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. Piper’s 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.
Do You Delight in God?
David Mathis | God invites us not only to trust him, fear him, and obey him, but to enjoy him. For as we do, our happiness is full in him, and his glory is great in us.
10/23/2024 • 26 minutes, 19 seconds
God-Centered Children: Teaching Our Kids the Biggest Vision
Faithful parents and teachers speak to kids on their level, but they also aim to create new concepts, new structures of thought, new ways of viewing reality.
10/16/2024 • 50 minutes, 2 seconds
The Beauty of Reformed Theology
Reformed theology is beautiful because the God of sovereign grace is beautiful. The doctrines are windows — he is the glory.
10/2/2024 • 52 minutes, 45 seconds
Celebrate the Reformation This October with Us
John Piper | Luther didn’t stand alone 500 years ago. Nor does he stand alone today. We’ve created a 31-day journey to introduce you to the many heroes of the Reformation. Join us at desiringgod.org/stand.
9/25/2024 • 3 minutes, 34 seconds
Every Promise Is Yes in Him: The Privilege and Power of Union with Christ
Apart from union with Christ, we would have no access to God’s promises and no reason to rejoice in affliction. But in Christ, every promise of God is Yes.
9/25/2024 • 48 minutes, 55 seconds
Serious Joy: The Root of Sacrificial Love
How can Christians be freed from selfishness so that, at any cost to ourselves, we love others in a way that makes Christ look great? Answer: joy.
9/18/2024 • 44 minutes, 17 seconds
Jars of Clay: Pastoral Grit for the Glory of Christ
The apostle Paul was no stranger to ministry’s many strains. Yet for all his afflictions, he neither lost heart nor tampered with the truth. How?
9/4/2024 • 53 minutes, 22 seconds
No Neutrality: The Illusion of Indifference to Jesus
No one can be neutral about Jesus Christ. Either he will have our heart and soul, our life and obedience — or hell will.
8/21/2024 • 41 minutes, 23 seconds
Truth Triumphs Through Providence
When God makes a promise, he keeps it. And he keeps it through his purposeful, all-wise, absolute sovereignty — through his providence.
8/14/2024 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 57 seconds
Zeal: To Live with All Your Might
John Piper | God’s will is not simply that we obey God’s will, but that we obey it in a certain way: with all of our might for all of our life.
8/11/2024 • 16 minutes, 40 seconds
Toward Need, Not Comfort: The Blood-Bought Path of the Good Samaritan
You don’t have to be Christian to love the story of the Good Samaritan. But applauding Luke’s parable apart from his Gospel contradicts his purpose.
8/7/2024 • 43 minutes, 59 seconds
Truth Triumphs Through Pleasure
John Piper | When the Bible speaks of “truth,” it refers ultimately to God himself. Therefore, truth demands more than just our minds — truth will have our whole hearts, now and forever.
7/31/2024 • 44 minutes, 30 seconds
Go Where God Walks: The Everyday Paths of Astonishing Grace
David Mathis | God does not leave us to ourselves after saving us. His grace continues to flow to us through his appointed means: Bible reading, prayer, and fellowship.
7/24/2024 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 21 seconds
When You Pray: Speaking to God Alone and Together
David Mathis | Our God isn’t just a speaking God — he’s a listening God. Whether we come to him in secret or side by side, God delights to hear his people pray.
7/24/2024 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 2 seconds
We Read to Get God: Scripture as the Chief Means of Grace
David Mathis | When Christians read the Bible, we’re after more than understanding God’s words. We’re after enjoying God’s Word. We’re after Jesus.
7/24/2024 • 55 minutes, 58 seconds
Know Your Covenant: Christian Habits for the New Era
David Mathis | The new covenant is not a renewed, updated, or expanded covenant — it is actually new. And the new-covenant era calls for new-covenant habits.
7/10/2024 • 51 minutes, 14 seconds
His Power, Your Body, Our Home: Three Marks of Christian Citizens
David Mathis | In this earthly life, Christians do more than wait for heaven. We belong to heaven, find our hope in heaven, and serve the King of heaven.
7/6/2024 • 38 minutes, 30 seconds
The Fullest, Longest Happiness: For Those Who Pass the Test
God never tests his saints with ill intent. As the Father of lights, his every test aims at the full and lasting happiness of his children.
7/3/2024 • 38 minutes, 34 seconds
Lord, Savior, and Treasure: The Complex Beauty of Jesus Christ
David Mathis | In Jesus, we find the complex beauty our hearts were made to behold: meekness and majesty, nearness and transcendence, the might of the Lion and the mercy of the Lamb.
6/26/2024 • 30 minutes, 4 seconds
Work Out What Christ Has Won: The Christian Life as Gift and Duty
David Mathis | The everyday Christian life is both a gift and a duty. By God’s own indwelling power, we work out what Christ has won.
6/19/2024 • 42 minutes, 8 seconds
What Is It Like to ‘Know Christ’?
David Mathis | The Christian life has one final aim: to know and enjoy Jesus. He justified us to know him, we daily press on to know him more, and one day we will know him fully and forever.
6/12/2024 • 41 minutes, 31 seconds
How to Win a Fight: Heavenly Wisdom for Relational Conflict
Marshall Segal | What counsel does the book of James offer for our relationships? Submit to God, ask for wisdom, temper your words, calm your anger, and embrace godly community.
6/5/2024 • 30 minutes, 1 second
When God Listens: His Ear and Our Access
David Mathis | When we stop and look, we find that we know a lot more about Jesus’s spiritual disciplines than we might think. What can we learn from the prayer life of the Savior?
5/29/2024 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 7 seconds
How Church Rescues: Christ’s Body as His Means
David Mathis | When we think of spiritual disciplines, we might immediately think of our time alone with God, but the Christian faith is a community project. We all need the body of Christ.
5/22/2024 • 58 minutes, 32 seconds
Where Jesus Travels: Introducing the Means of Grace
David Mathis | Whomever God justifies, he also sanctifies. What means has he given us to keep growing in holiness?
5/15/2024 • 50 minutes, 10 seconds
The Safest Soul in All the World: Rejoicing in the Risen Christ
David Mathis | The safest soul in all the universe is the one that rejoices in the risen Christ. God will never destroy those who delight in his Son.
4/14/2024 • 33 minutes, 42 seconds
Where Does Technology Come From? 2024 Scudder Lecture
Tony Reinke | How should Christians orient toward technology? Should we ignore it, embrace it, be suspicious of it, or shun it altogether?
4/7/2024 • 43 minutes, 34 seconds
Before Division Comes: A Playbook for Pastoral Unity
David Mathis | Even among pastor-elder teams, conflict comes. Disagreements are inevitable. How then might we navigate conflict with a constant eye toward God-honoring unity?
3/31/2024 • 44 minutes, 29 seconds
The Word of God Kept Him: Funeral Message for Sidney Boyd (1948–2023)
Why do God’s people wake up as believers day after day until they die? Because the same word that made us goes on keeping us to the end.
3/28/2024 • 13 minutes, 32 seconds
Live Like Death Is Gain
Marshall Segal | How can we make Jesus look good in life and in death? By enjoying him as better than anything life could ever give — and better than anything death could ever take.
3/20/2024 • 39 minutes, 51 seconds
The Thickest Joy on Earth: Why We Love Philippians
David Mathis | Why do so many Christians love the book of Philippians? Among other reasons, because the letter is brief, accessible, memorable, and teeming with joy.
3/17/2024 • 35 minutes, 25 seconds
The Most Important People in the World: Why Christians Prioritize the Church
David Mathis | The Father prioritizes the church by choosing her, the Son prioritizes her by purchasing and purifying her, and the Spirit prioritizes her in his power. So, how do we prioritize the church?
3/10/2024 • 58 minutes, 56 seconds
The ‘Ask Pastor John’ Book Is Available
The ‘Ask Pastor John’ book is now available at a 40% discount through our friends at Westminster Bookstore. We encourage you to order through them as you consider supporting faithful, independent Christian booksellers.
3/5/2024 • 3 minutes, 14 seconds
Leaders in the Church: Speaking and Living God’s Word
Does church leadership seem endlessly complicated? Take heart. Christian leaders guide God’s people from where they are to where God wants them to go, using God’s methods.
3/3/2024 • 56 minutes, 1 second
How Jesus Knew the Word: His Secret to Scripture Memory
David Mathis | How did Jesus know Scripture so well? The same way we can today: through patient, prayerful meditation on the word of God.
2/29/2024 • 18 minutes, 47 seconds
Only One Life: Christ’s Invincible Gospel and Global Mission
God is sovereign, and he has purposed his gospel to spread to the ends of the earth. Those who give themselves to that purpose are invincible, even through suffering.
2/25/2024 • 47 minutes, 25 seconds
How Jesus Met with God: The Pace and Patterns of a Perfect Life
David Mathis | Jesus had a full and fruitful ministry, but unlike us, he never seemed hurried or frantic. What can we learn by observing his holy habits during his earthly life?
2/17/2024 • 18 minutes, 8 seconds
His Voice in Yours: How Christ Wins the World
God will have worshipers from every nation on earth. He will win them, and do so through us. We have only to tell them.
1/21/2024 • 33 minutes, 36 seconds
How to Please a Happy God: Six Glimpses of the Christian Life
David Mathis | What does it look like to walk in a way that is pleasing to God — to live so that God delights in the aroma of our lives?
1/14/2024 • 43 minutes, 57 seconds
Gain What You Cannot Lose: The Joy of World Mission with Jesus
John Piper | When Christ calls us to the mission field with him, he calls us to deny shallow pleasures, die to ourselves, and enjoy greater and greater delight in him.
1/7/2024 • 38 minutes, 29 seconds
Do Not Believe Every Spirit: The Threat and Defeat of False Teaching Today
Are biblical warnings about false prophets still relevant? Yes, the threat looms as large today as in the first century.
12/31/2023 • 36 minutes, 8 seconds
Appeal from John Piper
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12/29/2023 • 5 minutes, 17 seconds
One Countercultural Calling: Good and Happy Pastors, Part 3
David Mathis | Of the fifteen elder qualifications, “one-woman man” and “not quarrelsome” may be the two most at odds with our promiscuous, petty age.
12/27/2023 • 52 minutes, 55 seconds
Two Ways to Deal with Jesus: Learning Worship from the Wise Men
Matthew’s Christmas story shows two ways to deal with Jesus: try to get rid of him like Herod, or fall down and worship him like the wise men.
12/24/2023 • 10 minutes, 30 seconds
Jesus Came to Save: Ten Great Realities of Christmas
The birth of John the Baptist was great, but the birth of Jesus Christ was infinitely greater. John prepared for salvation, but Jesus purchased it.
12/23/2023 • 38 minutes, 35 seconds
Two Main Tasks in Ministry: Good and Happy Pastors, Part 2
David Mathis | Scripture says elders should be “able to teach” and “sober-minded” — but why? The two correspond to a pastor’s most important tasks: feeding and leading.
