Use the Inspired Scriptures to Rejoice in Hope …
If we give ourselves daily to the word of God, our hope and joy will be made unshakably strong—even in suffering.
January
Tsunami and Repentance …
Every deadly calamity is a merciful call from God for the living to repent.
Future Grace …
The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
“By future I do not merely mean the grace of heaven and the age to come. I mean the grace that begins now, this very second, and sustains your life to the end of this paragraph. By grace I do not merely mean the pardon of God in passing over your sins, but also the power and beauty of God to keep you from sinning” (p. 5).
Boiling for Christ …
When it comes to serving Christ, half-heartedness, lukewarmness, laziness, sluggishness, and slothfulness are utterly inappropriate.
Racial Harmony and Interracial Marriage …
Racial Harmony Sunday
Interracial marriage is not only permitted by God, it is a positive good.
It is not just to be tolerated, but celebrated.
Interracial Marriage: Celebrating and Serving Diversity in Christ …
In Christ ethnic differences are not barriers. Rather, they are blessings that visibly express the glory of the gospel.
Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Millions of abortions are the outworking of racism and sexism. Let us find another way to freedom and equality than killing the babies.
Lavish Giving, Loving Guests, Living Christ …
Christ’s promise to meet all of our needs is what frees us from fear and greed and enables us to joyfully share with others.
The Trinity of Persons …
Desiring God 2005 Conference for Pastors
"This Is My Beloved Son!" Exulting in the Trinitarian Relationships of Jesus Christ
February
Contending for Our All …
The Life and Ministry of Athanasius
2005 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors
Jesus and the Father …
Desiring God 2005 Conference for Pastors
"This Is My Beloved Son!" Exulting in the Trinitarian Relationships of Jesus Christ
Jesus and the Spirit …
Desiring God 2005 Conference for Pastors
"This Is My Beloved Son!" Exulting in the Trinitarian Relationships of Jesus Christ
The Joy of Preaching the Gospel of God …
Desiring God 2005 Conference for Pastors
"This Is My Beloved Son!" Exulting in the Trinitarian Relationships of Jesus Christ
Panel Discussion …
Desiring God 2005 Conference for Pastors
"This Is My Beloved Son!" Exulting in the Trinitarian Relationships of Jesus Christ
Rebuilding a Ruined Republic …
Desiring God 2005 Conference for Pastors
"This Is My Beloved Son!" Exulting in the Trinitarian Relationships of Jesus Christ
Bless Those Who Persecute You …
If you see and savor mercy in Christ, you will love being merciful.
Thoughts on the Sufficiency of Scripture …
What It Does and Doesn't Mean
To affirm truth with extra-biblical language is more biblical than using biblical language to defend falsehood.
A Surprise Endorsement for Doctrine …
If we are not willing to get a high estimation of doctrine from Scripture, perhaps we can get it from George Barna.
How Christ Fulfilled and Ended the Old Testament Regime …
Five statements that summarize the magnificent relationship of Jesus Christ to every part of the Scriptures.
God's Wrath: "Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay," Says the Lord …
We can say at least four things about the wrath of God that will fall on human beings at the final judgment.
March
When Gratitude Gets Complicated …
Thoughts on Saying Thank You at Bethlehem and Desiring God
When you are in a position of receiving blessing from many people, knowing how to express gratitude can be challenging.
The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God …
Believing that God is furious against sin produces a good fear that transforms everything in life.
An Open Letter To Governor Tim Pawlenty Concerning the Expansion of State-Supported Casino Gambling in Minnesota …
The desire to be rich is suicidal. Endorsing it by encouraging gambling is cruel.
When Is It Right to Repay Evil with Pain? …
Does God ever intend for his justice—his right to punish wrong—to be shared with men?
How to Pray for the Pastoral Staff …
Eight gifts to ask God to give to your church's leadership.
Christ Overcame Evil with Good—Do the Same …
Palm Sunday
There Is a Way to Be Happy, Even in Sadness …
Godly Sorrow: Jesus' and Ours
No sorrow in the Christian's life will end ultimately in grief. Jesus' blood will have the final say.
All Things Subject to the Risen Christ …
Easter Sunday
April
Reflections on the Life and Thought of John Owen …
Sovereign Grace Ministries Leadership Conference
Baltimore, MD
May
Honoring the Biblical Call of Motherhood …
A Tribute to Ruth Piper
Motherhood is the life-on-life transmission of a God-centered, Christ-treasuring worldview.
The Good, Insane Concordance Maker …
Don't belittle God’s crooked sticks. With them he may write the message that makes a thousand people glad.
