On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." (John 20:19)
John Piper explains what this means for you, now:
This excerpt starts at the 6:49 mark of this week's sermon.
Get a free download of this new poster (PDF) from John Piper's article on ten results of the resurrection:
Pastor John explains:
This excerpt starts at the 28:20 mark of this week's sermon.
"This achievement was the greatest achievement that the Father and Son ever accomplished."
John Piper explains:
This excerpt starts at the 24:24 mark of this week's sermon.
"Part of Christ-like Christian living is turmoil of soul."
John Piper explains:
This excerpt starts at the 37:44 mark of this week's sermon.
John Piper writes in Future Grace,
I have often told young people that they must fight fire with fire. The fire of lust's pleasures must be fought with the fire of God's pleasures. If we try to fight the fire of lust with prohibitions and threats alone — even the terrible warnings of Jesus — we will fail. We must fight it with a massive promise of superior happiness. We must swallow up the little flicker of lust's pleasure in the conflagration of holy satisfaction. When we "make a covenant with our eyes," like Job did (Job 31:1), our aim is not merely to avoid something erotic, but also to gain something excellent. . . .
The key is the power of promises. When we are entranced by the preci…
"Today is one of the best days of my seminary life." So wrote John Piper in his journal on Wednesday, March 24, 1971, during his final semester at Fuller Seminary.
On that Monday, March 22, "Dr. Schaper called me and asked me to speak in chapel today," he explained. "I agreed to and went straight to God, and all I did from that phone call until chapel this morning (except go to 2 classes) was pray, think, and write for the sermon I gave."
The team at Desiring God just recently came across this 40-year-old recording, and we now have made it available as the oldest Piper message on the site. This is one of the very first messages Pastor John preached. He graciously gave us permission to po…
"End times" is a little like "free food" — throw the words in a headline and it'll make you look twice. For many Christians, it's a hot topic. And it does have implications for our lives in this world.
Sam Storms recently discussed the different views of eschatology for a Theology Refresh interview — the podcast for pastors that refreshes important points of doctrine.
Stream or download this 14-minute interview.
Recommended resources on eschatology (or end times):
You can't speak of God's wrath the same way you speak of his love.
But why not?
In this 12-minute interview, Don Carson explains the wrath of God and counsels pastors in how to minister its truth:
Stream or download the audio and video of the podcast.
Recommended resources on the wrath of God:
The doctrine of hell is important — and extremely unpopular.
In this episode of Theology Refresh, David Platt talks about the priority of God's word as we approach this doctrine and faithfully serve the gospel in light of its reality.
Platt explains that hell is the manifestation that our sin against an infinitely holy God warrants infinitely eternal punishment. Moreover, when we minimize the reality of hell, we actually malign the mercy of God — because central to the fact of hell is that it is escapable. Jesus has endured the wrath of God on our behalf so that all who trust in him will be delivered from God's wrath and brought into fellowship with him forever.
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