12/20/2023 • 47 minutes, 59 seconds
Christmas Was and Christmas Is: The Whole Story of Advent
David Mathis | How do you need God’s help this Advent? What need seems most pressing? Press into the message of Christmas, and you’ll find hope and help in time of need.
12/17/2023 • 39 minutes, 19 seconds
Three Contrasts in a Leader’s Heart: Good and Happy Pastors, Part 1
David Mathis | What does Christ call church leaders to be and do? Like him, they labor heartily and happily, not for selfish gain, but for their people’s joy.
12/13/2023 • 50 minutes, 10 seconds
What’s It Like to Be a Christian? Faith, Obedience, and Living as Strangers
David Mathis | What is Christian faith? Hebrews 11 not only answers the question but tells us what faith feels like, and how it leads to obedience, and living as exiles in this world.
12/10/2023 • 39 minutes, 39 seconds
If God Speaks: One Voice That Changes Everything
David Mathis | To read the Bible is to read the very words of God. Do we grasp the significance, the reality-shaking impact, of this seemingly simple truth?
12/6/2023 • 50 minutes, 1 second
Before You Quit the Ministry: Learning to Count Like Jesus
David Mathis | Good pastors are not naive: ministry comes with many costs. Even so, Christ has not called us to an impossible, joyless task. The cross proves otherwise.
12/3/2023 • 48 minutes, 2 seconds
Man of War and Grace: The Greatest of Israel’s Kings
David Mathis | Some may not think of David, the shepherd king, as particularly masculine, but Scripture paints him in a far more manly and glorious light.
11/25/2023 • 34 minutes, 17 seconds
Whose Son Is the Messiah? King David and the God of Israel
When Jesus asks the Pharisees how David calls the Messiah “Lord,” they refuse to answer. What made that seemingly simple question so incendiary?
11/19/2023 • 39 minutes, 8 seconds
God Is: The Life-Altering Reality of Sheer Divine Existence
God is. No reality is more mind-boggling, more valuable, more life-altering, more electrifying than the absolute being of God.
11/12/2023 • 38 minutes, 9 seconds
Grace Will Order All Your Pain: Retirement Message for Dana Olson
What is sovereign, sustaining grace? It is not grace that spares us pain, but grace that orders our pain — and then sustains us through the pain.
10/15/2023 • 42 minutes, 33 seconds
The Leader You Long to Follow
David Mathis | From principals to presidents, leadership failures fill the news. We long for someone in power to lead with wisdom and fairness. Praise God, the ideal king has come.
10/4/2023 • 40 minutes, 7 seconds
The Spell That Opened Heaven: Funeral Message for Daniel Fuller (1925–2023)
John Piper | Romans 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.
9/10/2023 • 23 minutes, 52 seconds
The Final Hours of Suffering: Funeral Message for Nancy Nelson (1952–2023)
God’s word speaks to the mysteries of suffering. We will only bear pain well as we begin to see it like he does.
8/6/2023 • 25 minutes, 23 seconds
Why We Sing About the Blood
David 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.
7/22/2023 • 40 minutes, 20 seconds
More Thrilling to Be Saved Than to Succeed
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.
7/12/2023 • 19 minutes, 1 second
Happy Pastors Make Healthy Churches
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.
7/2/2023 • 40 minutes, 52 seconds
Why Bethlehem Has a College: Biblical Foundations for Church-Based Education
What makes a college distinctly Christian? Education is not an end in itself, but a means to knowing and loving Christ.
6/18/2023 • 41 minutes, 15 seconds
Hamilton: An American Prodigal
David 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.
6/3/2023 • 53 minutes, 5 seconds
Not Dead Yet: Fighting Nine Fears of Old Age
As we age, fears can multiply like wrinkles. But for every concern, we have a blood-bought promise far, far older than our fears.
5/28/2023 • 52 minutes, 45 seconds
Press Afresh into Jesus: Four Truths About Genuine Faith
David Mathis | Genuine faith welcomes, enjoys, fears, strives after, and rests in God. And in doing so, genuine faith perseveres.
5/18/2023 • 40 minutes, 58 seconds
The Demons, the Fever, and the Word of the King
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.
5/14/2023 • 44 minutes, 37 seconds
Do Outsiders Still Matter? An Overlooked Qualification for Pastors
David 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?
5/7/2023 • 37 minutes, 48 seconds
The Story of the Greatest Coronation
David Mathis | When Christ ascended into heaven, an otherworldly ceremony commenced. Here was the long-awaited Son of David, the only man angels ever worshiped.
4/16/2023 • 0
Danger Averted, Destiny Attained: Funeral Message for Lois Nelson (1919–2023)
When 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.
4/13/2023 • 0
A World God Could Admire: Recovering His Pleasure in Creation
Marshall Segal | Do you ever stop, slow down, and marvel at something God has made? If we could see it all like he does, we’d see far more than we do.
3/26/2023 • 57 minutes, 46 seconds
What Will Man Be Like for Countless Future Ages?
John Piper | When our hearts run dry, and our good works languish, the Bible bids us: “Consider the end.”
3/5/2023 • 55 minutes, 6 seconds
It Will Be Worth It: Overcoming Obstacles to World Missions
John Piper | When it comes to missions, reasons abound to stay rather than to go. But for every apparent obstacle, countless promises say, “It will be worth it.”
1/29/2023 • 25 minutes, 6 seconds
Ordinary Elders, Part 2: Governing as Men Who Teach
David 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.
1/20/2023 • 59 minutes, 53 seconds
Ordinary Elders, Part 1: Working for the Joy of Others
David 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.
1/19/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 15 seconds
Is Jesus an Egomaniac? Overcoming a Major Obstacle to Christian Faith
John Piper | What do we call an obsessively self-centered person? An egomaniac. Then what should we call God, who demands all our praise? We call him gracious.
1/8/2023 • 51 minutes, 30 seconds
The Lord Governs My Good and Is My Good: All of Psalm 16 for a New Year
John 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.
12/29/2022 • 46 minutes, 25 seconds
Prince of What Peace? How Christmas Overcomes Our Conflicts
John Piper | At the root of all conflict is man’s conflict with God. At Christmas, we celebrate that God took the initiative to establish true peace.
12/25/2022 • 45 minutes, 15 seconds
How Majestic Is Our Lord?
David 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”?
12/18/2022 • 40 minutes
The Joy of the Puritans
John Piper | The Puritans took joy seriously because they read the Bible carefully. They saw that delight in God is at the heart of all true obedience.
12/11/2022 • 0
Ten Looks at Jesus, Part 2
David 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?
12/5/2022 • 42 minutes, 52 seconds
Ten Looks at Jesus, Part 1
David 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?
12/4/2022 • 47 minutes, 36 seconds
He Delighted to Crush His Son: The Pleasure of God in the Gospel
David Mathis | The Father not only planned for his Son to die, but was pleased to crush him. And for those in Christ, this can be as comforting as it is astonishing.
12/1/2022 • 57 minutes, 6 seconds
The Purposes of God in the Pain of the World
Before he created the earth, God knew pain would plague this world. And not only knew, but planned. And not only planned — but purposed.
11/27/2022 • 0
How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?
John Piper | You will not be perfect in this life, but you can be pleasing to God. You can become a real ingredient in the divine happiness.
11/20/2022 • 59 minutes, 15 seconds
God Made the World for Worship: His Glory in Individuals and Gatherings
John Piper | The individual soul’s affection for God is essential to the corporate, eternal reality of the worshiping church.
11/17/2022 • 37 minutes, 29 seconds
Secret Liturgies: The Private Worship of a Public Leader
David Mathis | Blessed is the leader who meditates on God’s law day and night — not just in public, but all the more in secret.
11/6/2022 • 0
Fall Back to the Banner: Four Lessons for Our Devastations
David Mathis | When loss surrounds us, when fears assail us, we have a banner to which to flee. We turn to the God who has spoken, and there find real hope and strength.
10/30/2022 • 38 minutes, 24 seconds
Good Preaching Takes Hard Work
David Mathis | Good preachers carry many burdens before preaching, while preaching, and after preaching — and the rewards still outweigh the costs.
10/23/2022 • 0
How Is Joy the Root of Sacrificial Love?
John Piper | When glad in God, we bend low in love for others. We imitate Christ, who not only bowed the knee but hung his body on the tree.
10/2/2022 • 43 minutes, 24 seconds
God Can Handle Your Crisis
David Mathis | Psalm 46 teaches us God can handle the earth’s undoing and nations raging against his people — and that if he can do that, he can be a very present help in our trouble.
8/21/2022 • 36 minutes, 55 seconds
Water from the Rock for Undeserving People
John Piper | God promises us his life-sustaining presence, even as he leads us into waterless regions of suffering and loss.
8/7/2022 • 41 minutes, 40 seconds
Seventy Years Without Shipwreck: Five Reasons That Some Fall Away
John Piper | Faith does not shipwreck upon the rocks of history, logic, science, or ethics, but on the mountains of sinful desire.
7/3/2022 • 18 minutes, 17 seconds
The Uncommon Virtue of Humility
Humility flourishes in hearts that focus not on being humble, but on gladly exalting Jesus, who is superior to us in every possible way.
6/26/2022 • 41 minutes, 6 seconds
The Gospel in All Caps: Glorified Scars in the Body of Christ
David Mathis | We boast on Sunday because Christ died on Friday. No cross, no favor with God. No crucifixion, no resurrection. We live because he died.
6/5/2022 • 39 minutes, 8 seconds
What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?
David Mathis | What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.
5/15/2022 • 36 minutes, 51 seconds
Christ Died to Make Us Holy: And Why Some Preachers Avoid It
There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.
5/8/2022 • 52 minutes, 37 seconds
We Rejoice to Suffer for You: Pastoral Pain and the People’s Joy
Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them.
5/1/2022 • 43 minutes, 42 seconds
Brother Ass: Stewarding the Body as Christian Hedonists
David Mathis | Why would Christians exercise? Working and pushing these bodies, as God designed them, serves our learning, our joy, and our love.
4/24/2022 • 37 minutes, 29 seconds
Behind the Times: Survival in a Day of Suffocating News
David Mathis | What if, with some intentionality, the news could become a source of refreshment rather than a continual distraction and discouragement?
4/17/2022 • 37 minutes, 20 seconds
The Supremacy of Christ in Everything
The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.
4/14/2022 • 44 minutes, 53 seconds
‘The Joy of the Lord Is Your Stronghold’
Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.
4/10/2022 • 53 minutes, 43 seconds
Bible Reading Has Been My Life: Personal Reflections for Christian Fathers
John Piper | What does Bible reading look like for John Piper? In this message to fathers, he tells personal stories and shares how he has weaved Bible reading into all of life.
3/27/2022 • 0
How to Meet with God for a Lifetime
David Mathis | How do we meet with God in his word for a lifetime? Every morning, seek to gather a day’s portion.
3/20/2022 • 15 minutes, 46 seconds
Harnessing the Lightning: Tesla’s 3,000-Year Backstory
Tony Reinke | Is a lightning rod — and by extension, all other tech — an act of faith or an act of God-thwarting unbelief?