June
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ …
“Everywhere you look in the world, it seems, there are reminders that life is war. We are not playing games. Heaven and hell, Jesus says, are in the balance" (p. 25-26).
Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline & Instruction of the Lord …
A Tribute to My Father, William Solomon Hottle Piper
Eleven precious truths taught and demonstrated to John Piper by his father.
Jesus and the Children …
Pondering Children as Pride Detectors
Something is deeply amiss in the soul that does not descend to love a child.
Treasuring Christ Together Above All Things …
What is Bethlehem's strategy for spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things to all the world?
The Treasure That Turns Treasures to Garbage …
The Text I Didn't Preach On
What is superior to moral and religious achievements is knowing, gaining, and being found in Christ.
July
When Unclothed Is Unfitting …
Thoughts on Selling with Sex
There are at least nine reasons--even from a secular perspective--for why sexually-explicit advertising is socially irresponsible.
A Compelling Reason for Rigorous Training of the Mind …
Thoughts on the Significance of Reading
The Bible often requires us to read thoroughly, not skim lightly. How should this affect the way we train our minds?
Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do, Part 1 …
Campus Crusade Conference
Fort Collins, CO
Open Their Eyes: Doing What Only God Can Do, Part 2 …
Campus Crusade Conference
Fort Collins, CO
The City of God and the City of Man: Recommended Reading on Christian Engagement in Culture …
Suggested books and articles on Christians and civic life.
August
Setting Our Minds on Things Above in Summer …
Thoughts on Colossians 3:1-2
Taste and See …
Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life
“I do love the Bible and try to steep my mind and heart in it year after year. So what I have written here is partly meditations on biblical reality and partly applications to contemporary life” (p. 11).
Making Room for Atheism …
Thoughts on the Supremacy of God in a Pluralistic World
How do we express a passion for the supremacy of God in a pluralistic world?
What Is the "Bad Eye" in Matthew 6:23? …
If your emotions are drawn more by material things than by Christ then you probably aren't seeing the beauty of grace.
How to Fight for Joy, Session 1 …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
When I Don't Desire God
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 6) …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
Greenville, SC
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 1) …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
Greenville, SC
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 2) …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
Greenville, SC
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 3) …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
Greenville, SC
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 4) …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
Greenville, SC
When I Don’t Desire God (Part 5) …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
Greenville, SC
How to Fight for Joy: Questions and Answers …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
When I Don't Desire God
How to Fight for Joy, Session 2 …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
When I Don't Desire God
How to Fight for Joy, Session 3 …
Desiring God 2005 Regional Conference
When I Don't Desire God
September
Was Katrina Intelligent Design? …
God will always be guilty of high crimes for those who think they’ve never committed any.
Famine, Flood, and Failing Fortune …
Every river and the seas do His sovereign bidding purely.
This is comfort surely.
How to Welcome a Weak Brother …
How can a church hold together when some of its members are so different from one another?
Where Is God? …
The Supremacy of Christ in an Age of Terror
What does it mean that Christ is supreme over a world filled with tragedy?
Consider How to Stir Up One Another to Love …
Don’t be a loner in the Christian life. God did not design it that way.
Each One Should Be Fully Convinced in His Own Mind …
There are a hundred things we can disagree on in which both convictions can be done to the glory of God.
Minimizing the Bible? …
Seeker-Driven Pastors and Radical Contextualization in Missions
October
Is There a “Lord’s Day”? …
Setting apart a day of rest testifies to a self-reliant world that our work does not save or define us, Christ does.
If the Lord’s Day Is Sunday, Why Do We Have a Saturday Evening Service? …
It is acceptable to conduct your worship service on a day other than the Lord's Day?
Ten Aspects of God's Sovereignty Over Suffering and Satan's Hand in It …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Interview with John Piper …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
The Sovereignty of God and Ethnic-Based Suffering …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Christ's Grace and Your Sufferings …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
All the Good That Is Ours in Christ: Seeing God's Gracious Hand in the Hurts Others Do to Us …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Sovereignty, Suffering, and the Work of Missions …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Suffering for the Sake of... …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
The Suffering of Christ and the Sovereignty of God …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
More Clarifications on the Baptism and Membership Issue …
How Important is Church Membership?
Gospel to the Nations, Generosity to the Poor …
Missions Week
Ten Reasons to Listen to Questions Before You Answer …
Meditation on Proverbs 18:13
Why is it a bad idea to give an answer too soon?
We Will All Stand Before the Judgment of God …
Love your brother and help him get to heaven, instead of judging him and making it harder.
