January
Christian Hedonism with Questions and Answers …
Passion, Leaders Summit
Austin, TX
Science, the Bible, and the Promised Land …
An Analysis of John Sailhamer's Genesis Unbound
God Is Glorified in Us When Christ Is Gain to Us …
Passion
Austin, TX
Open My Eyes That I May See …
It is by prayer that our eyes will be opened to see wonder in God's Word and be changed.
The Living God Is a Missionary God …
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement
Every Race to Reign and Worship …
Racial Harmony Sunday
By gathering his redeemed from all the races of the earth, God undercuts ethnocentric pride and throws us back on free grace.
Where Does Child Killing Come From? …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
February
Amen …
A Word Common to Many Languages
God's beauty is magnified when it is echoed in prayer and preaching with agreements like "Amen!"
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture, Part 1 — David Wells …
Desiring God 1998 Conference for Pastors
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture
The Swan Is Not Silent …
Sovereign Joy in the Life and Thought of St. Augustine
1998 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture, Part 2 — David Wells …
Desiring God 1998 Conference for Pastors
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture, Part 3 — David Wells …
Desiring God 1998 Conference for Pastors
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture — Alistair Begg …
Desiring God 1998 Conference for Pastors
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture — George Verwer …
Desiring God 1998 Conference for Pastors
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture — Panel Discussion …
Desiring God 1998 Conference for Pastors
The Gospel In Contemporary Culture
The Place of Preaching in Worship …
Why is the proclamation of the Word so prominent in corporate worship?
God's Passion for His Global Glory …
Wheaton College Missions In Focus
Wheaton, IL
How Not to Serve God in Going and Sending …
Missions In Focus
Wheaton College
God Is Glorified When Christ Is Gain …
Wheaton College Missions In Focus
Wheaton, IL
You Must All Become Hedonists …
Missions In Focus
Wheaton College
The Final Price of Showing the Glory of Love …
Wheaton College Missions In Focus
Wheaton, IL
Take Care How You Listen! Part 1 …
For Whoever Has, to Him More Shall be Given
There are four ways to hear a sermon, but only one of them leads to life.
Take Care How You Listen! Part 2 …
10 ways to prepare yourself to hear Sunday's sermon.
The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Community Worship Service …
Beeson Divinity School, William E. Conger Lectures
Birmingham, AL
The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Discussion Luncheon …
Beeson Divinity School, William E. Conger Lectures
Birmingham, AL
The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: How Not to Blaspheme God …
Beeson Divinity School, William E. Conger Lectures
Birmingham, AL
The Supremacy and Sweetness of God: Preaching for Radical Obedience …
Beeson Divinity School, William E. Conger Lectures
Birmingham, AL
March
Take Heed How You Hear! …
Ten Practical Preparations for Hearing the Word of God on Sunday Morning
10 practical preparations for hearing the word of God on Sunday morning.
Facts: Seen and Unseen …
When the Bible says, "We walk by faith, not by sight," it doesn't mean there wasn't any visible evidence or that there isn't any today.
April
Funeral Meditation for Patty May Larson …
Therefore We Do Not Lose Hope
Suppose You Are a Liberal Critic of the Bible …
When you find two parts of Scripture that seem to contradict, don't assume the Bible is inconsistent.
Future Grace: Its Purifying Power, Part 1 …
Newfrontiers Conference
Future Grace: Its Purifying Power, Part 2 …
Newfrontiers Conference
Future Grace: Its Purifying Power, Part 3 …
Newfrontiers Conference
Future Grace: Its Purifying Power, Part 4 …
Newfrontiers Conference
Future Grace: Its Purifying Power, Part 5 …
Newfrontiers Conference
Future Grace: Its Purifying Power, Part 6 …
Newfrontiers Conference
The Author of the Greatest Letter Ever Written …
First in a Series of Messages on Romans
World Christian Discipleship …
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement
The Agonizing Problem of the Assurance of Salvation …
Often the biggest question isn't "What is true," but "Can the truth save me?"