3/13/2022 • 39 minutes, 45 seconds
The Humbled Win the World
David Mathis | Before we step out to attempt big, ambitious things for Jesus, we need to prepare ourselves to receive and embrace the humbling that will inevitably come.
3/6/2022 • 17 minutes, 51 seconds
23 Tips from 23 Years of Book Reading
Tony Reinke | Many of us today love to swipe, scroll, and stare, but hardly read. Tony Reinke shares 23 tips for reading more and better in a digital age.
1/23/2022 • 45 minutes, 14 seconds
Prayer Vocalizes Our Abiding in Christ
Prayer says more than the words it speaks. The act of praying vocalizes a profound reality: God himself abides in us, and we abide in him.
1/10/2022 • 45 minutes, 43 seconds
Show Us Your Glory: Prayer That Sparks Reformation
David Mathis | Moses made an audacious request. God answered — but only in part. And what he revealed at Sinai pales in comparison to Calvary.
1/3/2022 • 0
The Fearlessness of Christmas Joy: Six Wonders of Christ’s Lordship
The first Christmas brought good news. With it came fearless, great joy for all those who confess, “Jesus is Lord.”
12/23/2021 • 47 minutes, 26 seconds
The Global Glorification of the Merciful God
John Piper | The church exists for missions — and because of missions. God plans for his people to come from the peoples, a promise he first made to Israel.
12/19/2021 • 45 minutes, 6 seconds
The Pleasures of God’s Faithfulness: Reflections on Bethlehem’s 150 Years
John Piper | In 2021, Bethlehem Baptist celebrated 150 years as a church. As part of the celebration service, former pastor John Piper reflects on how a church could endure, and bear fruit, over generations.
12/12/2021 • 31 minutes, 51 seconds
Workers for Your Joy: The Call of Christ to Christian Leaders
David Mathis | God made us to be led, every one of us. He designed us to thrive, not in autonomy, but under the wisdom and care of worthy leaders.
11/14/2021 • 46 minutes, 44 seconds
We Win the World with Singing
John Piper | God plans to win the world with singing. Here are five connections between our joy-filled worship and the finishing of the Great Commission.
11/7/2021 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
Update from John Piper
John Piper | About changes to this podcast.
11/4/2021 • 1 minute, 20 seconds
Who Are the Nations? Discovering God’s Global Mission
The Lamb who was slain will one day receive the reward of his suffering — people will come to him in joyful faith from every tribe, tongue, and nation.
8/8/2021 • 51 minutes, 15 seconds
‘Rejoice When You Are Slandered’: How to Do the Humanly Impossible
One of the most challenging commands in all the Bible is to rejoice when reviled. It’s not just difficult; it is humanly impossible.
7/25/2021 • 38 minutes, 14 seconds
Serious Joy for Leaders Who Last: To the Class of 2021
Christian leaders often carry great burdens. But God never leaves them without the opportunity to know serious joy, even in the hardest trials.
7/11/2021 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
The Achievement of Christ Without Which There Would Be No Others
Christ has secured innumerable benefits for his people. But without this central, most foundational achievement, all the rest would collapse.
5/9/2021 • 50 minutes, 10 seconds
Can Joy Come in Sorrow? Lessons for an Authentic Christian Life
John Piper | How do joy and sorrow mingle in the Christian life? Does joy come only after sorrow passes, or can it come in the very midst of our griefs?
5/2/2021 • 48 minutes, 24 seconds
‘Hallowed Be Your Name’: The Greatest Prayer in All the World
The lines of the Lord’s Prayer tend to pass by our eyes, and through our mouths, in a routine manner. But what might we be missing in our familiarity?
2/21/2021 • 39 minutes, 10 seconds
Doing the Right Thing Never Ruins Your Life: A Belief That Prevents Abortion
Abortion holds out hope that ending the unborn child’s life will spare you misery and hardship. But doing the right thing will never ruin your life.
1/28/2021 • 42 minutes, 7 seconds
Faith That Satisfies — and Saves: What It Means to Come to Jesus
The nature of genuine saving faith isn’t mere mental assent, but receiving all that God is for us in Jesus Christ.
1/17/2021 • 36 minutes, 5 seconds
Is Love for Jesus, or Faith in Jesus, the Root of Ministry and Obedience?
Believing in Jesus, according to the Gospel of John, overlaps with love because it involves an act of the soul whereby one receives Jesus as their soul-satisfying bread, thirst-quenching water, and life-giving vine.
1/10/2021 • 32 minutes, 58 seconds
Leading by Feeding
The central work of pastoral ministry is leading the people of God by feeding them with the word of Christ.
1/10/2021 • 34 minutes, 14 seconds
Singing, Suffering, and Scripture: How God Keeps Us Through Song
John Piper | Suffering may quiet our singing for a time, but God designed singing to sustain our souls. And one day, we will sing forever with unrestrained joy.
11/8/2020 • 33 minutes, 46 seconds
Every Letter Kills, Including Shakespeare: Pressing Through Texts in the Power of the Spirit
To exposit a text is only one part of preaching and teaching. We must drill down into the words and unearth the reality that holds the text together.
7/19/2020 • 18 minutes, 41 seconds
Exposition or Imposition? How Gospel-Centered Preaching Can Go Wrong
Preachers, instead of taking your text and making a beeline to the cross, take the cross and make a beeline to your text.
6/28/2020 • 50 minutes, 14 seconds
The Second Coming: Not Before the ‘Man of Lawlessness’
John Piper | As we look forward to Christ’s second coming, what matters most is not that we have the timing and details down, but that we hold fast to Jesus as our great hope.
6/21/2020 • 1 hour, 37 seconds
Does God Intend Evil for Our Good? Providential Peril for Joseph, Jesus, and You
John Piper | What sinners and Satan intend for evil, God always superintends for good. Our all-wise God brings restoration from ruin and deliverance out of danger.
6/14/2020 • 51 minutes, 49 seconds
The Secret of Christ-Magnifying Contentment as the Path to Costly Love
True contentment in Christ not only guards against our ever-changing circumstances, but frees us to overflow in costly love to others — even our enemies.
5/17/2020 • 30 minutes
The Second Coming: Wrath and Rescue
Suffering, pain, and trouble never have the last word for the people of God. He is our hope and our joy, and he will bring us all the way home.
4/5/2020 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 47 seconds
Do Not Take God’s Name in Vain: The Weight and Wonder of the Third Commandment
To take God’s name in vain is about far, far more than avoiding foul language. Our reverence for God’s name cuts to the very core of our worship in all of life.
3/8/2020 • 45 minutes, 27 seconds
Live for Your Greatest Desire: Jesus
John Piper | Jesus’s call to deny ourselves isn’t a demand to give up happiness but an invitation to walk with him on the path to deep, lasting joy.
2/23/2020 • 45 minutes, 6 seconds
Serious Joy, Cultural Conflict, and Christian Humility: Thoughts on Christian Education
True Christian education fills our hearts and minds with a joy so serious and strong that our society loses its power to control where we stand and what we say.
1/19/2020 • 54 minutes, 57 seconds
Christ Magnified in His World Through Servants Satisfied in His Worth
God will not settle for redeeming people from just a few parts of the globe. He will have people from every tribe, tongue, and nation.
1/12/2020 • 38 minutes, 17 seconds
Seek the Things That Are Above
John Piper | Every believer in Jesus Christ has a potent spiritual superpower. With the Spirit’s help, we now can seek the very things of heaven above.
12/29/2019 • 45 minutes, 41 seconds
How Does Humility Lead in Conflict? A Charge to Christian Leaders
The humblest response to our culture’s tirade against objective truth isn’t to retreat, but to lovingly and kindly contend for what the Bible says.
12/8/2019 • 32 minutes, 41 seconds
‘How God Made Me Happy in Him’: John Piper’s Journey to Joy
Glory and joy appear all over the Bible, but how they relate is not readily obvious. Listen to John Piper tell the story of how God connected the dots between the two.
11/17/2019 • 27 minutes, 51 seconds
Seven Reasons We Must Pursue Supreme Satisfaction in God
John Piper | Enjoying God, being satisfied in him, is essential in glorifying him as he deserves. God is not as glorified by mere duty as he is by delight.
11/10/2019 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 5 seconds
A Peculiar Act of Worship: Preaching as Expository Exultation
John Piper | The preacher’s task is not merely to teach or inform, but to rejoice with his people over the wonders of Scripture.
11/3/2019 • 55 minutes, 23 seconds
The Explosive Power of the Resurrection — Now
John Piper | Jesus’s resurrection not only guarantees that we too will rise, but that we can taste steadfast, heavenly joy here and now — even in suffering. John Piper preached this sermon at the Sing! Conference in Nashville.
10/6/2019 • 25 minutes, 58 seconds
Christians Care About All Suffering and Injustice
Suffering and injustice infect every inch of our world. But Jesus grants his people the resolve to labor for change that makes an everlasting difference. John Piper preached this message at the Sing! Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
8/25/2019 • 25 minutes, 48 seconds
How to Preach in the Power of the Spirit
Sermons are not speeches. Preaching isn’t a lecture. When a pastor speaks God’s words to his gathered people, in the power of the Spirit, miracles happen. John Piper delivered this message at the Sing! conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
8/18/2019 • 50 minutes, 2 seconds
Even When It Hurts: How Christ Reveals Himself in Pain
John Piper | In this life, we will not be able to see all God is doing through sickness and pain, but we can trust that he will reveal more of himself to us through every trial and trouble.
8/11/2019 • 40 minutes, 4 seconds
The Glory of God and Why We Sing
The greatness of God’s glory invites a response that moves his people beyond mere words. And so we sing. John Piper preached this sermon at the Sing! Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
7/28/2019 • 51 minutes, 21 seconds
Our Worth Is Not in What We Own: Fifteen-Minute Gospel Presentation
John Piper | We will never find true worth in what we have or who we are. True, full, lasting satisfaction can only come through all that God is for us in Jesus Christ. After the congregation sang “My Worth Is Not in What I Own,” John Piper presented this gospel message at the Sing! Belfast conference.
7/21/2019 • 14 minutes, 24 seconds
Who Will Give My Head Waters? Seven Reasons to Pray for Holy Tears
Tears, crying, and weeping are all a proper response to the God-ordained sorrow and pain we face. Just because God is sovereign doesn’t mean we ignore our pain.
6/24/2019 • 32 minutes, 16 seconds
Pharisaism, Money, and the Greatness of God
What makes the heart of a legalist tick? You might be surprised how often, despite appearances, it is simply this: the love of money. John Piper delivered this message at a chapel for Crossway Books.
6/10/2019 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
What Do Christians Care About (Most)? To the Class of 2019
Christians care about all injustice in our fallen world. But our outrage against wrongdoing will fizzle out unless we root our concern in God himself. We care especially about injustice against God. John Piper preached this message at the 2019 Bethlehem College & Seminary commencement.
5/17/2019 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Christ Has Purchased Global Praise: The Blood, the Beast, and the Boast of Race
Jesus has already paid the price to ransom a global people who live to praise him. And he wants to use you to spread the astoundingly good news. John Piper preached this message at Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis.
