Synopsis
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org; he is author of more than 50 books and travels regularly to preach and teach. New messages are posted to this podcast as they become available. Pipers sermons, books, articles, and more are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. We want people everywhere to understand and embrace the truth that God is most glorified in us, when we are most satisfied in him.
Episodes
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The Spell That Opened Heaven: Funeral Message for Daniel Fuller (1925–2023)
29/07/2023 Duration: 23minRomans 8:32 is perhaps the greatest verse in the Bible. No other text quite describes how far God has gone for our salvation and will go for our joy.
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The Final Hours of Suffering: Funeral Message for Nancy Nelson (1952–2023)
07/06/2023 Duration: 25minJohn Piper | God’s word speaks to the mysteries of suffering. We will only bear pain well as we begin to see it like he does.
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Happy Pastors Make Healthy Churches
28/05/2023 Duration: 40minJohn Piper | Christ’s blood bought more than our pardon, precious as it is. His death also purchased the power we need to live a radical Christian life.
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Why We Sing About the Blood
21/05/2023 Duration: 40minDavid Mathis | Why do Christians sing about blood? Because of what happened at the cross, the otherwise morbid topic becomes one of glory, thanks, and praise.
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More Thrilling to Be Saved Than to Succeed
19/05/2023 Duration: 19minJohn Piper | What excites a Christian most? Our deepest, truest joy does not flow from completed degrees or flourishing ministries, but from the God who saved us.
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Do Outsiders Still Matter? An Overlooked Qualification for Pastors
07/05/2023 Duration: 37minDavid Mathis | For pastors to be “well thought of by outsiders” certainly isn’t everything, but it made God’s list of requirements. Is it still on ours?
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Why Bethlehem Has a College: Biblical Foundations for Church-Based Education
23/04/2023 Duration: 41minWhat makes a college distinctly Christian? Education is not an end in itself, but a means to knowing and loving Christ.
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Hamilton: An American Prodigal
20/04/2023 Duration: 53minDavid Mathis | Neither biographers nor Broadway can ignore Alexander Hamilton’s late-flowering Christian faith. He, like the prodigal son, finally came home after his journey into the far country.
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Danger Averted, Destiny Attained: Funeral Message for Lois Nelson (1919–2023)
13/04/2023 Duration: 24minWhen a Christian goes home to be with the Lord, we who remain have the chance to rehearse God’s loving design in every believer’s death.
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Not Dead Yet: Fighting Nine Fears of Old Age
16/03/2023 Duration: 52minAs we age, fears can multiply like wrinkles. But for every concern, we have a blood-bought promise far, far older than our fears.
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The Demons, the Fever, and the Word of the King
12/03/2023 Duration: 44minJohn Piper | While on earth, Jesus spoke with unmatched power. Demons obeyed him, and fevers fled at his word. Everything was subject to him — then and now.
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Press Afresh into Jesus: Four Truths About Genuine Faith
05/03/2023 Duration: 40minDavid Mathis | Genuine faith welcomes, enjoys, fears, strives after, and rests in God. And in doing so, genuine faith perseveres.
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What Will Man Be Like for Countless Future Ages?
30/01/2023 Duration: 55minWhen our hearts run dry, and our good works languish, the Bible bids us: “Consider the end.”
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Ordinary Elders, Part 2: Governing as Men Who Teach
20/01/2023 Duration: 59minDavid Mathis | Pastors are first and foremost teachers, but they are not only teachers. They feed the sheep and lead the sheep — and they lead by feeding.
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Ordinary Elders, Part 1: Working for the Joy of Others
19/01/2023 Duration: 01h02minDavid Mathis | The pastors we all want are men who want to pastor, who want to see God move in them and through them for the joy of others.
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The Story of the Greatest Coronation
15/01/2023 Duration: 40minDavid Mathis | When Christ ascended into heaven, an otherworldly ceremony commenced. Here was the long-awaited Son of David, the only man angels ever worshiped.
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How Majestic Is Our Lord?
18/12/2022 Duration: 40minDavid Mathis | When speaking of God, we grope for fresh language to name the greatness of God. Might we learn to reach more often for the word “majesty”?
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The Lord Governs My Good and Is My Good: All of Psalm 16 for a New Year
11/12/2022 Duration: 46minJohn Piper | When we pray for God to preserve us, we ask that he would be not only our Lord, but our life — not only our God, but our highest and everlasting good.
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Ten Looks at Jesus, Part 2
05/12/2022 Duration: 42minDavid Mathis | “For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.” How happy might we be if we heeded Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s counsel?
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Ten Looks at Jesus, Part 1
04/12/2022 Duration: 47minDavid Mathis | “For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.” How happy might we be if we heeded Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s famous counsel?