Messages by Desiring God
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I Am the Lord, and Besides Me There Is No Savior: Education for Exultation — In God
Our calling is to know and believe that God is God — that he is sovereign, that he is Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Christ, Culture, and Abortion
Social involvement is demanded by a biblical orientation toward life.
Race and Cross
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Devote Yourselves to Prayer
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I Will Meditate on All Your Work and Muse on Your Deeds
Moment by moment, our vital union with Christ is sustained, shaped, and carried by the Word of God.
Jesus Christ is the Same Yesterday and Today and Forever
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We Exult in God Through Our Lord Jesus Christ
The biblical portrait of Jesus must be the essential content of your joy in God.
Much More Shall We Be Saved By His Life
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God Demonstrates His Love Toward Us
God’s love for us is not just a logical inference from the Bible. He pours his love out for us, and we can feel it in our hearts.
The Love of God Has Been Poured Out Within Our Hearts
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Thanksgiving Toward the Past, Faith Toward the Future: A Parable of the Anvil
You can stake your life on what will not come from science or psychology, but the very word of our God that endures forever.
We Exult in Our Tribulations
In this world you will have trouble, but in Christ it will only increase your joy and hope.
Let Your Passion Be Single
A singular passion for God is not only sensible but safe — it is not only reasonable, it is right.
Spiritual Warfare and Prayer
God calls upon every one of his soldiers to take up their armor and join in the battle to advance the gospel among the nations.
The Revelation of God’s Righteousness Where There Is No Church
The aim of missions is that the nations would glorify God for his mercy — that all would worship God for his great grace.
The Surpassing Excellency of God in the Joy of His Suffering People
Suffering is the normal means God appoints to spread the gospel through his people. We can only full embrace Jesus when we rejoice in our sufferings.
God Is Too Excellent to Need Servants
God is too great and glorious to need servants. But he does ask us to work for him and glorify him — all in the strength that he so graciously supplies.
The Call for Courage in the Cause of Truth
Our culture today may recoil against absolutes, but our faith rests on Jesus Christ, who is himself Truth.
Preaching God in a Man-Centered Age
Faith comes through hearing, and hearing by the word of God, so pastors must preach God’s word to satisfy both the mind and the heart.
Let Us Exult in the Hope of the Glory of God!
Whatever else you do or say or feel, of this you can be certain: God wills that you rejoice in the hope of seeing his glory.
Faith and the Imputation of Righteousness
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The Purpose and Perseverance of Faith
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Why Was Jesus Put to Death and Raised Again?
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Faith: in Hope, Against Hope, for the Glory of God
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The Faith - Grace - Certainty Connection
Your faith is called into being out of nothing. That is the meaning of grace and the reason why God can guarantee his promises to you.
The Children of Abraham Are Heirs of the World
What does it mean to be an heir of the world?
Inheriting the World Depends on Faith, Not Law
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How Do Circumcision and Baptism Correspond?
The way God constituted his people under the old covenant is different than how he does it today.
Why Does it Matter Which Came First: Circumcision or Justification?
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When the Lord Does Not Take Account of Sin
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Does James Contradict Paul?
Even though language can sometimes confuse us--like when the same word carries multiple meanings--the Bible is not contradictory.
God Credits Faith as Righteousness
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One God and One Salvation for All the Nations
God is one, and everyone he justifies is justified in the same way. Therefore he is God not only over the Jews but over all peoples.
Persevering in Godward Joy
Only God can open our hearts to receive and experience his infinite joy. But that doesn’t mean we can’t fight and persevere in our pursuit of delight.
Our Pursuit of Others’ Enjoyment of God
Genuine love toward others, especially in pastoral ministry, isn’t motivated by duty, but propelled by the grace of delight in God.
Our Enjoyment of God
Joy in the Christian life isn’t simply a nice byproduct of faith. Delighting in God is essential to believing in God.
God's Enjoyment of God
God is no idolater. He delights in himself more than anything else because he honors and prizes what is of most value in the universe — himself.
Making Worship Relevant Today
Though there has been a movement in contemporary worship music toward God-centeredness, the same movement has not taken place in relation to preaching.
Justification by Faith Establishes the Law
The moral law in the Old Testament is not a ladder for climbing, but a track for riding in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. But until the glory of God covers the earth, we must keep going and sending for the fame of Jesus’s name.
The Most Important Paragraph in the Bible
God offers free grace to the worst of sinners. All we have to do is trust him for all he promises to be.
The Inner Essence of Worship
In Jesus Christ, worship is not centered on a place or form, but on his person and work. All true worship is to him and through him.
Justification by Faith Is the End of Boasting
Boasting matters to Paul because it is the outward form of the inward moral corruption that lies behind all the evils and miseries of the world.
The Just and the Justifier
God could have settled accounts by punishing all sinners with hell. But in his great mercy he makes us his heirs.
God’s Free Gift of Righteousness
Every single one of us has sinned. We all fall short of God’s glory. But God offers the free gift of righteousness to any who will come to him.
The Demonstration of God’s Righteousness
God grants us righteousness that not only washes us clean, but makes us bold in the face of any fear.
Biblical Eldership
John Piper | A pastor’s roles mainly comprise the areas of governing and teaching, and their qualification for that office be discerned biblically before entering into it.
Biblical Eldership
John Piper | The two offices given to the church in the New Testament are elders and deacons, though these may be described from different angles and with various nuances.
Biblical Eldership
John Piper | Pursuit of biblical eldership recognizes that the processes which we use to bring men into the office must be under the direction of the Holy Spirit and in line with the Word he inspired.
Biblical Eldership
John Piper | Biblical eldership is not about endlessly setting up committee meetings and getting as many people involved as possible, but about teaching and leading the flock to equip them for the work of ministry.