5/8/2019 • 47 minutes, 30 seconds
The Golden Stitches of Sovereignty: What Holds Our Gospel Together
The death of Jesus Christ was no mere product of coincidences. God planned every detail to ensure the salvation of his people. John Piper preached this message at The Gospel Coalition 2019 National Conference.
4/1/2019 • 1 hour, 5 minutes
What Kind of Heart Does Christ Deserve? The Call of Christian Hedonism
Jesus is worthy to be praised with our every thought and deed. But what about our feelings? The Bible’s clearest answer is also the best of news. John Piper preached this message at the Bethlehem 2019 Conference for Pastors + Church Leaders in Minneapolis.
1/28/2019 • 43 minutes, 6 seconds
Is It Right to Seek More Joy Than We Have Through Justification?
Jesus not only paid for our full acceptance with God, but he also purchased grace for us to embrace obedience. This is the second message John Piper preached at the Bethlehem 2019 Conference for Pastors + Church Leaders in Minneapolis.
1/28/2019 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 55 seconds
The Invincible Power of Joy for World Missions: For Cowards, Consumers, and the Comfortable
Safety tempts us to stay put. Luxury tries to lure us. Comfort wants to keep us. But God has a bigger, global dream for his people. John Piper preached this message at the G3 2019 conference in Atlanta.
1/17/2019 • 53 minutes, 37 seconds
Make Your Life Count: The Greatest Missions Letter Ever Written
One day soon, people from every nation will bring God praise and glory. But they won’t encounter everlasting hope until God’s people go and send.
Piper preached this message on January 4, 2019, at the CROSS Conference in Louisville, where thousands gathered to discern their call to the nations.
1/4/2019 • 48 minutes, 24 seconds
You Are Anointed: How the Truth Becomes Precious
John Piper | Jesus anoints every believer with his Spirit so that we taste how precious he is.
11/18/2018 • 34 minutes, 27 seconds
Sorrowful Love Springs from Serious Joy
Every act of Christian love springs from serious joy in Jesus. When your hope is secure in him, you can give whatever it takes to serve others.
10/28/2018 • 34 minutes, 55 seconds
Are We Adopted for Us or for God?
The more gladness we have in our Father, the more we bring glory to his name. Our happiness in him shows off his holiness in us.
10/7/2018 • 44 minutes, 28 seconds
The Key to Simultaneous Sorrow and Joy
Jesus has purchased something infinitely better than anything this world has to offer: the glory of God himself. We have every reason to boast in him.
9/21/2018 • 47 minutes, 21 seconds
The Devil Can Do Exposition, but He Can’t Preach
The pulpit isn’t just a place for a lecture or even mere teaching. Every sermon should sing with worship over the glories of God’s word. John Piper delivered this message during a breakout seminar at the Sing! 2018 Conference in Nashville.
9/13/2018 • 48 minutes, 5 seconds
Your Emotions Matter to God: Learning from the Bible’s Songbook
Satan is trying to steal your joy. God gave us the Psalms to fight back.
9/11/2018 • 37 minutes, 8 seconds
An Impossible Covenant — And How It Becomes a Permanent Joy
John Piper | Jesus bought an unbreakable covenant for his people. He takes hardened rebels and transforms them into a beautiful bride for their eternal joy.
6/16/2018 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 42 seconds
Joy Makes All Things New
Joy is not a wishful add-on to the Christian life, but essential to knowing and worshiping God. When we finally discover joy in Jesus, everything changes.
6/3/2018 • 52 minutes, 43 seconds
Lord, Teach Us to Fight: The Double Battle in Gethsemane
Jesus took the cup of God’s wrath so that we would never have to. And now he beckons each of us to join him in speaking and sharing the good news of his victory.
6/2/2018 • 46 minutes, 16 seconds
God Rules the Heart of Every Man: Elijah’s Battle with the Prophets of Baal
John Piper | The people of God may appear weak, but God loves to be at a disadvantage — just before he wins.
6/2/2018 • 53 minutes, 14 seconds
Your Thorn for the Shaming of Satan: To the Class of 2018
Your pains and weaknesses are not obstacles to everything you want to accomplish, but the very instruments God uses to make you more like his Son.
5/28/2018 • 23 minutes, 17 seconds
New God, New Gospel, New Gladness: How Is Christian Joy Distinct?
The most basic distinction between the church and the world is not godly decisions, good deeds, or even true doctrines, but glad delight in God himself.
4/27/2018 • 56 minutes, 12 seconds
How to Get Wisdom: Become a Fool
Wisdom from God is more valuable than gold. It may look foolish to a watching world, but the lasting path of happiness comes only in the guidance God gives.
4/20/2018 • 36 minutes, 59 seconds
If I Could Start All Over: Six Lessons for Your Twenties
John Piper | What would John Piper say to those with most of their adult life ahead of them? Here are six rules he would live by.
4/11/2018 • 14 minutes, 39 seconds
The Glory of Christ and Racial Unity: On the 50th Anniversary of MLK’s Death
When we come to Christ, we don’t lose our ethnic or cultural identities. But we all put on his insignia and find new possibilities for unity in him.
4/4/2018 • 45 minutes, 46 seconds
From Darkness to Delight: A Fresh Call for Christian Hedonists
If you find Jesus boring or unsatisfying, you haven’t really discovered yet who he is.
2/27/2018 • 27 minutes, 11 seconds
Right with God, Right with Man: The Power of Superior Pleasure
John Piper | Receiving Jesus as our greatest joy unlocks right standing with God and right living with others.
2/22/2018 • 54 minutes, 40 seconds
Jesus Raised Jesus from the Dead — And Why It Matters
John Piper | A one-of-a-kind death, and a one-of-a-kind resurrection, has been carried out by this one-of-a-kind Person who is more valuable than all else.
1/29/2018 • 32 minutes, 30 seconds
How to Preach with Supernatural Power
Christian preaching is not simply an exchange of information, but a channel through which the Holy Spirit works his miracles in both preacher and hearers.
1/17/2018 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 4 seconds
How to Seek the Holy Spirit
Without the work of the Holy Spirit, we are helpless. Seek him, and he will rest upon you — especially in your hour of greatest need.
1/15/2018 • 53 minutes, 58 seconds
What Is It Like to Enjoy God?
John Piper | God created you not mainly to do things for him, but to delight in him. The more we enjoy God, the more he is honored, and our very purpose in life is fulfilled.
1/2/2018 • 50 minutes, 57 seconds
Joy Changes Everything: An Invitation to Christian Hedonism
When you finally recognize that God wants to make you happier than you could ever dream, nothing will ever be the same again.
11/12/2017 • 58 minutes, 8 seconds
What Made Jonathan Edwards a Christian Hedonist?
The supreme goal of all Jonathan Edwards’s life and work was that God would be glorified through his people being supremely satisfied in him.
11/11/2017 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 4 seconds
Reformation 500 Sermon: Stand on Your Head for Joy
Tuesday, October 31, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation with Luther’s nailing of his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg.
10/29/2017 • 44 minutes, 15 seconds
Heart Comes Before Head: Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture
When a Christian reads the Bible, a supernatural event takes place. Our regenerate souls meet the inspired word in a divine encounter.
10/28/2017 • 53 minutes, 9 seconds
Better to Lose Your Life Than Waste It
John Piper | Only what’s done for Christ will last. Any risk, any trial, any tribulation is worth the risk when your aim in all of life is to make others glad in God.
10/27/2017 • 48 minutes, 12 seconds
Our Eyes Are on You, Lord: Thoughts on Pastoral Succession
John Piper | Sooner or later, every leader will hand off the baton to the next generation — and where better to center pastoral succession than in the word of God himself?
10/12/2017 • 46 minutes, 53 seconds
How to Find Gold in God’s Word: Reading the Bible with Supernatural Help
John Piper | All the Bible knowledge in the world won’t help you unless you cherish God’s truth. We’re nothing more than Pharisees unless we taste the glory of God in his word.
9/22/2017 • 54 minutes, 3 seconds
Faith Alone: How (Not) to Use a Reformed Slogan
No truth was more central to the Reformation that turned the world upside down 500 years ago: God justifies sinners by faith alone.
9/13/2017 • 40 minutes, 41 seconds
Soli Deo Gloria: Heart and Soul of the Reformation
God works every dot on the timeline of history for his glory. Nothing stands outside the scope of his plan to bring fame to his name, for the joy of his people.
8/30/2017 • 36 minutes, 29 seconds
Did Christ Die for Us or for God?
John Piper | We often live as though we are God, but biblical thinking assumes that God is the center of all reality.
5/31/2017 • 57 minutes, 4 seconds
Christ’s Urgent Call: Don’t Waste Your Life
John Piper | Christ calls us to live and die in such a way that we magnify his worth. Anything less is a wasted life.
5/30/2017 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 26 seconds
God’s Purposes in a World of Pain
John Piper | Pain and suffering exist to make plain the horrors of the sinful heart and the wonders of the sovereign Christ.
5/28/2017 • 42 minutes, 49 seconds
The Tipping Point of Sacrificial Missions: The Overflow of Joy in Jesus
John Piper | Only a love sustained by genuine joy in God will propel us to take the gospel to the hardest places in the world.
5/28/2017 • 57 minutes, 52 seconds
The Gospel-Shaped Mouth: Preaching the Glories of Christ
John Piper | Genuine preaching aims to display the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
5/25/2017 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 27 seconds
The Gospel-Shaped Mind: Knowing the Glories of Christ
John Piper | In the fight for faith, our minds serve our hearts. Right knowledge fuels true passion.
5/24/2017 • 50 minutes, 6 seconds
The Gospel-Shaped Heart: Treasuring the Glories of Christ
John Piper | The ultimate goal of the gospel is that God would be glorified in our enjoyment of him. God’s glory and our satisfaction are not two different ends, they’re one.
5/23/2017 • 50 minutes, 24 seconds
Sacred Book, Sovereign God, Serious Joy: Why Study Liberal Arts in College
True Christian education prepares us to enjoy God and love our neighbors even more than it prepares us for the workforce.
5/19/2017 • 21 minutes, 33 seconds
Sacred Schizophrenia: A Meditation on Self-Denial
The Christian life is a fight. But our deadliest enemy doesn’t attack us from the outside, but from within.
5/12/2017 • 24 minutes, 59 seconds
Treasure God, Magnify Christ, Love People: The Way of Christian Hedonism
Real love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others, especially when it’s costly.
4/30/2017 • 40 minutes, 28 seconds
We Need Each Other: Christian Fellowship as a Means of Perseverance
Christians don’t fly solo. Our faith won’t survive unless brothers and sisters in Christ keep us accountable.
4/19/2017 • 43 minutes, 30 seconds
No Other Gospel: The Formal and Material Principles of the Reformation
Five hundred years ago, the Reformers fought to recover the true gospel. Fifteen hundred years before, God used Paul to pen the Reformers’ central text for justification by faith alone.
4/3/2017 • 55 minutes, 53 seconds
The Pastor, the People, and the Pursuit of Joy
Your joy in God multiplies exponentially as you seek the good of your brothers and sisters in the body of Christ.
