Faith, Sacred Scripture, and Satisfaction in God
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The (Jewish) Root Supports You through Your Faith Alone
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Abortion and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
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The Peril of Partiality
Showing partiality toward others, either because of their race or their riches, reveals a lack of trust in Jesus.
All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God and Profitable
Thoughts on Bible translations and loving the Word of God.
Don’t Waste Your Life
If you live to minimize your suffering and maximize your comfort, you’ll miss the point of this life: to magnify the great worth of Jesus.
Let Your Requests Be Made Known to God
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From Little Bethlehem Will Come a Ruler in Israel
Our deepest need is peace with God, and our greatest enemy is sin. God answers both in the Christmas miracle of his Incarnate Son.
If the Root Is Holy, the Branches Are Holy
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Did Israel Stumble in Order That They Might Fall?
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Pastoral Thoughts on the Doctrine of Election
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The Elect Obtained It But the Rest Were Hardened
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For God's Sake, Let Grace Be Grace!
No one's obstinance can stop them from being saved, because God can remove the hardness.
Has God Rejected His People? Part 2
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Has God Rejected His People? Part 1
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Everlasting Truth for the Joy of All Peoples
Jesus Christ is building his church around the world with missionaries.
A Divine and Supernatural Light Immediately Imparted to the Soul by the Spirit of God
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A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later
In our increasingly God-ignoring world, Edwards' voice calls us to behold the glory of the Alpha and the Omega.
Treasuring Christ Together, Part 4
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Treasuring Christ Together, Part 3
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