May
Can Joy Increase Forever? …
It will take an infinite number of ages for God to be done glorifying the wealth of his grace to us. He will never be done.
God's Passion for the Supremacy of God …
PDI Celebration East Conference
Indiana, PA
Our Passion for the Supremacy of God …
PDI Celebration East Conference
Indiana, PA
Sustained by Sovereign Grace—Forever …
PDI Celebration East Conference
Indiana, PA
The Treasure of Faith in the Life of the Church …
The great aim of our ministry should be the same as Paul's: to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of God's glory.
June
The Gospel in the Church for the Obedience of Faith through Spiritual Gifts …
Grace makes you a debtor, not to God, but to others who need grace.
Not Ashamed of the Gospel …
The gospel elicits shaming behavior in those who will not believe it and it gives freedom from shame to those who do.
July
Is God Less Glorious Because He Ordained that Evil Be? …
Jonathan Edwards Institute
Annapolis, MD
Is the Glory of God at Stake in God's Foreknowledge of Human Choices? …
Jonathan Edwards Institute
Annapolis, MD
How to Teach and Preach “Calvinism” …
Preach exegetically, explaining and applying what is in the text. If it sounds Arminian, let it sound Arminian.
August
Why President Clinton Should Resign …
The stakes of a president's moral life are high for the whole nation.
The Wrath of God Against Ungodliness and Unrighteousness …
How is the wrath of God being revealed in this present age?
September
God's Passion for His Glory …
Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards
“Jonathan Edwards is in a class by himself in American history, perhaps in the history of Christendom” (p. xi).
The Wrath of God Against Holding Down the Truth …
The reason the mind evades, distorts, and suppresses the truth of God is mainly because of our moral, not mental, deficiency.
The Sluggard Says, There Is a Lion Outside! I Shall Be Slain …
A Meditation
Laziness makes us resistant against any truth that exposes our laziness.
God Has Allotted to Each a Measure of Faith …
If God grants faith, why wouldn't he give every believer the same amount?
October
Finishing What? …
Finishers Conference
Finishing with Joy …
Finishers Conference
The Innkeeper …
“Perhaps the innkeeper paid dearly for housing the Son of God. Should it not be costly to penetrate and portray this pain? The Innkeeper seeks to reveal the Light that shines behind this brutal moment in history and our own path of suffering. Come and see!” (p. 7).
Finishing Well in the Face of Death …
Finishers Conference
The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality, Part 1 …
God means for the beauty of worship to be dramatized in the right ordering of our sexual lives.
How to Pray for the Soul—Yours or Another's …
How you pray is based on what you believe God can do.
Here are 7 things to ask God to do for your soul and others'.
The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality, Part 2 …
John Piper offers seven points of counsel to those with homosexual desires, and five to their parents.
Being Loved and Being Hated …
What I Pray for in Missions Week
If your driving motive in life is to be liked and loved you will find it almost impossible to be a Christian.
When the "Want To" and the "Ought To" Don't Match …
What can you do if what you feel like doing isn't what you should do.
November
The Lofty Claim, the Last Command, the Loving Comfort …
Missions Week
The Perils of Disapproving God …
Every form of evil ultimately comes from failing to know, approve, and love God above all things.
God Does Not Repent Like a Man …
God is able to feel sorrow for something he has predestined, in view of foreknown evil and pain, and yet still will to do it for wise reasons.
Doing and Endorsing Evil …
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the perfect and only remedy for what people already know about themselves.
The Great Work of God: Rain …
A Thanksgiving Meditation
If you told someone: "My God does great and unsearchable things," and they responded, "Like what?" would you say, "Rain"?
Training the Next Generation of Evangelical Pastors and Missionaries …
The Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) Annual Meeting
Orlando, FL
God's Response to Hypocrisy: Kindness and Judgment …
God's justice does not demand that he punish us for our sins immediately. His kindness leads him to forbear and to be patient with us, to a point.
Why Did Christ Come? …
Be Ready This Advent Season with the Meaning of Christmas
December
Righteous Job and the Rock Star …
What is the Almighty that we should serve him? Good question, depending on the tone of voice.