2/26/2017 • 45 minutes, 47 seconds
Gospel Worship: Holy Ambition for All the Peoples to Praise Christ
God has a place for every single one of us in missions. Some of us send, some of us go, but we must all have a gospel ambition.
1/31/2017 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 57 seconds
Gospel Depths: Why God Revealed the Depths of Salvation in Eternity Past
The only reason any of us know God is because he chose us before the foundation of the world. Nothing we’ve done can earn our way to him — it’s all grace.
1/30/2017 • 57 minutes, 22 seconds
Seven Resolutions for Aging and Dying Well: A Funeral Message for Verna Erickson
At the end of your life, as your energy fades, God will be your refuge and strength.
1/10/2017 • 37 minutes, 13 seconds
The Ultimate Essence of Evil: The Majesty of God, the Triumph of Christ, and the Glory of Human Life
The very essence of evil is running to anything but God for ultimate joy. Watch, read, or listen to John Piper’s message from Passion 2017.
1/3/2017 • 46 minutes, 44 seconds
No Global Mission Without God’s Mighty Spirit
We are living in the third great era of world history — the era of the Spirit. Our only hope for advancing God’s mission is to lean on the power of his Spirit.
12/28/2016 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 21 seconds
The True Grace of Christian Camaraderie
Grace is always personal. God mediates his grace to undeserving sinners through the warm affections of his divine family, the church.
12/16/2016 • 30 minutes, 14 seconds
How We Know the Bible Is True: The Beauty of Scripture as the Ground of Its Truth
Satan believes the Scriptures are God’s very words. But the difference between us and him is that he doesn’t treasure that truth.
11/16/2016 • 47 minutes, 17 seconds
Sons of Freedom and Joy: How a Christian Relates to the State
Christians claim their true citizenship in heaven. When we submit to earthly governments, we do so out of allegiance to Christ’s eternal kingdom.
11/2/2016 • 41 minutes, 49 seconds
Put the Attorneys to Work: How to Give the Bible Functional Authority in Your Speech and Writing
Christian leaders should exude the Bible. They need to test everything they speak and write through the grid of biblical teaching.
10/25/2016 • 58 minutes, 13 seconds
Teach the Nations to Do the Impossible
Jesus’s supreme authority empowers his Great Commission. We go, teach, and teach others to teach in the confidence that Jesus himself is with us.
10/16/2016 • 41 minutes, 19 seconds
Fifteen Dreams for the Future of Christian Hedonism
Central to biblical Christianity is the pursuit of our joy in God. John Piper expresses fifteen hopes for the future of maximizing our joy in God.
10/7/2016 • 48 minutes, 27 seconds
Volcanic Joy
God’s volcanic passion for his own glory erupts in overflowing delight for his Son and unceasing joy for his children who share in God ’s own glorious bliss.
10/7/2016 • 36 minutes, 26 seconds
The Natural Act of Reading the Bible Supernaturally
In all true Bible reading, we think and God gives. We work hard to comprehend the authors’ intended meaning while we simultaneously rely on God to help us understand.
9/25/2016 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 26 seconds
The Supernatural Act of Reading the Bible
Whenever we read the Bible, we depend on God’s supernatural power to illumine the words, sentences, and paragraphs with his glory.
9/24/2016 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 28 seconds
The Ultimate Goal of Reading the Bible
The Bible is indispensable to the Christian life. Without the written word, we simply could not know the Incarnate Word.
9/23/2016 • 58 minutes, 49 seconds
Jesus Is the Test of True Faith
Christians embrace both the New Testament and the Old because every single page of the Scriptures points to Jesus who fulfills them.
8/28/2016 • 48 minutes, 34 seconds
Jesus Christ Egomaniac? What Piper Said at Google
John Piper | God is the one being in the universe for whom self-exaltation is not the act of a needy ego, but an act of infinite giving.
7/29/2016 • 55 minutes, 46 seconds
The Inexplicable Life: Humility, Hope, and Love in Suffering
Christians can show the world the hope they have within through joyful, humble willingness to suffer wrong and serve, rather than return evil for evil.
6/18/2016 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 51 seconds
Life-Risking Courage in the Cause of Love
God supplies the sustaining grace we need to love others well as we seriously pursue our joy in him.
6/4/2016 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 17 seconds
Why God Created the World
God created the world, and sustains it every second, to show the worth of his Son’s redeeming work.
6/2/2016 • 47 minutes
Prayer: How to Do the Humanly Impossible
God is glorified when Christians humble themselves openly as people who are not ashamed to beg for help.
5/25/2016 • 49 minutes, 41 seconds
The Heart of the Gospel: The Righteousness from God that Depends on Faith
Christ’s righteousness imputed to sinners through faith undergirds the whole of the Christian faith.
5/24/2016 • 49 minutes, 41 seconds
The Roots of Fearless Unity in the Gospel
Humble unity in the gospel beautifully displays to a watching world that Jesus is more satisfying than getting your own way.
5/23/2016 • 50 minutes, 4 seconds
The Glory of Christ: Ultimate Goal, Alienating Problem, All-Transforming Answer
God’s pursuit of his own glory opens the door to a feast of beauty and truth that satisfies the human soul forever.
5/22/2016 • 47 minutes, 6 seconds
How to Experience the Outpouring of God’s Love
John Piper | God doesn’t merely give us arguments for his love, but he gives us a real, authentic experience of his love!
5/1/2016 • 38 minutes, 18 seconds
How We Know the Bible Is True
You don’t need complicated arguments to know the Bible is true. You can see the Glory for yourself.
4/28/2016 • 48 minutes, 56 seconds
Living and Loving by Faith in Future Grace
Where will we find the emotional power to keep us from returning evil for evil? Not in vague notions of grace, but by trusting God’s specific promises.
4/22/2016 • 57 minutes, 22 seconds
How Our Children Can Know the Bible Is True
I want to help parents (and leaders of children’s ministries) see how the Bible shows itself to be true — and how to communicate this vital truth to our children.
4/15/2016 • 59 minutes, 20 seconds
The Bondage of the Will, the Sovereignty of Grace, and the Glory of God
John Piper | For Martin Luther, the issue of man’s bondage to sin, and moral inability to believe or obey, was the root issue of the Reformation — and the lynchpin of Protestantism.
4/13/2016 • 1 hour, 41 seconds
Love Her More, Love Her Less: Living for God’s Glory in Marriage
You love your spouse more when you love them less than God. If God is not central, your marriage will not glorify God as he intended.
4/11/2016 • 22 minutes, 43 seconds
Seven Resolutions for Finishing Well
There won’t be any phoniness in heaven. There will only be complete authenticity. We will discover what childlikeness was really meant to be.
3/11/2016 • 22 minutes, 32 seconds
Three Sightings of the Glory of Jesus
There isn’t anything greater than to see the Son of God in all his divine beauty and radiance and greatness, and be supremely and increasingly happy in him forever.
1/29/2016 • 14 minutes, 46 seconds
Preaching to a Persecuted People: The Pastor as Leader, Comforter, and Guide
In the new America, a stage is being set as never before for the display of the glory of God through the joy of his grieving people.
1/26/2016 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 50 seconds
Precision with God’s Words, Love for God’s Glory
John Piper | We are raising up a generation of Christian leaders who love the glory of God and handle the word of God carefully.
1/26/2016 • 18 minutes, 7 seconds
Think It Not Strange: Fiery Trials and the Testimony of Christ
We should not be surprised or ashamed when we suffer in the name of Jesus. God refines us and displays the worth of Christ in and through our suffering.
1/25/2016 • 1 hour, 46 seconds
The Beast, the Book, and the Beauty of the Lamb
“The Book of the Life of the Lamb who was Slain” is an eternal book, pledging God's redemptive act in history, and securing God's eternal praise from his redeemed.
1/3/2016 • 52 minutes, 3 seconds
One Design
Manhood and womanhood are not traits to be ignored, but God-given gifts we can cherish together as both genders reflect God’s good design.
12/29/2015 • 48 minutes, 45 seconds
One Mission
The mission given to every Christian is to declare and demonstrate that the glory of Christ is more precious than life.
12/29/2015 • 47 minutes, 58 seconds
One Passion
John Piper | There is an all-permeating passion that belongs in the saved human soul, and that will not be crushed by the moral chaos of these days, or by the suffering that Christians must endure.
12/29/2015 • 46 minutes, 47 seconds
One Gospel
The more horrible, foreign, startling, fearful, uncertain, and stomach-turning the days become, the more relevant the gospel of Jesus Christ is.
12/28/2015 • 46 minutes, 7 seconds
You Cannot Obey God Without God
John Piper | How do we set about obeying the hundreds of commands in the Bible? John Piper explores what it means to be born again and how it happens.
11/11/2015 • 11 minutes, 16 seconds
The Glory of God as the Ground of the Mind’s Certainty and the Goal of the Soul’s Satisfaction
In the Bible, the glory of God reveals itself to be inescapably real to the mind, and incomparably rewarding to the heart. Nothing could be more true, and nothing could be more precious.
10/9/2015 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 38 seconds
All Authority in Heaven and Earth
The audacity to make disciples for Jesus from followers of other lords and other religions is based on the rock solid foundation of the words — and the reality — “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
10/8/2015 • 56 minutes, 35 seconds
How to Know the Will of God: Finding Direction with the Renewed Mind
God wants to make you new more than he wants to reveal his secret plans for tomorrow. That’s his good purpose for you in all things.
9/27/2015 • 53 minutes, 15 seconds
You Are Not Appointed for Wrath
The word of God is meant to be our unshakable rock and comfort in times of trouble, and we should encourage each other with its precious truths.
9/13/2015 • 47 minutes, 19 seconds
Don’t Be a Sucker
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8/21/2015 • 30 minutes, 40 seconds
The Path to Full and Lasting Pleasure
Psalm 16 gives us some of the clearest, most powerful words about our greatest happiness.
8/11/2015 • 54 minutes, 32 seconds
Money, Sex, and Power: The Potential
John Piper | Money, Sex, and Power. Three precious gifts of God. Three dangers ready to destroy our souls. Three beautiful possibilities for worship and love.
6/28/2015 • 55 minutes, 1 second
Money, Sex, and Power: The Dangers
The glory of God is the brightest beauty, and the greatest treasure, the sweetest pleasure in all of reality, and is, therefore, never to be exchanged for what sex, money, or power can bring.
6/27/2015 • 55 minutes, 48 seconds
Money, Sex, and Power: Definitions and Foundations
John Piper | Money, sex, and power are three good gifts of God. We know the basic definition of each — but is there more underneath the surface?
6/27/2015 • 39 minutes, 40 seconds
How You Can Know You’re a Child of God
John Piper | Everyone struggles with doubts at some point, but God doesn’t want us to wallow in uncertainty. He gives us his Spirit to testify to our new life.
5/31/2015 • 49 minutes, 26 seconds
Called to Be Lights in the World
John Piper | John Piper begins this session with God’s purpose in saving anyone he saves. He ends with a few words about serving and suffering in a broken and ungodly world.
