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 Ground of Preaching: The Cross of Christ]()
The Ground of Preaching: The Cross of Christ
25/02/1988 Duration: 32minGod’s passion for his glory and our longing to be satisfied are not in final conflict only because God displayed his righteousness in the cross of Christ.
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![The Gravity and Gladness of Preaching]()
The Gravity and Gladness of Preaching
25/02/1988 Duration: 01h05minBiblically balanced pastoral ministry requires the joyful gravity and brokenhearted gladness, especially in the pulpit.
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![The Goal of Preaching: The Glory of God]()
The Goal of Preaching: The Glory of God
24/02/1988 Duration: 35minThe goal of preaching is to glorify God in glad submission to his authority.
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![The Danger of Being Merely Human]()
The Danger of Being Merely Human
21/02/1988 Duration: 39minThere is a group of people whom Paul calls not spiritual and not natural, but "fleshly," or "babes in Christ."
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![Natural People and Spiritual People]()
Natural People and Spiritual People
14/02/1988 Duration: 34minWithout the Spirit, we are so rebellious against the Lord that we cannot recognize the truth and beauty of a crucified Christ.
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![The Present Power of Christ Crucified]()
The Present Power of Christ Crucified
07/02/1988 Duration: 36minThe cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life!
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![Let Him Who Boasts Boast in the Lord!]()
Let Him Who Boasts Boast in the Lord!
31/01/1988 Duration: 33minGod's purpose in creating man and saving sinners is that we might boast in him.
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![Christian Unity and the Cross]()
Christian Unity and the Cross
24/01/1988 Duration: 34minThe cross undermines the deepest basis of disunity and lays a new foundation for unity.
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![Sustained by the Faithfulness of God]()
Sustained by the Faithfulness of God
17/01/1988 Duration: 38minThe freedom of God in the calling of sinners gives us hope. No one is too bad. No one is too hard. No one is too far gone. God is free.
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![The Goodness of God and the Guidance of Sinners]()
The Goodness of God and the Guidance of Sinners
10/01/1988 Duration: 40minThe prerequisite for divine guidance is not a quest for messages, but a quest for holiness.
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![Practical Help for Praying for Help]()
Practical Help for Praying for Help
03/01/1988 Duration: 32minPrayer is not a mere devotional prelude in the real business of living, it is the pathway of faith and obedience. There is no other.
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![He Will Turn the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children]()
He Will Turn the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children
27/12/1987 Duration: 41minGod has turned his heart toward you in Jesus Christ. Don't push it away.
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![The Sun of Righteousness Will Rise]()
The Sun of Righteousness Will Rise
20/12/1987 Duration: 35minWhen Jesus comes into the world, he comes as a sun.
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![I Will Spare Them as a Man Spares His Son]()
I Will Spare Them as a Man Spares His Son
13/12/1987 Duration: 33minGod will spare sinful sons, precisely because he did not spare his only sinless Son.
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![You Will Be a Land of Delight]()
You Will Be a Land of Delight
06/12/1987 Duration: 27minThe New Testament does not set aside the command of tithing to minimize limitation and constraint, but to maximize liberality and willingness.
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![He Is Like a Refiners Fire]()
He Is Like a Refiner's Fire
29/11/1987 Duration: 34minIf God were only an incinerating fire, heaven would be empty. And if he were no fire, heaven would be empty.
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![Let None Be Faithless to the Wife of His Youth]()
Let None Be Faithless to the Wife of His Youth
22/11/1987 Duration: 38minDon't back out on your commitments, don't marry an unbeliever, and don't divorce your covenant wife.
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![The Glory of Priestly Success]()
The Glory of Priestly Success
15/11/1987 Duration: 31minThe ministry of the Word can destroy and the ministry of the Word can save.
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![The Curse of Priestly Failure]()
The Curse of Priestly Failure
08/11/1987 Duration: 31minA great danger to the pastoral ministry is that the voice of God in Scripture may be drowned out by other voices.
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![The Curse of Careless Worship]()
The Curse of Careless Worship
01/11/1987 Duration: 28minIf you turn your back on the greatness and majesty of God, you'll fall in love with a world of shadows and short-lived pleasures.