5/24/2015 • 25 minutes, 47 seconds
Destined to Obey, or Disobey
John Piper | In this session, John Piper takes up the question: How does the absolute sovereignty of God relate to the disobedience and rebellion of nonbelievers?
5/24/2015 • 19 minutes, 19 seconds
Born Again by the Book
John Piper | When you were born again, what happened? In twelve minutes, John Piper explains how God brings about the miracle of the new birth.
5/24/2015 • 12 minutes, 57 seconds
The Infinite Price of Your Freedom
John Piper | God calls us to live in a way that says Jesus’s blood is infinitely valuable. In fifteen minutes, John Piper tells us how.
5/24/2015 • 15 minutes, 32 seconds
New Passions Are the Path to Holiness
John Piper | The vast majority of what you do flows from what you value. In less than twenty minutes, John Piper grounds and inspires our hope in Jesus, and then calls us to follow God’s path to new desires and passions. Hope is the enabling power for our growth in godliness.
5/24/2015 • 18 minutes, 55 seconds
A Faith More Precious Than Gold
John Piper | Your faith is the most valuable thing you will ever have or experience in this life. In twenty minutes, John Piper explains just how valuable your faith is, and why it means so much to God. He also paints a picture of what’s coming at the end of all our waiting, when our faith finally becomes sight.
5/24/2015 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Simultaneous Joy and Sorrow
John Piper | How can someone have unshakeable joy in Jesus and deal with the painful realities of life? In fifteen minutes, John Piper embraces and explains the necessary tension between joy and sorrow in the Christian life. With every trial we face, God has given us a specific grace designed for that trouble.
5/24/2015 • 15 minutes, 36 seconds
Why Your Faith Will Not Fail
John Piper | What makes you think you will be a Christian tomorrow morning? In 15 minutes, John Piper builds a foundation for the perseverance of your faith through all the world’s temptations and all of life’s trails. Your faith will not fail because God holds your faith and is utterly committed to keeping you.
5/24/2015 • 15 minutes, 6 seconds
Born Again to a Living Hope
John Piper | What does the new birth mean for our lives today? The glorious effects do not wait for heaven, but bring light back into everything we experience here on earth, even the hardest trials. In twenty-five minutes, John Piper reminds us of all that is promised to those who hope in Jesus Christ.
5/24/2015 • 25 minutes, 2 seconds
The Word Awakens Joy and Worship
John Piper | Peter begins his letter not merely with statements of truth, but with worship. He rejoices over the realities he has seen about who God is and what he has done. In twenty minutes, John Piper walks through these first verses to understand the role of the Bible in our new birth and daily worship.
5/24/2015 • 20 minutes, 47 seconds
Set Apart by the Spirit
John Piper | Following Jesus Christ will make us exiles in the world we live. That does not mean we should try and make ourselves exiles part from the Holy Spirit. In eleven minutes, John Piper confronts modern Pharisees. He also tries to help people who struggle to think like the biblical authors.
5/24/2015 • 20 minutes, 47 seconds
Exiles on the Earth
John Piper | The Bible’s book for people who feel like exiles on this earth is 1 Peter. Suffering of all kinds unsettles us and makes us long to be home with the Lord. In thirty minutes, John Piper opens the first verses of 1 Peter, highlighting who Peter is and explaining what it means to be an exile of heaven.
5/24/2015 • 28 minutes, 4 seconds
Basics for Reading the Bible
John Piper | After introducing the hostile context in 1 Peter, John Piper lays out pivotal principles for reading and understanding the Bible. The meaning of “meaning” is massive and elusive. Before we can agree on what a verse of the Bible means, we have to define our terms and linger over several key texts.
5/24/2015 • 36 minutes, 8 seconds
A Survey of Suffering in 1 Peter
John Piper | In this first session on 1 Peter 1–2, John Piper traces the theme of suffering. Peter is writing to exiles on the earth, helping them endure the darkness and opposition of this world with joy. He also explains the heart and vision behind the method of Look at the Book for studying the Bible.
5/24/2015 • 24 minutes, 45 seconds
Friendship with Jesus and the Aim of Education in Serious Joy
John Piper’s commencement message on the relationship between friendship with Jesus and the aims of higher education — specifically the educational aims of Bethlehem College & Seminary.
5/15/2015 • 21 minutes, 8 seconds
Life-Risking Courage in the Cause of Love
Without sourcing our love for others from our joy in God, we will never be able to risk whatever it takes draw more people to Jesus.
5/2/2015 • 37 minutes, 38 seconds
It Is Right to Live for Maximum Pleasure
Every one of us desires to find happiness and joy. But does the Bible really teach us to chase after our own delight?
5/1/2015 • 37 minutes, 39 seconds
The Pain of the World and the Purposes of God
We may never be able to explain every instance of suffering, but we can trust that God is near, he is in control, and he is bringing us unimaginable good — even through pain.
4/26/2015 • 52 minutes, 53 seconds
Biblical Foundations for Seeking God's Justice in a Sinful World
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4/14/2015 • 59 minutes, 17 seconds
What Jesus Demands from the World
Jesus demands the impossible, whole-hearted love for God and others, but he does not abandon us to the task.
4/14/2015 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 24 seconds
The Shoot from Jesse, the Nations, and Israel
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4/14/2015 • 56 minutes, 6 seconds
Suffering, Faith, and the Sign of Fearlessness
God graciously gives his people suffering and faith so that they might enjoy magnifying Christ to their adversaries through fearlessness of faith and humble love.
4/9/2015 • 43 minutes, 1 second
A Living Hope Through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
John Piper | If you have been born again, you have a living, indestructible hope by the mercy of God.
4/5/2015 • 48 minutes, 15 seconds
Undaunted by the Darkness – Invincible Joy for the Sake of the Nations
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3/7/2015 • 44 minutes, 5 seconds
Make War: The Pastor and His People in the Battle Against Sin
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2/3/2015 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 58 seconds
What Is Sin? The Essence and Root of All Sinning
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2/2/2015 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 40 seconds
The Plundering of Your Property and the Power of Hope
We can joyfully accept hardship in this life because our true home is in heaven. Our best life is yet to come.
1/18/2015 • 55 minutes, 32 seconds
The Glory of God in the Good Resolves of His People
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1/4/2015 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 11 seconds
Why Do Christians Preach and Sing?
No other religion or movement on the planet preaches and sings like Christians.
1/3/2015 • 54 minutes, 30 seconds
Such a Great Salvation
The Son of God brings many sons to glory through his own suffering — and this is more fitting than we can begin to know.
12/7/2014 • 47 minutes, 11 seconds
The Gospel of the Grace of God
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11/22/2014 • 33 minutes, 34 seconds
Gospel-Centered History and Gospel-Centered Living
All of history led to and flows from the cross. If the center of reality isn’t the center of our lives, we are tragically off course.
11/16/2014 • 59 minutes, 3 seconds
Ten Effects of Seeing God’s Sovereignty
Romans 9 is one of the most difficult and rewarding passages of Scripture. Here are ten ways John Piper has identified the passage has impacted his life.
11/15/2014 • 11 minutes, 47 seconds
God Is Totally Free to Save You
John Piper | In all of salvation — election and justification — works count for nothing, but only the free act of God.
11/15/2014 • 27 minutes, 7 seconds
Why Would God Ordain Evil?
God loveswhen we struggle and wrestle with his word if our wrestling is to understand and love him more. Let all our questions be asked in faith.
11/15/2014 • 20 minutes, 15 seconds
God Saves Whom He Wills
As we come to realize how big God is and how horrifying our own sin is, we will come to understand election as an unimaginably great grace.
11/15/2014 • 41 minutes, 37 seconds
The Difference Between Calvinists and Arminians
The Bible is clear that God’s election is true. Here are four reasons why it is also good and beautiful.
11/15/2014 • 26 minutes
Your Joy Depends on Election
God’s gift of salvation does not depend on anything that we do or are in ourselves. It depends on God’s own sovereign, gracious freedom.
11/15/2014 • 26 minutes, 35 seconds
Who Is the True Israel?
The promises of God are, and always have been, for the children of promise born by the miracle of God.
11/15/2014 • 18 minutes, 23 seconds
Unrelenting Sorrow and Relentless Joy
Even as Paul’s heart broke for his unbelieving kinsmen, his hope and joy was in the God of indomitable promise.
11/15/2014 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
Does God Keep His Promises?
What good are the glorious promises in Romans 8 if God breaks his promises? This is where Romans 9 begins: showing that the word of God never fails.
11/14/2014 • 41 minutes, 24 seconds
All of God’s Promises Rest on God
Our hope in God’s promises depends on his trustworthiness to keep his word. How can we know that God will keep his great promises?
11/14/2014 • 21 minutes, 46 seconds
Six Reasons to Read the Bible Every Day
There are millions of books in the world — why should we spend time in the Bible? Here are six reasons this book earns our effort more than any other.
11/14/2014 • 28 minutes, 19 seconds
Introduction to Romans 9
No passage in the Bible may give you as much trouble as Romans 9. And no passage can give you as much hope in the promises of God.
God is most satisfied in us when we are most satisfied in him. A fresh angle for the Christian Hedonist from Psalm 131.
9/14/2014 • 44 minutes, 27 seconds
Bitter Providence and Barley Harvest
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8/31/2014 • 47 minutes, 19 seconds
Are You Worthy of Jesus?
Are you worthy of Jesus? We not only can be — we need to be.
8/28/2014 • 48 minutes, 35 seconds
The Life of the Mind and the Love of Man
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8/21/2014 • 29 minutes, 5 seconds
Death Is Not the End of Life
John Piper | In Jesus, we have eternal life if we do and keep his word. Though we all will die, death is not the end of life for all those in Christ.
8/10/2014 • 40 minutes, 11 seconds
The Life of the Mind and the Love of Man
God calls each one of us to love him with all our minds. The hard work of thinking rightly honors him and loves our neighbors when our minds move to action.
8/8/2014 • 29 minutes, 9 seconds
Responding to God According to His Word
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6/27/2014 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 5 seconds
A Spectacular and Scary Promise: Assurance, Suffering, and Our Great Inheritance
God promises unimaginable blessings to every one of his children – if we have the courage to walk with Jesus through suffering.
5/1/2014 • 54 minutes, 55 seconds
The Glory of God and Gladness of Man
God’s glory and our gladness do not have to be at odds, but are in fact one and the same pursuit. John Piper demonstrates how with the help of Jonathan Edwards.
4/23/2014 • 48 minutes, 19 seconds
What Is the Joy of All Your Joys?
God promises innumerable benefits to all who trust in him. But those gifts aren’t an end in themselves. Our greatest joy is God himself.
4/23/2014 • 35 minutes, 1 second
Persuading, Pleading, and Predestination: Human Means in the Miracle of Conversion
In his 2014 plenary message at T4G, John Piper preaches about the seeming tension between God’s sovereignty and human responsibility in all our efforts to convert the lost.
4/10/2014 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 13 seconds
Renewing Women
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4/8/2014 • 14 minutes, 55 seconds
The New Calvinism and the New Community
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3/12/2014 • 53 minutes, 47 seconds
Preparing to Know Christ Deeply Through Suffering
In suffering, we come to hope more fully in God and put less confidence in the things of the world. We also come to know Christ better when we share his sufferings.
3/2/2014 • 51 minutes, 39 seconds
A Tender Word to Pharisees
God opens his arms to both prodigals and Pharisees — to those who know they don’t deserve mercy, and those who have worked for mercy their whole life.
2/16/2014 • 39 minutes, 36 seconds
Pilgrim Worship
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2/15/2014 • 57 minutes, 1 second
The Ministry of Hudson Taylor as Life in Christ
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2/5/2014 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 16 seconds
The Ministry of Hudson Taylor as Life in Christ
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2/5/2014 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 16 seconds
Glorifying God by Bearing Fruit in Union with Christ
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2/3/2014 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 5 seconds
Don’t Waste Your Seminary
We always face the threat of ruining any season of grace. Don’t waste your seminary years, but more importantly, don’t waste your life.
1/23/2014 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 53 seconds
A Radical Revelation of the Cross: The Sovereignty of God and the Sacrifice of Jesus
John Piper | When we embrace Christ’s cross and the unswerving foundation of God’s sovereignty, we will be kept by merciful and omnipotent glory.
1/12/2014 • 47 minutes, 27 seconds
A Spectacular and Scary Promise
If you are a child of God, then the Holy Spirit lives and works in you to kill sin and depend on God.
10/27/2013 • 55 minutes, 7 seconds
The Sweetest Good of the Good News
Forgiveness is precious for one ultimate reason — one sweet, high, glorious reason: We get God back.
10/20/2013 • 46 minutes, 44 seconds
Saying Well as a Way of Seeing Wonder
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10/19/2013 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 42 seconds
Doug Wilson Interviews John Piper and Tim Chester
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10/18/2013 • 52 minutes, 12 seconds
Why Is the Glory of God at Stake in Making People Plural?
God is ransoming a people for himself from every tribe, tongue, and nation. Therefore, missions is a call to the people groups of the world, not just the countries of the world.
10/18/2013 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 25 seconds
Is Jesus an Egomaniac?
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10/17/2013 • 1 hour, 41 minutes, 48 seconds
The Highest Good of the Gospel
John Piper | Jesus won innumerable benefits for his people, but the greatest good he brings us is God himself.
10/17/2013 • 48 minutes, 28 seconds
Zeal for God: Deadly or Indispensable?
The New Testament not only says that you can have a zeal and not be saved, but it also says that you cannot be saved without a zeal for God.
10/10/2013 • 33 minutes, 24 seconds
Identity and Desire
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10/3/2013 • 43 minutes, 20 seconds
What God Made Is Good — And Must Be Sanctified: C.S. Lewis and St. Paul on the Use of Creation
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9/29/2013 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 24 seconds
C.S. Lewis, Romantic Rationalist: How His Paths to Christ Shaped His Life and Ministry
Lewis’s romanticism and rationalism were the paths on which he came to Christ — and the paths on which he lived his life and did his work.
9/27/2013 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 54 seconds
The Cost of Love in the Call to the Nations
Being deeply satisfied in Jesus as your supreme treasure gives you the power to lay down your life for the good of the nations.
9/16/2013 • 33 minutes, 57 seconds
Perseverance in God-Centered Missions
When our souls drink deeply from God’s delights, we can’t help but overflow and invite others to join us.
9/8/2013 • 53 minutes, 41 seconds
Doctrinal Depth and Gospel Advance
Doctrinal depth is crucial for the work of gathering Christ’s lost sheep through the proclamation of the gospel.
9/7/2013 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 42 seconds
The Glory of God in the Sight of Eternity
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7/26/2013 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 6 seconds
Glorifying God by Reaching the Lost
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7/18/2013 • 38 minutes, 54 seconds
Glorifying God by Being Compelled by God’s Love
You are precious to God, and the greatest gift he has for you is not to let your preciousness become your god, but to enable you to make much of him as your God.
7/16/2013 • 47 minutes, 44 seconds
Glorifying God . . . Period
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7/15/2013 • 42 minutes, 1 second
All Things Are Yours
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5/17/2013 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
Reflecting on 33 Years in the Pastorate
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5/8/2013 • 50 minutes, 6 seconds
God Works for Those Who Wait for Him
John Piper | There are many gods, but there is no God like our — a God who works for those who wait for him.
5/5/2013 • 51 minutes, 34 seconds
Live in Hope, Live in Holiness, Live in Holy Fear
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5/3/2013 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 22 seconds
Jesus Is Most Magnified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied in Him
We are all created for God’s glory, and the way we most glorify God is by being satisfied in him.
4/28/2013 • 51 minutes, 4 seconds
What Happens in the New Birth
The new birth is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit that cleanses us from all our sin and makes us into a new creation.
4/27/2013 • 58 minutes, 36 seconds
Farewell Words to Bethlehem Baptist Church
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4/14/2013 • 13 minutes, 47 seconds
The Life and Ministry of Charles Spurgeon
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4/10/2013 • 58 minutes, 39 seconds
Jesus the Son of God, the Son of Mary
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4/8/2013 • 58 minutes, 2 seconds
Future Grace (Part 2)
Trusting future grace in all that God promises to be for us in Jesus is the only way to successfully put sin to death and live a life of love.
4/5/2013 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 12 seconds
Future Grace (Q&A)
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4/5/2013 • 54 minutes, 20 seconds
Future Grace (Part 1)
Faith in future grace is essential for God to be glorified in our lives of holiness.
4/4/2013 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 25 seconds
God Raised Your Great Shepherd from the Dead
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3/31/2013 • 40 minutes, 28 seconds
Thanks to the Bethlehem Staff
Pastor John addresses the Bethlehem staff in the transition of his pastoral role in 2011 concerning 20 things he is thankful for.
3/31/2013 • 23 minutes, 14 seconds
The Essential and Prominent Place of Preaching in Worship
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3/21/2013 • 40 minutes, 53 seconds
A Hunger for God: The Foundation for Faithful and Effective Ministry
John Piper | Every pastor must work hard for the joy of his people. But he can only do this from the overflow of a hunger for God.
3/19/2013 • 59 minutes, 36 seconds
Q & A with Eric Metaxas and John Piper
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3/8/2013 • 48 minutes, 25 seconds
How to Give the Bible Functional Authority in Your Speech and Writing
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3/7/2013 • 38 minutes, 2 seconds
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
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3/2/2013 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 43 seconds
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
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3/2/2013 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 23 seconds
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
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3/2/2013 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 55 seconds
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
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3/2/2013 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 36 seconds
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
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3/1/2013 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 9 seconds
The Pursuit of God’s Glory in Salvation
John Piper | The promises of God stand only if he is supremely sovereign. What does that mean for our individual salvation?
3/1/2013 • 55 minutes, 29 seconds
Life Together at the End of the Age
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2/25/2013 • 50 minutes, 24 seconds
All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God: Continue in It
John Piper | In light of opposition to Christianity in culture, we must hold fast to the Scriptures according to the pattern of 2 Timothy 3:14–17.
2/17/2013 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 20 seconds
Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task
John Piper | Every Christian should have a holy ambition that is rooted in the word of God and aimed at meeting needs in the cause of world evangelization.
2/15/2013 • 42 minutes, 27 seconds
Sailing to the Nations to Finish the Task
The essence of worship is the experience of being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
2/15/2013 • 44 minutes, 34 seconds
The Sadness and Beauty of Paul’s Final Words
John Piper | A life of ministry is a life of hardship. But Jesus will strengthen us to endure every trial and struggle when we press on in faith.
2/14/2013 • 35 minutes, 11 seconds
Saying Beautifully as a Way of Seeing Beauty: The Life of George Herbert and His Poetic Effort
George Herbert’s work and effort shows that words in our life matter. And how we use them can help us capture what’s really beautiful.
2/5/2013 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 55 seconds
Saying Beautifully as a Way of Seeing Beauty: The Life of George Herbert and His Poetic Effort
George Herbert’s work and effort shows that words in our life matter. And how we use them can help us capture what’s really beautiful.
2/5/2013 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 55 seconds
The Gospel of the Glory of the Blessed God
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1/20/2013 • 17 minutes, 23 seconds
Thinking Seriously About the Lost People You Love
We don’t have the power to save the lost ones we love, but God can. Pray to him and share the good news of a glorious Redeemer.
1/18/2013 • 41 minutes, 28 seconds
Joy as the Power to Suffer in the Path of Love for the Sake of Liberation
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1/3/2013 • 39 minutes, 40 seconds
Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing
John Piper | What the world needs from the church is our indomitable joy in Jesus in the midst of suffering and sorrow.
12/29/2012 • 45 minutes, 14 seconds
God Created Man Male and Female: What Does It Mean to Be Complementarian?
God has designed men for Christlike servant-leadership, and God has designed women to honor and affirm her husband’s leadership.
11/24/2012 • 43 minutes, 45 seconds
Living by Faith in Future Grace
Though our faith is founded on past acts of redeeming grace, the way faith works now is by looking to the boundless fountain of future grace.
11/17/2012 • 45 minutes, 29 seconds
The Price and the Prize of the Gospel
The gospel is the good news that God in Christ paid the price of suffering, so that we could have the prize of enjoying him forever.
11/10/2012 • 42 minutes, 21 seconds
When Jesus Meets Disability: How a Christian Hedonist Handles Deep Disappointment
God reigns so supreme, that he can even turn our deepest disappointments into our greater good.
11/8/2012 • 59 minutes, 8 seconds
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
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11/3/2012 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 11 seconds
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
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11/3/2012 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 36 seconds
The Sovereignty of God: ‘I Will Accomplish All My Purpose’
From galaxies to molecules, God rules over all. His power encompasses everything.
11/3/2012 • 47 minutes, 19 seconds
Desiring God Through Fasting and Prayer
John Piper | The sacred Scriptures are the lifeblood of our relationship with God. Don’t disconnect yourself of the restoring, rejuvenating effects of God’s word.
11/2/2012 • 1 hour, 51 minutes, 27 seconds
ABCs for Following God’s Call
John Piper walks through eight facets of making decisions for the glory of Christ.
10/28/2012 • 24 minutes, 9 seconds
Missions Exists Because Worship Doesn’t
God will spread the fame of his name to every tribe, nation, and tongue, but he won’t do it without his people sending and going.
10/27/2012 • 39 minutes, 23 seconds
A Spectacular and Scary Promise: Fellow Heirs with Christ If We Suffer
The Holy Spirit wants to assure us that we are God‘s children. All he owns belongs to us — if we suffer alongside his Son.
10/21/2012 • 52 minutes, 32 seconds
Don’t Waste Your Life
The unwasted life is a life of pursuing joy in God at all costs, including the sacrificial love that brings people into that joy.
10/17/2012 • 56 minutes, 26 seconds
God Is Most Glorified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied in Him
God’s design to pursue his own glory turns out to be love. And our duty to pursue God’s glory turns out to be a quest for joy.
10/13/2012 • 52 minutes, 4 seconds
Should We Celebrate Interracial Marriage?
God is concerned with our purity of faith, not race. He never forbids marriage between ethnicities, but between believer and unbeliever.
10/3/2012 • 29 minutes, 32 seconds
Ten Ways to Pursue Ethnic Harmony in Your Church
Christ calls us to pursue unity in diversity, but what does that look like in a local church? John Piper offers ten ways forward.
10/3/2012 • 41 minutes, 39 seconds
Act the Miracle: Future Grace, the Word of the Cross, and the Purifying Power of God’s Promises
Christians tap into the sin-killing power of God when we believe a blood-bought promise and embrace it as a more precious treasure than any temptation in front of us.
9/30/2012 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 28 seconds
Prelude to Acting the Miracle: Putting Sanctification in Its Place
God will bring our feelings, thoughts, and actions into conformity to his infinitely satisfying worth. If we are in Christ, it is as good as done.
9/28/2012 • 57 minutes, 24 seconds
Why Did God Create the World?
God created and sustains everything in this universe to display his glorious grace in Jesus.
9/22/2012 • 45 minutes, 42 seconds
Eternal Security Is a Community Project
John Piper | God designed his church so that her members endure in belief by giving and receiving faith-sustaining words of life.
9/15/2012 • 44 minutes, 6 seconds
Reflections on Pastoring Three Decades Downtown
Three decades of ministry at Bethlehem Baptist Church demonstrate five important things that pastors should rememember for their ministries.
9/9/2012 • 24 minutes, 26 seconds
‘I Am Who I Am’
John Piper | There is nothing more foundational, pervasive, and necessary than the truth and reality that God absolutely is who he is.
9/8/2012 • 48 minutes
He Stood by Me and Strengthened Me for the Sake of the Gospel
No matter how rough the road of your life, Jesus is a rock-solid friend who encourages and strengthens you to press on.
8/26/2012 • 48 minutes, 21 seconds
God's Delight in Being God
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8/25/2012 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 50 seconds
God's Delight in Being God
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8/25/2012 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 23 seconds
God's Delight in Being God
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8/24/2012 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 13 seconds
Preach the Word, For the Time of My Departure Has Come
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8/18/2012 • 50 minutes, 5 seconds
All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God — Continue in It
In all your troubles, pain, joy, and pleasures, continue to stay in the Scriptures, because there’s no better way to invest than in God’s very words.
8/11/2012 • 43 minutes, 47 seconds
When a Lover of Good Thinks About Evil
It will cost you to stand up against evil in our day. But God will deliver you and bring you safely into his heavenly kingdom.
8/4/2012 • 47 minutes, 4 seconds
He Cannot Deny Himself
We’re not called to run from suffering in the toils of ministry. We’re called to embrace suffering with confidence in Christ for the sake of his gospel.
7/21/2012 • 40 minutes, 16 seconds
In the Throne Room: The God of Holiness and Hope
John Piper | When we say that God is holy, we have sailed to the end of language and must worship in silence and wonder.
6/23/2012 • 44 minutes, 58 seconds
The Search for Joy and the Supremacy of God in the Gospel
In the gospel, God removes everything that makes our happiness fail, and he reveals everything that makes our happiness full.
6/22/2012 • 44 minutes, 48 seconds
Let Marriage Be Held in Honor
So-called same-sex marriage dishonors the partners involved and disregards God’s good design.
6/16/2012 • 51 minutes, 8 seconds
My Peace I Give to You
When Jesus went to the cross, he not only desired our faith, joy, and peace; he also secured them.
6/9/2012 • 53 minutes, 18 seconds
If Anyone Loves Me, He Will Keep My Word
Loving Jesus is not a matter of doing excellent things. It’s a matter of delighting in an excellent Savior.
6/2/2012 • 51 minutes, 5 seconds
Doing the Works of Jesus and Greater Works
God equips his people with everything we need to serve him. And we will do even greater works than Jesus himself.
4/21/2012 • 44 minutes, 22 seconds
Reflections on the Life of Isaac Newton
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4/20/2012 • 36 minutes, 55 seconds
The Sum of God's Word Is Truth
We believe the Bible is real because God opened our eyes. Can blind men see the sun? Can seeing men pretend they do not?
4/13/2012 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 1 second
Glory, Majesty, Dominion, and Authority Keep Us Safe for Everlasting Joy
If you had to keep yourself believing, you’d never make it. God himself sustains you every second.
4/12/2012 • 1 hour, 20 seconds
The Risen Christ — His Peace, Power, and Purpose
Be reconciled to God: receive as a free gift his peace, his power, his purpose.
4/7/2012 • 39 minutes, 3 seconds
I Planted, Apollos Watered, But God Gave the Growth
God is supreme not only in the ministry of the church, but also in the planting and watering, and in causing faith and giving the growth.
3/31/2012 • 53 minutes, 39 seconds
Race and the Christian
John Piper and Tim Keller address the topic of race in America and discuss Piper’s book ‘Bloodlines.’
3/28/2012 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 44 seconds
I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life
Jesus prepares a place in paradise for all his people. Trust him now, and you’ll reap untold riches — now and forever.
3/23/2012 • 42 minutes, 31 seconds
Controlled by a Holy Ambition
John Piper | Immerse yourself in the word of God and seek him for a holy ambition so that your life will not be wasted, but instead will count for God’s glory among the nations.
3/22/2012 • 38 minutes, 54 seconds
The Pleasures of God Roundtable
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3/21/2012 • 58 minutes, 53 seconds
As I Have Loved You, Love One Another
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3/17/2012 • 45 minutes, 31 seconds
The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
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3/17/2012 • 2 hours, 46 minutes, 51 seconds
The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
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3/16/2012 • 2 hours, 48 minutes, 19 seconds
The Solid Logic of Heaven Holds
If God did not spare his only Son, but gave him up for us, he will surely give us all things with him.
3/15/2012 • 28 minutes, 14 seconds
The Pleasures of God Roundtable
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3/14/2012 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 28 seconds
You Cannot Follow Me Now
Only Jesus could do the saving work we needed. Only he could bear the awesome weight of our sin.
3/10/2012 • 44 minutes, 3 seconds
The Pleasures of God Roundtable
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3/7/2012 • 58 minutes, 23 seconds
The Supremacy of Christ in All of Life: The Pastor and His Worldview
John Piper and Douglas Wilson | Joe Rigney explores the beliefs and ministries of John Piper and Douglas Wilson — both their similarities and differences — in this two-hour conversation.
2/1/2012 • 1 hour, 59 minutes, 59 seconds
“The Frank and Manly Mr. Ryle” — The Value of a Masculine Ministry
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1/31/2012 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 50 seconds
“The Frank and Manly Mr. Ryle” — The Value of a Masculine Ministry
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1/31/2012 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Let’s Be Rich Toward God
The movement of your money expresses the movement of your heart. Where your treasure is, your heart will be also.
1/28/2012 • 48 minutes, 40 seconds
They Poured Out Innocent Blood
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1/22/2012 • 48 minutes, 25 seconds
From Bloodlines to Bloodline
God takes people from every racial and ethnic bloodline and leads by the gospel us to the one bloodline of Jesus Christ.
1/14/2012 • 48 minutes, 14 seconds
The Word of God Is at Work in You
Walking by the Spirit is a continual depending, praying, trusting, acting, and thanking God all out of faith.
1/7/2012 • 48 minutes, 33 seconds
Seeing and Savoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ Above All Things
John Piper | Seeing and savoring the supremacy of Jesus Christ frees you from the slavery of sin for the sacrifices of love.
1/1/2012 • 45 minutes, 57 seconds
Piper One on One
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1/1/2012 • 12 minutes, 49 seconds
One Life: Don’t Waste It
John Piper | The life that exalts Christ, enjoys him, and happily overflows to meet the needs of others — that life will never be wasted.
1/1/2012 • 40 minutes, 24 seconds
For Men: Augustine, Sin, and Sovereign Joy
The life of Augustine shows us that the only way to truly sever the deadly pleasures of sin is by having superior pleasure in the sovereign joy of God.
12/31/2011 • 55 minutes, 16 seconds
One Life: Enjoy It
We honor God most not just by obeying what he commands, but by finding our deepest satisfaction in all that he is for us.
12/31/2011 • 43 minutes, 53 seconds
A Savior Is Born: Glory to God, Peace to Man
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12/24/2011 • 49 minutes, 2 seconds
For His Sake and for Your Joy, Go Low
All Christians have the high, spiritual status of being a child of God. And with this high standing, there is a call to go low.
12/17/2011 • 51 minutes, 12 seconds
Belief in Jesus: Its Barriers and Blessings
God is sovereign not only over our belief, but also our unbelief. He plans both for his glory in all things.
12/10/2011 • 48 minutes, 35 seconds
For This Purpose I Have Come to This Hour
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12/3/2011 • 35 minutes, 29 seconds
Chosen to Know and Believe and Witness That I Am He
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11/20/2011 • 31 minutes, 2 seconds
If a Grain of Wheat Dies, It Bears Much Fruit
The Christian life is far from being easy. It’s no stroll in the park. But God guarantees that our journey will end in glory.
11/12/2011 • 45 minutes, 9 seconds
Gravity and Gladness
John Piper | John Piper lays out some practical implications for corporate worship in relation to the previous sessions, which covered the intensification of worship as an inward experience of the heart and the essence of worship as being satisfied in God.
11/12/2011 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 29 seconds
Gravity and Gladness
John Piper | God making much of God, in communicating his glory to our minds and hearts, is the greatest act of love toward us.
11/12/2011 • 43 minutes, 33 seconds
Gravity and Gladness
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11/11/2011 • 45 minutes, 4 seconds
Gravity and Gladness
John Piper | The essence of worship is the experience of being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus.
11/11/2011 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 11 seconds
Leave Her Alone, Judas — This Is for My Burial
If Jesus is your greatest treasure, then your affections for him should be lavish and unbounded.
11/5/2011 • 40 minutes, 51 seconds
Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian
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11/3/2011 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 34 seconds
Jesus Died to Gather the Children of God
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10/29/2011 • 51 minutes, 50 seconds
How the Offspring of Isaac Blesses the Sons of Ishmael
God invites everyone to embrace the good news of Jesus. And he uses his people to proclaim and spread the message.
10/22/2011 • 42 minutes, 37 seconds
Get a Holy Ambition — and Skip Adultolescence
Adultolescence impedes the advance of the gospel. Skip years of immature indulgence and get a holy ambition.
10/22/2011 • 44 minutes, 52 seconds
Sovereignty, Substitution, and Solidarity
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10/18/2011 • 24 minutes, 35 seconds
Let the Nations Be Glad!
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10/15/2011 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Let the Nations Be Glad!
John Piper | Watch Now
10/15/2011 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 37 seconds
Let the Nations Be Glad!
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10/14/2011 • 40 minutes, 31 seconds
Let the Nations Be Glad!
John Piper | Watch Now
10/14/2011 • 1 hour, 54 minutes, 23 seconds
We Were Eager to Share with You Our Own Souls
God made us to live life together. We can only flourish with brothers and sisters in Chris
